I am a digital news director at a newspaper. I’m also a yogini. Welcome to my desk.
Step into my world and take a glimpse. I often wonder how I walk the line between the pure emptiness and peace of my yoga practice and the hyper-broadband-instant-now news career I have.
So, welcome to my desk/command center. A Mac Core 2, operating parallel desktop so I can do the PC/Mac thing. Sometimes my Macbook is also on my desk connected to the network. But for the most part I run duals, not tris.
What is non-negotiable? Coffee. Let’s see. I think there are two cups in this frame. Then an empty water bottle from an office function (I’ve been reusing it on trips to the water fountain). What else here? Random pens in a Dallas Morning News memento. Oh, and my faux corkboard wall (it’s just leaning there). It has photos that keep my grounded. The Dalai Lama. My lama, Dudjum Dorje. A picture of my mom. Me and my dog. Blah blah.
Ah, you may have noticed my Rolodex. I don’t use it really. Except it is open to WZZM for my man Stanton Tang (what’s up Stanton?). But the stickie note has a story. It’s my very own WTF button. My buddy Kat decided that since Facebook hasn’t made this button yet, despite my suggestions, that she would make one for me. The high-tech editor with low-tech tools.
My terminals. Starting with the PC side. I need to be reminded of my name apparently and I must remember to be Patient! I was named Zogyal when I took refuge as a Buddhist. It 
means Patience. Not that I have it but that I must aggressively and continuously seek it. It’s my practice, not my perfect. (Oh, look, there’s HootSuite on my screen! Totally random)
My Mac side screams yoga and naptime!
I need to remember to breathe at my desk. Really I do. I find I can hold my breath while I type. What’s up with that?
Yes, I have rocks and Chinese medicine balls. Never know when you’ll need either in the workplace.
So that’s the desk of a digital news director/yogini. I think there’s balance in it. Fast and slow. Real and intangible. Serious and a little batty.
Just Being me!
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I will edit your face, anytime. 😀
Seriously though, Facebook does need to add ‘WTF?’ and ‘dislike’ buttons. But I’m glad my version can serve its limited purpose.
You don’t breathe at your desk because you’re in hyper speed, often over-caffeinated breaking news mode. But then I say something inappropriate and you either laugh or glare (and then usually laugh) – and sometimes even bust out in song.
We scare me, sometimes.
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Slim Shady baby!
Belinda ~ I thoroughly enjoyed my stroll through your daily work/desk life! How very YOU it is … looks like fun and frantic, yogic and hectic and totally REAL. I recognized some of my own office atmosphere in there .. felt like home and AUM! haha … It’s so amazing the things we walk through on a daily basis, sometimes seeing it all as we wander and sometimes not noticing ANY of it until our head hits the pillow at night and our eyes are WIDE open! All I can say is THANK GOD we’ve all (us yogis/yoginis) found Hilltop Yoga on our journey(s); it’s so very comforting to KNOW its nearby when we need it … HOLIDAZE, FAMILYDAZES, WEEKDAZES, pretty much EVERYDAZZZZZZZZZZZE!! HAHA … HAPPY HOLIDAYS B ~ HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS .. and I’ll for sure be seeing you in the NEW YEAR SISTA!! xxx00 Namaste ~ Vanessa
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