Pamela Wood Browne

When I first heard about coworking, there weren’t any coworking spaces here in Greenville, SC. I thought the concept was so cool that I was tempted to join the one in Asheville and commute there. As someone who works from home both remotely for a nonprofit and for my freelance work, I think a shared working space is a great idea. Here are 8 reasons you would want to consider a coworking space.

Now there are a few locations in Greenville and it was my interest in coworking that inspired me to approach The Iron Yard as a location for our WordPress User Group. I’ve been thinking about signing up for a part-time membership and know a few people who took the option for a full-time desk. It’s a great way to work independently but still have some of the benefits of a work location.

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New years bring a feeling of renewal and while I don’t get into making resolutions, I do get into a fresh start mode. I have been playing around with different apps for creating good habits. Most recently I’ve been using Lift to record whether I’m getting to bed before midnight or doing daily walks and stretching.

My mind also turns to those “someday” goals that I never get around to. Some are creative projects and some are taking classes for skills I have previously only acquired through trial and error. I found a photoshop class that combined both because the class project was creating a mood board. I had a lot of fun doing it.

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