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sdt1890:
What are the biggest lessons you have learned and/or suggestions you would have for working from home?
For me, I would have the house to myself, so no distractions and am self motivated, so being productive would not be an issue. The industry I work in does not entail face to face meetings, so working remotely would also save me my existing commute time (approximately 1 hour each day).
ShoulderThingThatGoesUp:
Iceberg been full-time WFH since 2013. Not commuting is really fantastic. Having the house to yourself is great, but for my peace of mind I find it really helpful to have a room I just use for work so that I can close the door on it when I'm done.
Syonyk:
"Have your work space separated from the rest of life space." Somehow or other.
Workspace is work time, the rest of the space is not-work time. If you merge the two spaces, you end up with serious trouble separating work and not-work. Been there, done that, don't do that. Not fun.
I have a wife and kid, so when we moved most recently, I built myself an office out of a shed - remote, solar powered, and purely my work/hobby space.
https://syonyk.blogspot.com/2016/07/solar-shed-summary-my-off-grid-office.html
Having the separate area to work is very, very nice from a separation perspective, and it's also very nice from a distraction perspective.
Rubic:
--- Quote from: ShoulderThingThatGoesUp on December 06, 2017, 08:40:58 AM ---Iceberg been full-time WFH since 2013. Not commuting is really fantastic. Having the house to yourself is great, but for my peace of mind I find it really helpful to have a room I just use for work so that I can close the door on it when I'm done.
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+1
It's important to separate your work life from the non-work life. Even more so
if you are self-employed, because the working hours can take over your life.
When I was doing this, envious people would assume I could take off whenever
I wanted and work reduced hours. The reality was just the opposite.
sdt1890:
--- Quote from: Syonyk on December 06, 2017, 08:58:24 AM ---"Have your work space separated from the rest of life space." Somehow or other.
Workspace is work time, the rest of the space is not-work time. If you merge the two spaces, you end up with serious trouble separating work and not-work. Been there, done that, don't do that. Not fun.
I have a wife and kid, so when we moved most recently, I built myself an office out of a shed - remote, solar powered, and purely my work/hobby space.
https://syonyk.blogspot.com/2016/07/solar-shed-summary-my-off-grid-office.html
Having the separate area to work is very, very nice from a separation perspective, and it's also very nice from a distraction perspective.
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Good advice. In my particular situation, I would have a basement office set up where I can close the door upstairs, which I think would be ideal.
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