7 Ways to Optimize Your Workspace for Better Health and Productivity

A quality workspace design leads to a healthier, less stressful, and more productive atmosphere—when you prioritize calmness and comfort in your work setting, you’ll be able to produce your best work. So it’s essential that you take your physical work environment into consideration. With that in mind, here are seven tips for optimizing your office space to improve your health and productivity.

1. Be mindful of airflow and temperature

Make sure your office space has the right combination of airflow, temperature, and humidity. The air quality within an office can have an impact on your health, so consider investing in plants and opening windows to maintain a healthy level of humidity. Fresh air is a great contributor to help you better focus, so it could be key to meeting your deadlines.

2. Increase the natural light

If you regularly experience eyestrain, headaches, and blurred vision symptoms, consider letting more light into your office to maximize natural lighting. Natural light will help your productivity, and increase your health and state of mind.

3. Keep water on your desk

Another helpful tip is to increase your water consumption, which will help to improve your sleep quality and energy levels, as well as your clarity of mind, awareness, and alertness. So, ensuring the bottle on your desk is always full of water could prove very beneficial for your work.

4. Descrease distractions

The fewer distractions disturbing your work, the better quality your work will be. So turn off your phone, email notifications, and anything else that can take you away from your work and take away from your focus.

5. Keep junk food away from your desk

What you eat fuels and powers your days in the office. So if you want to feel energized, focused, and positive, you need to maintain a nutritious, balanced diet. Moderation is key when it comes to eating sensibly, and you can do this by paying attention to what you eat for your main meals, and avoiding eating junk food at your office desk. Snacking on healthy foods such as fruit, nuts, or granola bars will keep you feeling fuller for longer and will help you avoid the sluggish feeling experienced after junk food consumption.

6. Invest in a better storage system

If you enjoy working remotely, consider investing in some stylish wall shelving, so that you can optimize your floor space with all of the essentials that your office needs, without compromising your space or office design. Having an effective storage system will make it easier to find exactly what you need and when you need it, which could work wonders for the efficiency of your work. And if you don’t work remotely, consider asking your employee to invest in better storage systems, which will increase productivity and thus the bottom line.

7. Clean your workspace at the end of every day

In the name of optimization, it’s crucial that you keep your workstation clean and orderly so you’re ready to go as soon as you log onto your computer in the morning. With this in mind, ensure that you tidy your desk five minutes before you leave for the day. Keep sanitizing wipes handy, and use them to regularly wipe the surface of your desk—this tip is especially important if you’re partial to eating at your desk every now and then.

Tom Brialey is the Founder and Director of Action Shelving, which adopts his philosophy that, in addition to the highest quality products, you must also provide the highest standard of service to your customers in order to succeed. That’s why it’s Tom’s mission to provide expert support 100 percent of the way.