Last time we looked at ideas for people who had transient workspace – with no area of their own. Today I want to consider people who have shared workspaces. You fit this category if you have your own workspace and it is in a shared part of the house. So, if you work at a desk in the family room, kitchen, bedroom, etc. you fit this category.
The shared workspace has some advantages over the transient one- work does not have to moved frequently and there is stability in your work process. However, it does share with the transient space the lack of privacy. You may have to work with the TV going in the background and other people coming and out of the room. This become of concern with you reach the data collection phase. As with the transient, you need a locked file cabinet, somewhere you know that no one else has access. Think about the worst-case scenario, your child decides to use a completed survey to draw on or to cut up for a craft process for class. This is a breach of confidentiality and would require you to report it to the IRB.
Having a desk does allow for piling of information, which can quickly get out of control. To help with this tendency you may want get some organizers with vertical or horizontal dividers .
I suggest setting one day a week for filing paper, that way it doesn't get out of control.
Next time I will look at the dedicated office and make some suggestions. Do you have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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