So, How Was Your Weekend?

Friday at Ting has its own kind of energy.
The week is winding down, the last few things are being wrapped up and conversations are slowly shifting towards the weekend.

By the time everyone signs off, the briefs can wait. 
For the next two days, there are other plans to make, places to go and people to see.
Then the office goes quiet.

For an agency, getting out of the work bubble is important.
The weekend gives you a chance to spend time in the world without looking at it through a brief.

You notice an interesting space because you like it.

You pick up something you used to love and make time for it again.

(Some of us have found a pretty sweet way to spend Sundays!)

And sometimes, the best part is simply spending time with the people you love, with nowhere else you need to be.
That curiosity is part of the job, even when you’re off the clock.
Because the people we make things for are out there too.

Their habits change, their references change, culture moves on, and there is always something happening that you won’t find in a presentation.

By Monday, everyone is back at Ting with their own weekend behind them.
There’s a lot of catching up to do, and it’s rarely just about work.

Someone mentions something they saw, and someone else has a take on it. 
A conversation carries on between meetings and eventually finds its way into a project.
That’s where the agency comes alive again.
Everyone has been somewhere else for two days, so the room doesn’t feel exactly the same when they return. 
Different experiences meet different perspectives, and the work starts moving from there.

Soon enough, the coffee is on the desk, the meetings begin and Friday feels a little further away.
But that’s the nice thing about the rhythm.
You get to step away from the work, spend a couple of days being somewhere else, then come back to a room full of people who have done the same.

There’s always something new to talk about, something new to look at and, occasionally, something that makes you see the work differently.

Maybe that’s why Monday at Ting doesn’t feel like starting over.

It feels like picking up where you left off, with a little more to bring to the table.