You know it’s pretty much a wash of a day when the most important, interesting thing that happens to you is that you move to a new cube. That’s definitely a signal that your evening better be a lot more vibrant. You can’t end a day with the high point of, “Now my monitors have a slightly different backdrop.”

It’s also sad when you rationalize it further. You say, “No, this really is interesting and exciting.” That’s where I am right now. New desk, new cube, new walls, new chair–this truly is the high point of my day.

I’ve long been a champion of working environments that are tailored not only for productivity (and, related, the bottom line of the company), but also for the comfort of the worker. Things that, a few years ago, would’ve been considered absolutely silly, such as dual or triple monitor setups, have become absolutely integral to my ability to write code efficiently with fewer mistakes and more ability to test. Running the code side-by-side with the project your working on is more than just saving you the keystroke of alt-tabbing to the right screen. Once you make a migration to that environment, you don’t want to ever, ever work in a different one.

The company I’m with now goes out of its way to make the working environment conducive to productivity and comfort. So maybe my high point really can be the new cube. Or maybe I’m rationalizing a dull life.

At the end of the day, though, who cares?