There’s a good reason why I’ve been a bit radio-silent on the podcast front as of late. Earlier this month, we finished a big move from our old apartment to a new living space and a new office. Previously, we had been both living and working in the same place, and now they are separated by about 4/10 of a mile (and funny enough, in two different zip codes). Since I recorded and edited this new Mind & Desire podcast episode from the new office, that got me ruminating a bit about offices I’ve worked from before and thinking about how much I’m enjoying this new office we’ve moved into.
What’s so great about this new office, you might ask? It’s been a long time since I’ve had my own office space, one I could really settle into, bring our shelves and books in, work in without interruption, at whatever hours I’d like to. The last time I had anything like that was 13 years ago, when I was an assistant professor of philosophy at Fayetteville State University. In the meantime, I’ve shared adjunct offices at Marist College, Marquette University, and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Not quite the same as having your own place to work in.
This new space has a lot of advantages. It’s in a commercial building where a lot of the firms are innovators in the Milwaukee area, and it’s quite a aesthetically pleasuing building set just a little distance from both of the major rivers (Menominee and Milwaukee) that feed into the city, eventually merging and emptying into Lake Michigan. Not only do we have our office there on the fifth floor, but as tenants, we also have access to an auditorium and conference room, so we will likely be able to start holding events there down the line.
It’s quite interesting to notice just how good it feels to have this new space to work in. I suppose I’d been going without, or making do, for so long that I’d forgotten what it was like. I expect that now that I’m settled in, I’ll be able to get a lot more done, and get it done more consistently, than I was able to do before.
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