This week, some of the advantages and disadvantages of working from home really started kicking in.
Advantage: No commute. You can roll out of bed at 8:15 and be ready to work at 8:30 and plan to shower later.
Disadvantage: You never get that that shower until after dinner.
Advantage: No wondering what’s for lunch in the cafeteria, or ordering in, or going out to lunch and trying to get back in time for that next meeting.
Disadvantage: You find yourself skipping breaks or lunch because it’s easy to grab munchies from your pantry and keep working.
Advantage: You can snap photos of Tig’s progress sleeping in the sun (there will be a photo series later of today’s cat pictures), or get that perfect shot of Gracie.
Disadvantage: Your cats want to go out. And in. And out. And in. And out. And in.
Advantage: You can call your friends during work hours and not have to worry about the boss getting annoyed.
Disadvantage: You don’t have time to talk to your friends during work hours.
Biggest disadvantage: You tell yourself, “I’m almost done, I’ll just do this one more thing” until you notice it’s after 7 and you haven’t even started thinking about dinner yet.
I’m going to go make dinner now. Instead of posting. Like I should have done.
Perhaps set up an alarm clock and set it to go off at the time that you decide to stop work. Then when it goes off, treat it like the morning alarm clock when you worked at an office. Do NOT hit the snooze button.
I have been told (I do not work from home) by people who do, that they do better when they treat the “home office” as if they are really at a work site. Take your shower, get dressed, etc.
I cannot say that I have done this, but this is what I have been told and one of the people telling me this has worked from home for the past 15 years.
SabbaHillel’s friend is absolutely correct. I’ve had my principal office at home for 18 years (at various renovation project sites at other times). However, having my dog around keeps me calmer than I would be in a more formal office setting.
Take a scritch the kitties break every hour. In the long run, you’ll be glad you did.
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I know about this boat.
The one where you think, Cool, I can sit my sweats, and start work at 10!
And at 1:30, when the kids are getting home from day care, you’re still in your sweats.
Still, it’s better than getting ridden by a boss, or even worse, a client…