I would basically work from home with access to an adjoining kitchen area where I could partake in frequent toddy coffee or hot tea breaks when my creative juices are thirsty.  My work area would include a cushioned maroon or turquoise colored fifties style booth.  No cubicles for me.    I hate clutter, and love wide open spaces.  I prefer sparseness.  The windows would be enormous and uncovered with curtains or blinds.  Of course, I would use high speed broadband Internet connection to accomplish work.  The lighting would be natural daylight during day hours.  I would like to work and live on a mountain or hill because that’s where the butterflies live. 

The view would be of huge oak trees home to playing kittens or sleeping cats.  Around noon I would swim laps at a pool, lake, or ocean, then towel off, doze off in the sun…if it’s extremely hot and I’m unmotivated  I would do what Europeans and Mexicans do...take a siesta on my king size bed surrounded by my two border collies, blue heeler, mutt and a few of my cats.  Eat lunch if hungry.  Sip Coke Zero with real lime.  Visit people if lonely, if not, work on projects I prefer like: making pet beds; training my dogs; feeding my pigs; even cleaning the kitty litter box is preferable than some of the actual jobs I’ve had.  I would figure out a way for my cell phone to ring only in an emergency.   

I would listen to NPR in the background or find some other non-obtrusive way to know what is going on in the world.   I remember that I wouldn't have known about 9-11 if I hadn’t walked through the cafeteria at work and observed people hovering around the Fox News network coverage.  I was an engineer and shared an office with another engineer. There were no windows, and you couldn’t tell the time of day.  You could work from 7 am until 7 pm without being in touch with things.

I would have areas for my cats to catnap on cushioned cat perches attached to the window sills.  Of course, I would build a few cedar habitat for cat houses for the local feral cats so they could be safe from predators and the environment.  It would be cool to be in touch with nature all day, nothing but hills, clouds, trees, pets, wildlife without viewing any obnoxious people all day.