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Two Ways to Spice Up the Workday

01/13/16 | assorted

Now let me tell you, I have a bone to pick with Confucius. Yes, that Confucius, the Chinese philosopher. One of his most famous quotes is, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Well that just is not true. With the Powerball jackpot now over $1.5 billion and the trending hashtag, what would you do if you won the money – I have not heard one person say keep working. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job, but it is work.  And if I win the money: 

Pocahontas John Smith Goodbye Wave Gif

Moving on. Most days at the office are are great but some afternoons need a little spark and for that, I have two suggestions on how to spice up your workday. The first, if you are on corporate Gchat use the animations built into the system for a bit of fun. I found this Huffington Post article which has great round up of these animations as well as a bit of the back story, in fact, the animations started out as an inside joke for Google’s designers!  With dozens to choose from these are my top four: 

Examples of GChat Animations

One of my favorite and most used is “hahahaha” which will send the message as text and insert a very happy little yellow smiley. The next two are shortcuts, typing /ponies and /bikeshed respectively will either send a flock of ponies across the bottom of your chat or turn the chat screen a different color.  The last, a word I do not use except that it triggers this animation, is “woot” – doesn’t he look  happy? 

My second suggestion is to reply to internal emails with GIFs. A note of caution, think about your company and the culture of your office before sending GIFS, and also think about the people on the email and whether or not they would find it amusing /appropriate. Here are some of my favorites: 

When someone has good news you did not expect:

Emma Stone - This is the Best GIF

 When someone says something that makes no sense: 
 
32 Signs You've Found Your Best Friend For Life
 
When it’s time for happy hour: 
 
32 Signs You've Found Your Best Friend For Life
 
When the client loved your work: 
 
32 Signs You've Found Your Best Friend For Life
 
 When someone asks if it is lunch time yet: 
 
32 Signs Food Is Your Only True Religion
 
Or as a reaction to any good news: 
 
74 Thoughts Everyone Has When Buying Their First Home
17 Things You Took For Granted In College
 
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How do you spice up the workday?

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Comments

  1. Amanda says

    January 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    I miss Honey Boo Boo – great GIF!

  2. Sasha says

    January 14, 2016 at 6:18 am

    What a fun post, this just made me laugh so much 😀
    xx
    SASHA

  3. libys11 says

    January 13, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    fun gifs!!! this made my day! 😀

    Have a great day!
    Animated Confessions

  4. Rakel says

    January 13, 2016 at 12:28 pm

    so funny! love this!

    http://www.alovelystyle.com/

  5. Misty says

    January 13, 2016 at 10:48 am

    We send funny pics to each other at work all the time. Why didn’t I think about gifs? I just stole a couple of these. Phoebe is my favorite. Ha!

  6. Caroline L. says

    January 13, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Is it weird that I’d actually continue to work??? My plan is to buy a share in the company and then be like “hey okay so I’m going to need two years off to travel, but I will be back!” or like work remotely or part-time hahaha- I just think I’d get bored if I stop working altogether! And the Gchat animations are the BEST – my friends and I went down a rabbit hole of trying to discover new ones a few months ago. The funniest!

  7. Kelsey&Kenecha says

    January 13, 2016 at 10:28 am

    So great!
    Florals&Smiles

  8. Victoria Fox says

    January 13, 2016 at 8:40 am

    Seriously loved this!!! Made me laugh so hard! So fun and just a great post for a Wednesday!
    xoxo,Victoria
    http://www.coffeeandablonde.blogspot.com

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