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One of the great bonuses of working from home. You will be surprised how easy it is to get your 8 hours if you don't commute.

saiya-jin 10y ago
depends on commute - my 15 mins don't mean anything, and once i leave work, all mental processes related to work topics go into hibernation till next morning. not so easy when I was working from home
- stinkytaco 10y ago
  I live pretty close to where I work, probably 20 minutes on foot. This is great for many reasons, but I also work in a public place (a library) and might have personal reasons to go there on days I'm not working. I do not do this because I just can't bring myself to hang out where I work. It's not that my coworkers are not respectful it's just that I don't want to. Working from home was like being at work all the time. It started to wear on me. Now that I'm more mature I might be able to handle it, but at the time I just couldn't sustain.
elorant 10y ago
The problem with working from home is that it's very easy to procrastinate or just jerk off with the gazillion of things that attract your attention.
- venomsnake 10y ago
  And how being in an office prevents that?
- deleted 10y ago
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- oarsinsync 10y ago
  Happens quite easily at the office too, with all the table tennis, foosball, free food and drink and regular meetings. Heck I'm doing it right now with just a web browser sat at my desk...
- DiabloD3 10y ago
  You know, it's weird, but for me, not having the buzz of other people around me all the time makes it easy for me to concentrate.... as long as I stay off HN, Reddit, and Imgur. Seriously, HN is a gigantic delicious timesink that has probably cost all of us collectively millions.
  - paulojreis 10y ago
    > Seriously, HN is a gigantic delicious timesink that has probably cost all of us collectively millions. It's possible, but what you get back from HN is also enormous; from jobs to interactions with very smart people. I mean, Alan Kay was involved in discussions here, just yesterday!
- kranner 10y ago
  In other words, an opportunity to understand why you procrastinate and build good working habits.
- tehrei 10y ago
  Unless you work in some draconian monarchy where you're constantly monitored, you can jerk off at the office, too.

saiya-jin 10y ago

depends on commute - my 15 mins don't mean anything, and once i leave work, all mental processes related to work topics go into hibernation till next morning. not so easy when I was working from home

stinkytaco 10y ago
I live pretty close to where I work, probably 20 minutes on foot. This is great for many reasons, but I also work in a public place (a library) and might have personal reasons to go there on days I'm not working. I do not do this because I just can't bring myself to hang out where I work. It's not that my coworkers are not respectful it's just that I don't want to. Working from home was like being at work all the time. It started to wear on me. Now that I'm more mature I might be able to handle it, but at the time I just couldn't sustain.

elorant 10y ago

The problem with working from home is that it's very easy to procrastinate or just jerk off with the gazillion of things that attract your attention.

venomsnake 10y ago
And how being in an office prevents that?
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oarsinsync 10y ago
Happens quite easily at the office too, with all the table tennis, foosball, free food and drink and regular meetings. Heck I'm doing it right now with just a web browser sat at my desk...
DiabloD3 10y ago
You know, it's weird, but for me, not having the buzz of other people around me all the time makes it easy for me to concentrate.... as long as I stay off HN, Reddit, and Imgur. Seriously, HN is a gigantic delicious timesink that has probably cost all of us collectively millions.
- paulojreis 10y ago
  > Seriously, HN is a gigantic delicious timesink that has probably cost all of us collectively millions. It's possible, but what you get back from HN is also enormous; from jobs to interactions with very smart people. I mean, Alan Kay was involved in discussions here, just yesterday!
kranner 10y ago
In other words, an opportunity to understand why you procrastinate and build good working habits.
tehrei 10y ago
Unless you work in some draconian monarchy where you're constantly monitored, you can jerk off at the office, too.