Why your Home Desperately needs a ‘Me Zone’

Why your Home Desperately needs a ‘Me Zone’

It doesn’t matter if you’re single, partnered up, or have a brood of children running about… one universal rule remains: we all need a ‘Me Zone’ somewhere in our home.

The concept of a me zone tends to fade away as we get older. As a kid, your bedroom was your zone to be you; to express yourself wholeheartedly where judgement didn’t exist. That’s one of the things I love about seeing the rooms of my nieces and nephews when I visit them; it is a true expression of who they are in a moment of their lives.

But if you fast forward a few decades and examine your own home, you’re likely to face a realisation that many of us are encountering; there’s no zone dedicated purely to you anymore.

A Pocket Dedicated to You is Essential

When you partner up and move in together, the struggle is real when it comes to compromising on furniture and decor (more on navigating that challenge here). More often than not, if you’re starting out, there’s barely any room for a dining table in your home let along a shrine to your loves and interests.

And as years go on and you have children, the process of carving out a little section for you becomes so hard you trend to give up on it altogether, don’t you? I might not have kids of my own but I have many friends who do, and I see this lack of self-care and priority rear its ugly head time and time again.

Even if you’re lucky enough to grab a small space for a desk and chair with a computer at it, does it really feel like yours? Are you sharing it with someone else, or a few little ones who have well and truly put their stamp on it?

I hate to get heavy with you (but I’m going to), but I think forgetting yourself and not creating a space where you can be you and decorate accordingly is a recipe for depression.

If you don’t get to go to an office for a ‘full time job’, like I don’t in my work-from-home business, you miss out on so many fun things already – and a decorated zone reflecting you is a big one if you ask me.

Time to do One of Two Things

Firstly, you need to look around your home to figure out where you can find some space for you. Is there a pocket, even if it’s at the kitchen bench or a spare wall you could put a floating shelf on, that you can make uniquely yours?

The other thing you can do, if this spot already exists, is to begin the process of decluttering it and decorating it in a way that’ll make you truly love to be there. Clear out the desk drawers, give the space a good wipe down, pop up a mood board and buy yourself some fresh stationery.

If the budget will allow, get a desk lamp and a small rug for under your chair, so this zone stands out as being separate from the rest of your home.

Do you have a Zone of your own at home?

I’d love to hear from you in the comments below. Is there a dedicated spot at home for just you? How did you make it uniquely yours? Share your ideas with me!