As Julie Andrews sang in The Sound of Music, sometimes you have to start at the very beginning (a very good place to start!).
If you’re trying to create a zen-like workspace, with no clutter in sight, a good first step can be to remove everything – or at least as much as you can – and start fresh. Sometimes, only by seeing your workspace as bare as possible, can you begin to envisage it as you want.
The next step is to go through all that stuff and get rid of anything you don’t need. Be ruthless! If you’re anything like Little Bird Emma, you’ll have everything from random receipts dating back to 2015, to beads from bracelets you’ve not worn in years, but have kept “just in case.” Now is the time to decide whether you need to keep that clutter, or whether it’s time to get recycling!
We can become so used to the layout of a space that we barely even notice if it’s no longer serving us properly. The change that simply moving furniture around or adding a change of colour to your walls can cause is amazing.
We spend a huge amount of time at work and that means that the space we work in needs to be just the way we want it. Clutter can also be the result of a layout that no longer works, so experiment with your workspace and move things around until you have all the really important things close by and anything you don’t use regularly tidied away in a cupboard or drawer.
If you’re anything like us, a lot of the clutter in your workspace will be to do lists or post-it notes with jobs scribbled onto them. How do you get rid of those?! Pass them on to us, of course!
If you’ve got copywriting, event publicity, graphic design, illustration, podcast editing or videography on your to-do list, get in touch to find out how we can help!
It’s easy to get everything ship-shape, only to notice a few weeks later that chaos has somehow returned. We know, we’ve been there! But staying on top of the little things – putting documents back in a drawer when you’ve finished using them rather than leaving them on the desk, for example – can help you maintain a tidy workspace for far longer. It’s much simpler to stay on top of things if you do a little bit each day and make it part of your routine.
We are going to make a concerted effort to keep the Little Bird Creative office clear of clutter – consider it to be one of our New Year’s resolutions! And if we can do it, so can you. Good luck!
Illustration is all around us, from the pages of our favourite books, to the eye-catching images in computer games and animated TV shows. The festive season brings illustration into sharper focus, with beautifully designed Christmas cards and pretty wrapping paper. So, we thought what better time of year to put together a blog in which we share some of our favourite illustrations?!
To find out more, read on…
Today is “Read A Book Day” and we’re more than happy to curl up with a good page-turner! But without beautiful book design, we’re not going to stay glued to our latest read. With the rise of self-publishing, anyone can become an author, but the path to print success can be tricky to navigate. Thankfully, if you’ve got a story to tell, we’re on hand to help bring it to life!
We say it a lot: people buy from people! So, honing your people skills and building strong client relationships are vital.
