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It's not the distractions per se, it's the mental state. Distractions exist at work too, but when everyone around you is working, you can't help but work as we
by hasenj 10y ago
It's not the distractions per se, it's the mental state.
Distractions exist at work too, but when everyone around you is working, you can't help but work as well.
When you're home, your mental state it's "I'm home, I should not be doing work". At least that's how it was for me.
I can be productive working on a personal project when I'm home, but that's because I can work on it whenever and however I want. I can work in bursts of energy. But that's not how professional work is done.
- adjwilli 10y agoIt definitely requires a change in your mental state at home. It goes from "my place of relaxation" to constant anxiety about whether you should be working. Unless you start with the mindset that you will now always be working, you won't be as productive from home. Maybe once you get some experience you can lighten up a bit, and you should always keep some off-time scheduled for the weekend, but as they say, you can't go home again. And good for some people for not wanting to trade that (along with typically a lower salary and opportunity) for having to show up 8~6.
- benji-york 10y agoThis is not a universal truth: I have worked remotely for nearly a decade and have no issues separating work from personal. When I type "/me → EOD" into IRC or slack, that's it. My focus shifts to personal tasks.
- sotojuan 10y ago> I'm home, I should not be doing work Just have a place at home where you only do work. It can be a room or a desk. If you try to do work on your couch, bed, or lunch table it won't work.
- ghaff 10y agoIt absolutely varies. I have a nicely setup office at home but I frequently work on my laptop in some other room.