Work at home vs live at home
It is not always easy to scheduled time for working at home that does not conflict with the time that you have to put in for actually having a home.
Things such as doing the laundry, loading and unloading the dishwasher, fixing meals, housework, and that pesky sleep all tend to add up to make it harder to get the work fit into the schedule. Then when you are trying to be on call for not just one, but two people that you need to be ready to jump up and go see what they need -- working at home is something that is part miracle to accomplish and part -- no, it is a road straight toward insanity and some tend to travel down it faster than others.
Some people can drive down the work at home highway for years and barely feel the stress of balancing work and life at the same time, others are doomed from the moment they turn onto the busy freeway of dual work and play lives. How do you find the right balance to avoid having a blowout? I'm not sure, I suppose it is something that works differently for everyone. Some may thrive with their children pitching in, others may flounder if they are disturbed in the slightest. Some can recover fairly well from a disturbance, others may have lost an entire workday because of one. The trick lies in determining what kind of worker you are and scheduling your work, as best as you can, to take advantage of the times when you can be your most productive. Either mid day or 3 a.m. does not matter, only that you can get the work done and still be able to be a part of your non-working life.
That is why we choose to work at home, after all, so it makes no sense to spend so much time working at home that you never feel like you are at home.
Things such as doing the laundry, loading and unloading the dishwasher, fixing meals, housework, and that pesky sleep all tend to add up to make it harder to get the work fit into the schedule. Then when you are trying to be on call for not just one, but two people that you need to be ready to jump up and go see what they need -- working at home is something that is part miracle to accomplish and part -- no, it is a road straight toward insanity and some tend to travel down it faster than others.
Some people can drive down the work at home highway for years and barely feel the stress of balancing work and life at the same time, others are doomed from the moment they turn onto the busy freeway of dual work and play lives. How do you find the right balance to avoid having a blowout? I'm not sure, I suppose it is something that works differently for everyone. Some may thrive with their children pitching in, others may flounder if they are disturbed in the slightest. Some can recover fairly well from a disturbance, others may have lost an entire workday because of one. The trick lies in determining what kind of worker you are and scheduling your work, as best as you can, to take advantage of the times when you can be your most productive. Either mid day or 3 a.m. does not matter, only that you can get the work done and still be able to be a part of your non-working life.
That is why we choose to work at home, after all, so it makes no sense to spend so much time working at home that you never feel like you are at home.
posted by Sandra at 11:05 AM
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