03-17-2020, 05:31 PM
I have been working from home now over 15 years. And when I am not home I travel for work.
It was hard whe I first started to work from home. I would do everything except the work I needed to do and then would be up until 10pm every night trying to get work done. Eventually I realized I had to change something. So I would get up at my normal time, take a shower and get dressed as if I was going to work in the office. I put makeup on, did my hair, the works. The only thing that was different is I didn’t put a suit on. Depending on the time of year I was in shorts or sweats/pants. The I would go down stairs make my coffee and sit down at my desk to work. Eventually this became my routine but let me say, it took awhile. I made sure I took a lunch and some days when it was warm I would go for a swim. Now many, many years later, I can’t even imagine working in an office. My days are packed, I’m always on the phone or Skype or whatever. I make sure I always take breaks, sometimes a short walk in the afternoon. Doing that brings a whole new,perspective to the day. One thing I did learn the hard way was to make sure the camera on my computer had a cover. Yes it’s what you are thinking, I had a conference call and that morning I rolled out of bed, still in my flannel pj’s and got on skype. Yikes, you guessed it. Everyone on the call saw what I looked like when I woke up. Lol.
So my words of wisdom are.....takes breaks , go for short walks, when it’s warm open all the windows, and for most of you know it is not forever and you can do this
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It was hard whe I first started to work from home. I would do everything except the work I needed to do and then would be up until 10pm every night trying to get work done. Eventually I realized I had to change something. So I would get up at my normal time, take a shower and get dressed as if I was going to work in the office. I put makeup on, did my hair, the works. The only thing that was different is I didn’t put a suit on. Depending on the time of year I was in shorts or sweats/pants. The I would go down stairs make my coffee and sit down at my desk to work. Eventually this became my routine but let me say, it took awhile. I made sure I took a lunch and some days when it was warm I would go for a swim. Now many, many years later, I can’t even imagine working in an office. My days are packed, I’m always on the phone or Skype or whatever. I make sure I always take breaks, sometimes a short walk in the afternoon. Doing that brings a whole new,perspective to the day. One thing I did learn the hard way was to make sure the camera on my computer had a cover. Yes it’s what you are thinking, I had a conference call and that morning I rolled out of bed, still in my flannel pj’s and got on skype. Yikes, you guessed it. Everyone on the call saw what I looked like when I woke up. Lol.
So my words of wisdom are.....takes breaks , go for short walks, when it’s warm open all the windows, and for most of you know it is not forever and you can do this
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