Pardon me, but I’m wondering when was the last time that you checked your locus? You’ll find it at your work location, or your home location, or some other location where you’ve previously defined how you want that physical/spatial place to exist in order to just meet your needs, at a minimum.

In the definition of locus, the word ‘satisfy’ plays prominently and in mathematics, that word means the same thing that it means in our non-math daily lives; when something – or someone – is satisfied, then a need has been fulfilled, the qualifications have been met, the information is adequate. There’s nothing to complain about, and to be fair — if I have what could be called an urgent need (anything from health to hunger aka h’angry to horny) — having those needs satisfied is exactly what is wanted and expected. That’s it. No more no less.

It’s those “I can make this space work for me” thoughts like:

• With a new coat of paint, this room will be ideal.

• Having an ergonomic chair will make all the difference.

• As long as proper window coverings are installed, this space is workable for everyone.

Here’s my own example: Right now, there’s a bunch of work being done on my house, work that we said we’d do when we bought the house…15 years ago. Rooms painted that we’d never painted. Floors refinished in the way that we instinctually knew would make the entire place feel more comfortable, more cozy. And a proper desk space for me to be able to do research & write at – instead of at the kitchen table or sitting on the couch.

Ooof, I wish we had done this years ago. I’m legitimately in a better place, physically and emotionally. I had allowed workarounds to become permanent. I had created reasons to make those workarounds acceptable. And now I’m wondering, what if I had honored that set-of-all-points earlier, never mind 15 years ago, but what about 10 or even 5 years ago?

If you realize that that set-of-all-points actually can not be satisfied, like not ever, be it by you or by other powers that be – then is that location itself even satisfactory? It could be time to move to a new space.

Or maybe it’s time to change the condition that needs to be satisfied in that space, by the set-of-all-[those]-points. If that room in your house was supposed to be your office yet it’s also – still – a (frequently used) guest room, do you honor yourself by getting a desk at a shared work space outside the home? The locus itself would be the same except for the designated location it’d exist within.

Or could you build-out your garage as a guest space, and then you could rent it online for short-term rental for travelers (which could then subsidize some of that shared workplace rent)?

Honor your locus. You defined it for a reason in the first place.