how to feng shui your desk for career success and happiness at work!
Whether you want to boost productivity, be happier at work, or even just bring a little more zen to your work day, learning how to feng shui your desk is always a great idea! Not only is it extremely easy, but you get a lot of bang for your buck for very little time, energy, or money.
Top 3 Tips to feng shui your desk:
One. Declutter! A good rule of thumb is to keep your desktop 50% clear.
Decluttering is always the basis of good feng shui, and the same is true of your desk. Go through your papers, books, office supplies, pictures — anything you’ve kept in your desk for a long time but never use has to go!
Keeping your desk decluttered and developing a good routine to organize it helps move the chi (energy) around your workspace and leaves room for new energy to enter your work!
Two: Add a plant. Plants symbolize growth and new energy, and they also cleanse the air and raise the vibration of your work environment.
Any time you can add a plant it will boost the energy of your space, and your desk is an even better opportunity to experience this because you’ll be sitting next to the plant every time you’re working.
Three: Add a lamp. Lamps represent fire energy and will boost the passion and success you have in your work.
A lamp will also bring more warmth to your space and help you feel more relaxed and at home while you’re working, which is always good for your alignment and energy.
Where should you place items in or on your desk for good feng shui?
To figure out the best layout for your desk top for good feng shui, let’s look at the bagua.
The bagua is the feng shui map that divides your space into 9 areas that correspond to different areas of your life. And not only can you apply the bagua to your home and your office, but you can also apply it to your desk!
Here is what the bagua looks like:
And here is what the bagua looks like when you lay it over your desk top.
This is just the basic layout for a rectangle desk, but you can also apply it to other desk shapes. We will talk about that a little later.
Now that you know what the bagua looks like, here are some ideas of how you can use it to organize your desk:
One: Plants are great in the back left corner (the abundance area) because they represent growth.
Two: You can place a lamp or your name plate in the back middle area (fame and reputation). The lamp will add a little fire to those areas, and the name plate represents who you are presenting to the world. You can also keep your business cards in this area.
Three: Place family photos in the back right corner (the relationship area).
Four: You can place groups of items (like all of your post-its or paperclips) in the middle left area (legacy). Legacy represents your family but also represents your purpose in the world, so you can also place items here that reflect what you want your contribution to be in the world.
Five: The center area is the health area – you can leave this area clear or place a colorful desk pad or your planner in this area if it helps you feel organized and strong.
Six: Keep colored pencils, pens, markers, scissors, and tape in the middle right area (children and creativity). If you frequently brainstorm ideas, you can also place a notepad in this area. It will help boost your creativity and represent space for new ideas to come through.
Seven: Keep books, diplomas, spiritual items, or pictures of people you’d like to learn from or be like in the bottom left corner (wisdom and knowledge). This area represents things you’d like to learn, knowledge you’re proud of, or mentors in your life. You can even place a picture of Einstein in this area if you’d like to boost your brain power!
Eight: The bottom center area is your career area, and it’s the best place for your computer and also most likely aligns with where your desk chair is! It’s the optimal place for productivity and career boosting activities, so it’s the perfect place to work!
Nine: You can keep client lists, names of potential clients or customers, business cards for people you’d like to work with or might need to call, and your phone in the bottom right corner. It’s the area of helpful people and travel, so it’s also helpful to keep pictures in this area of places you’d like to travel to – either for your work or as a result of your success at work.
Those are the bagua basics for good desk feng shui, but you can also use the bagua to help you boost certain areas of your career that maybe aren’t doing as well as you’d like them to be doing.
How to use the bagua to boost the different areas of your career:
For example: If you’d like to make more money, you can place an amethyst…
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