Friends of mine work in 50-story office towers, seeing nothing more than the elevator walls, drab hallways, and their office every day. While my cube may not be the most exciting workspace, I take solace in my surrounding environment.

My company’s complex includes outdoor walking trails winding through poplars, oaks and pines, seasonal flowerbeds, and two waterfalls. Did I say waterfalls? Oh yes!  Waterfalls that plunge into interconnected manmade lagoons.

Now as the air cools for fall, a walk outside during my lunch break releases any accumulated stress. We have our own botanical garden tucked between office buildings. Literally we do…architects modeled our atrium after the Sibley Center in Callaway Gardens in Georgia.

I’m just worried that if I ever work elsewhere then I’ll be highly disappointed in the work setting.