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Monday, October 02, 2006

Working from Home

Decisions, decisions. Last night, I went to bed unable to decide if I would go to bootcamp or work this morning. I like to make these kinds of decisions before I go to bed so that I know exactly how much sleep time I'm alowed to have. It helps me determine beforehand whether I'll get a chance to relax in bed or if I will be rudely awakened by the alarm clock at 5:30 in the morning. Well, I woke up at 5:15 and decided that bootcamp wouldn't be such a great idea with my puffy cheeks. Bootcamp is quite rough and I know ain't nobody making an exception for me because I'm hurting fromoral surgery. Work, I decided I would, only from home. There was no way I was going to go to work looking the way I do right now. It's not that I'm vain or anything but I don't feel like explaining to everyone I come into contact with why I look like I've been on the losing side of a boxing match. At the same time, I've got a lot on my plate so instead of taking another day off, I've decided to work from home for the next couple of days.

I have always found working from home to be more stressful than working at the office. Maybe it's the way people tend to say 'working' in quotes to imply that they are not really working when they are supposed to be 'working' from home. Sure enough, working from home means that I don't have to shower or brush my hair or worry about what to wear before getting down to business. However, when I do work from home, I have to make sure I'm online practically every second and then some, to make sure that I'm available if and when anyone from my team needs me. I can't even take bathroom breaks because I'm scared someone will ping me while I'm gone and then think that I'm not working because I didn't respond immediately to their IM. Maybe I'm paranoid but that's really how I feel. I don't even take a lunch break when I work from home. Why? There's no need. I just grab a small bite and keep on going. There are no leisurely lunches or stopping by a colleague's desk to chit chat when I'm WFH. There's only me and my laptop and today, I really appreciate it.

13 Comments:

Blogger Pilgrimage to Self said...

Working from home doesn't really work for me as my home life ends to get in the way of my work life. In other words I tend to get distracted by all the little chores that need doing around the house and so can't concerntrate on doing any (office) work.

So when I say I'm working from home, I'm not really. Shhhh, don't tell anyone I told you. Teeheehee

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Blogger Pilgrimage to Self said...

I meant to say 'tends to get....

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Blogger Omo Ibadan said...

lol...Yeah I feel you all on the working from home tip. I just prefer to work in the office...or not work at all. Working from home just doesn't work for me.

Nice blog btw :)

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Blogger Yankeenaijababe said...

l feel ya o jare. l can imagine.

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