Getting Out – Working From Home #6
Working from home suits my homebody life, but getting outside reminds me that home isn’t my whole world.
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Reflection
Balance – Working From Home #5
“I Don’t Have Time for Everything” “I really don’t.” This is something I’ve believed for years. To me, having time meant I had hours to do it — but I believed I never did. Endless tasks were taking over my life as work spread beyond 9-5. Back then, I guessed I should’ve been grateful that
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Transitioning – Working From Home #4
The Corner Office Without Walls Imagine living in a space where if you turn slightly, there’s your desk. If you turn ninety degrees, you’ll see your kitchen. One-eighty degrees, and you see the rest of your living space. That’s the life I live. My office is in the corner of my living room. I can’t
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Break Time – Working From Home #3
When the Body Disagrees I was working at a 9-to-5 when I first started working from home. Which meant I had a set schedule to keep, working at least three hours before and after a lunch break. At least three hours of powering through several tasks with no more than five minutes of break time,
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Discipline – Working From Home #2
Flexible Freedom When I got a flexible work schedule, I was elated. It started out like a honeymoon phase — seriously. I could start whenever I wanted, and sometimes that was at ten in the morning. Other times, it could be as late as two in the afternoon. My lunch break was whenever and however
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Overcommunicate – Working From Home #1
The First Lesson The new year has begun, and with it marks a sixth year of working from home. Initially, I was a bit nervous about it — how would I learn to do my job? Where would I work? Now, it’s no longer surprising, especially since I’ve found it ideal for me. What I
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A Freedom Unmatched: Never Returning to an Office
Having the Freedom to Adjust Work has gotten busier. This past week, I found myself clocking out later than usual — by at least two extra hours. My body was sore, the work taunted me, and whatever decisions I made at night made no sense in the morning. I was messing up, and it was
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My Home is Not a Cage: Getting Outside when You Work from Home
The Desk of Doom My desk tends to stare at me. Seriously, that’s what it feels like. I could have finished work hours ago, turned on the TV, and it would still be watching me from across the room. Taunting me with tomorrow’s tasks, reminding me of what I should’ve accomplished today. And to make
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Finding Rhythm When Working Around Family
I Wasn’t a “Distractions Pro” At the beginning of quarantine, my supervisor checked in to see how I was doing and whether I could work from home. We were on a video call, and I was sitting at the dining table. As I proceeded to respond with positive things, including how my family is considerate,
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The Benefit of Delivering Correctly the First Time
Slow and Steady Is in the Lead. It’s a Friday afternoon as I’m writing this. I’m sitting on my sectional next to my living room window. The birds look like tiny gnats against a blue-grey sky. For a moment — or technically, an hour — everything’s quiet during my break, and I’ve stepped away from
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