Writing Question of the Week: Working from Home
I hope all of you had a terrific weekend, fellow writers! :)This week's question: How do you manage to stay sane while working from home? While working at home offers a number of benefits, oftentimes it can be just as stressful - if not more so - than a standard 9-5.
So, allow me inside your head, writers! What secrets, tips or tricks do you employ in order to not go postal on your friends and family members? Perhaps you don't find any drawbacks to working from home, and are perfectly content. If so, tell me about it!
I'm very interested to hear your feedback.
Regards,
Denise
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posted by Denise @ 12:35 PM
3 Comments:
Hello again, Denise!
It's like reading my mind: I've been having exactlly the same problem. It would be great to have at least a "home office" - a room dedicated to work only. But, since my girlfriend and I moved in together (in a new flat), that option is gone. It would be great if my GF would understand that I need to be focused while working, but ... she doesn't and keeps asking me something. What I've managed to do so far about it? Well, I went and buy headphones. :) It's a very pragmatic solution, but I must say it works for now. :-)
Sometimes I wish I had a job with an office where I could be focused on my work and that only. Well, it's almost christmas time - maybe Santa reads this blog and will try to do something about it. ;-)
Keep up the good work. Once again, nice topic and relevant question.
Greg,
Thank you for your comment. The headphones are a good idea - unfortunately, they never seem to work for me! I still get distracted by my roommate.
Yikes, then I don't know. Perhaps we should print some t-shirts with a BIG DND sign and wear them while working. ;-)
Do you have door between you and your roommates' room? Then just close them while working, have a chat with him/her and let him/her know, what the closed doors mean. You can also print out some warrning (with that radioactive sign ... :-]). If you have the door, the last resort is just locking it. :-))
Take care, G
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