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I'm relatively extroverted, and I can relate to your experience really well after working from home for the last year. The isolation and lack of human interacti

by wrigby 10y ago

I'm relatively extroverted, and I can relate to your experience really well after working from home for the last year. The isolation and lack of human interaction can be downright depressing, and I've been led productive than ever. I'm curious to know if people with families have a different experience with it than single people. I'm a single guy in my mid 20's, and I suspect that if I was married and had kids at home the experience would be more positive.

delinhabit 10y ago
I work from home a couple days a week, to avoid the fairly long commute to the office. I definitely think seeing my family around during the day is a big plus. I mostly start really early (around the same time I would normally go to take my bus), so I have a nice 10-15 minutes break with my kids, before they go to the daycare. My wife also just started a bakery and works from home mostly, so I have the opportunity to take small breaks during the day and spend some time with her. Last but not least, I am more productive and on average create more value when I work from home, just because I start my day doing what I like the most and commuting. Obviously, this is just an anecdote and everyone's case is different, but I think if you work from home and you're not alone, it shouldn't be as depressing and/or demotivating.
mtberatwork 10y ago
> I suspect that if I was married and had kids at home the experience would be more positive. Positive, yes. But it's hard to be productive with young kids in the house.
dkarl 10y ago
In my experience, it can be hard. For some people, it's easy to emotionally accept that you have to be gone at work all day but very hard to process the fact that you're right there and can't always instantly turn off and interact with them. Your family/SO needs to feel like you care about them, and you need to be able to settle comfortably into work without feeling like you're going to be interrupted constantly. It's a really knotty problem.
dkarl 10y ago
In my experience, it can be hard. For some people, it's easy to emotionally accept that you have to be gone at work all day but very hard to process the fact that you're right there and can't always instantly turn off and interact with them. Your family/SO needs to feel like you care about them, and you need to be able to settle comfortably into work without feeling like you're going to be interrupted constantly. It's a really knotty problem.

by wrigby 10y ago

delinhabit 10y ago

I work from home a couple days a week, to avoid the fairly long commute to the office. I definitely think seeing my family around during the day is a big plus. I mostly start really early (around the same time I would normally go to take my bus), so I have a nice 10-15 minutes break with my kids, before they go to the daycare. My wife also just started a bakery and works from home mostly, so I have the opportunity to take small breaks during the day and spend some time with her. Last but not least, I am more productive and on average create more value when I work from home, just because I start my day doing what I like the most and commuting. Obviously, this is just an anecdote and everyone's case is different, but I think if you work from home and you're not alone, it shouldn't be as depressing and/or demotivating.

mtberatwork 10y ago

> I suspect that if I was married and had kids at home the experience would be more positive. Positive, yes. But it's hard to be productive with young kids in the house.

dkarl 10y ago

In my experience, it can be hard. For some people, it's easy to emotionally accept that you have to be gone at work all day but very hard to process the fact that you're right there and can't always instantly turn off and interact with them. Your family/SO needs to feel like you care about them, and you need to be able to settle comfortably into work without feeling like you're going to be interrupted constantly. It's a really knotty problem.

dkarl 10y ago