Winter in London isn’t much fun. The weather is certainly less than satisfactory with it’s grey skies and rain and the fact that it gets dark at 4pm is complete rubbish. But there are ways to keep your sanity in the winter time, even at work.
You can try and keep upbeat around the office during the winter months easily enough and it will make the office a more pleasant place to work for you and your co-workers. We’re not talking about decorating your office water cooler in a sarong and mexican hat, although that might be a good idea to brighten the office.
Start with trying out some baking, sure it sounds a bit Martha Stewart-ish but you will be surprised how excited people get about baked goods. If you bake a plate of cup cakes and bring them in to the office, they will fly off that plate faster than you can say “who wants a cup cake?”.
If you tell people the day before you are thinking of baking some cakes it will give them something to look forward to the next day and it will keep you from going straight home and lounging on the couch. The one thing you need to be carfeul about here is that people don’t start expecting you to bring in cakes and treats everyday. Tell them it’s a winter thing only and it won’t last long.
Something as simple as cup cakes can be enough to lift the mood of any office. Other ideas include organising a staff get together at the local pub on a Friday, it will give everyone something to look forward to at the end of the week and will help with staff bonding.
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