Appearing Productive In A Coworking Space

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I am quite new to the culture of co-working spaces.

They present an intriguing set of human dynamics that heralded back to self-directed study time in my high school library.

What do I mean by that exactly?

Well, I am not sure about your high school experience so I will tell you a little about mine and what it entailed:

• A large library filled with rows of bookshelves with desk spaces and roundtables for study
• Study periods would be a part of senior students' timetables
• During this period we had to report to the library
• We were told to choose a space and stay there and work because we were being given the “luxury” of having a study period
• During this time some would be diligently working, others would be sneakily checking their phones and others would be outright talking and disrupting.
• All while the librarian and an assigned study period teacher would roam the space doing behaviour management and causing a sense of anxiety for potentially being caught out slacking