I recently decided that I wanted to give myself more reasons to be at work. Google has been pretty interesting so far in the way that nobody really cares when you are at work. If I wanted, I could totally get away with coming in at ten and leaving by four everyday. They call this "being results oriented", which is a fancy way of saying "as long as you get your work done, we don't care when or how." This proves to be a little difficult sometimes. I could come into work whenever I wanted and most the time I will be able to bust some stuff out in the hours I am there. However, if something comes up and I'm not very productive in the time I am there, I could see myself falling behind. Luckily I live with Leslie, my girlfriend with way more self control than me, who also works at Google and ill hold me accountable for work.
So to continue on the first line of this post: There is more I can do to make my workplace somewhere I enjoy being. I did three things to work towards this goal. First, I got my shit together and requested a new office chair that isn't squeaky. Second, I ordered a really nice pair of headphones for work. Last, and certainly not the most normal, I bought some turf. It is just a small piece of artificial grass turf. It's not the stuff you would find at a mini-golf range, it's pretty nice. The length of the individual "grass" fibers is pretty long which makes placing your feet on it pleasant. It adds a bit of color to my space, and like previously mentioned, it's great for bare feet.
A picture of the turf in question.
In case you are strangely wondering which turf I purchased can be found here.