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Add some nature. Photos, plants or even small aquarium. Watching nature videos at http://www.relaxwithnature.com can help to reduce stress too.

Another thing I've found is playing with the lighting. In my oh so exciting beige cubicle, which I still need to do more to, one of the things that I've found that helps is putting in a small table lamp.
Just being able to get some light that isn't fluorescent has been a huge improvement. I still have to put up with the overall lighting, but the small lamp helps warm the place up a bit.

Oh yes, I know the cringe of coming to work to my boring, gray cubicle. I agree with your tactics. I think adding living things (plants, flowers, maybe fish) can help too. Also, music can be a great thing to get you through the day.
My bright idea of the day - Follow Up. So incredibly important to the development of yourself, your project, your ambitions, your ideas. Without doubling back, checking in, building on your work, nothing will really get accomplished. More...
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