Working from home
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surveyor said:
Any one else enjoying the start of the school holidays?
Friends round to play today. It's either the dog barking, the wife shouting or the trumpet making some sort of noise.
6 weeks to go....
You forgot doors slamming and sudden random loud music while you're on the phone.Friends round to play today. It's either the dog barking, the wife shouting or the trumpet making some sort of noise.
6 weeks to go....
surveyor said:
Any one else enjoying the start of the school holidays?
Friends round to play today. It's either the dog barking, the wife shouting or the trumpet making some sort of noise.
6 weeks to go....
Same here. Wife is telling me to stop Child No 4 from throttling Child No 3. Ive tried explaining Im supposed to be "working" and its not free childcare....Friends round to play today. It's either the dog barking, the wife shouting or the trumpet making some sort of noise.
6 weeks to go....
supertouring said:
Both kids are Uni age now so it is not just 6 weeks.
Wife is a teacher so she is off also.
But it does mean lunch will be made for me each day, which is nice.
She's told me that since she's home she'll make lunch.Wife is a teacher so she is off also.
But it does mean lunch will be made for me each day, which is nice.
Which means Tuna salad rather than chippy.
My cup runneth over.
It’s almost funny, isn’t it? Working from home is often lauded as one of the best ways to achieve work-life balance, yet the biggest hurdles to working productively at home are disturbances (or demands for your attention!) from family members.
Significant others and children often don’t realize that being at home doesn’t mean you’re available to hang out or play...
(Tie them up or lock them in a sound-proofed room).
Significant others and children often don’t realize that being at home doesn’t mean you’re available to hang out or play...
(Tie them up or lock them in a sound-proofed room).
I've been strict with mine ever since the beginning.
I come to you, you don't come to me and if you absolutely have to come knocking, at least listen to see if I'm on the phone first (I spend a lot of time on the phone, often talking to people in countries where English isn't a first language so a lot of background noise can be a real pain).
The way I justified it to my wife was that if I was in the office she couldn't do any of that and if I did go to the office because of constant interruptions, she'd see a lot less of me before and after work.
Now we have a 4 year old, laying down those rules from the start has been a godsend.
It means that I can have breakfast and an evening meal with the family, round the table and still do a full day's work (when not on PH, obviously) which is a huge benefit to all of us.
I come to you, you don't come to me and if you absolutely have to come knocking, at least listen to see if I'm on the phone first (I spend a lot of time on the phone, often talking to people in countries where English isn't a first language so a lot of background noise can be a real pain).
The way I justified it to my wife was that if I was in the office she couldn't do any of that and if I did go to the office because of constant interruptions, she'd see a lot less of me before and after work.
Now we have a 4 year old, laying down those rules from the start has been a godsend.
It means that I can have breakfast and an evening meal with the family, round the table and still do a full day's work (when not on PH, obviously) which is a huge benefit to all of us.
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