Welp, it’s been exactly one week since I started working from home full time. So far, so good! I will say that the differences between working in a cube versus in my own home office all day everyday are almost jarring in a way. Of course that seems like it would be obvious, but you never realize these things until you’re in it. I’m still getting used to the dramatic change in routine, but I’m happy!
Several of you guys have been so sweet to email me or chat me to see how things are going. Thank you! Here are a few things I’ve observed:
+ My upstairs neighbor, who also works from home, seems to get a lot of phone calls during the day. Note to self: figure out how he drums up business.
+ My downstairs neighbor works from home too. Plan: weekly lunches with my fellow building co-workers!
+ As much as I love my ghost chair, it’s extremely uncomfortable to sit in for 12 hours a day. New mission: find a chic, comfortable, affordable, ergonomic desk chair. Twitter suggested this one, but I had one like this at my old job, and I found it extremely uncomfortable. I think it’s the petite stature. Also, I’m not spending a thousand freaking dollars on a desk chair.
+ I need to take time to get up and MOVE. In an office, I was up and about more than I realized. Here, I have a tendency to park it in my chair and not move for hours on end. Hello, stiff shoulders. The good news is I can stretch it out anytime I want. Doing lunges next to your cube was generally frowned upon. And by frowned upon I mean awkward for everyone.
+ In the same vein, I gotta drink more water. I don’t have co-workers to go hang out and make tea with in the staff kitchen.
+ One of the small joys: being able to play music as loud as I want and light a candle while I work. Both were previously verboten.
+ If you do laundry in the middle of the day, you never have to compete for the building’s washer or dryer. It’s fantastic.
+ It’s an exhilarating feeling to be able to tackle projects I’ve been putting off for months, simply because there was no time to do them.
+ I love working with clients!
+ I think this is going to be good. Really good.
Happy almost Friday, everyone!
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