The Joy Of Working From Home
There is a lot to be said for telecommuting, and I wanted to share some postives and negatives.
Positives:
Positives:
Negatives:
- I've lost 15 pounds.
- Today I went to a KickBoxing Class at 9:00 a.m.
- No Commute - so Gas Savings
- Cooking Breakfast and Lunch
- I'm the one that drinks the last of the morning coffee.
- No Shoes.
- Tax Write-offs for the home office.
- I have a better monitor
- No birthdays
- Better Office Chair
That's about it for now - I'll try to think up some more.
- Fire Alarms.
- Cat meows during conference calls.
- The office is always open on the weekends, unless I close the door.
- Sometimes I'm at work at 6:00 because I can wake up and be ready to do something.
- I order my own office supplies
- No birthday cake
- Had to pay for better office chair and monitor
- Have to answer cell phone as Thank you for calling the Durbin Media Group in case it's a client.
posted by James Durbin @ 10:10 AM PERMALINK
4 Comments:
I particularly liked the part about the cat ;)
I think the biggest thing I like about working from home is the "peace." Uninterrupted, steady work--silence when I want it, music if that's what I'm in the mood for, etc.
My biggest negative is what you mentioned: the office is always open. It's really hard to mentally separate 'work' and 'home' life sometimes.
Fortunately for Jim, I've worked from home before and knew the pitfalls (and benefits). It is very easy to work much more than one would in an office. No one to interrupt, no random meetings, no drop-ins.
Luckily with two of us here there are natural interruptions (yes, some from the cat) - and I've grown to realize how healthy and important those are. I'm a firm believer in 8-5, get in, work hard, get out. Otherwise your life becomes your job. Weekends and evenings are sacred around here. BUT...when needed, working on evenings and weekends isn't so bad since the shoe policy is so favorable!
Great summary of working from home. I've got a mix, usually spending 3 days at the customer site, 2 days at home (though it doesn't always quite work that way). One thing I would add, kind of goes with the gas savings, is that you don't have to de-stress from driving on I64 or I270 when you get to the office or get back home.
And for me, it is dogs barking. Kirby walked in one day, heard a strange voice from the speakerphone, and started barking. (Luckily, I was on mute at the time!) The dogs also seem to be jealous of my computer; they act as though I am 'petting' my keyboard and try their best to get their heads in between my hands and keyboard to get their own head scratched.
Haha true that, Franki (the shoe policy).
Before I worked from home, a coach I'd be working with told me it's far more intense than a 'regular' job--that working from home 30 hours a week is equivalent to 40 at a regular job. I think this might be due to the reasons we've both cited--that you can work much more, for longer periods of time, so your brain does some pretty hardcore thinking. Thus, as you mentioned, the natural interruptions are important; they help give our brains a rest and tone down the intensity for a little while.
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