How to maintain your mental health while working from home
Pretty good article online at Fast Company.
I’ve been working from home since 2006. As a result social distancing and hoarding come naturally now. The article has several good suggestions and well worth reading.
Personally I would add one more suggestion to the list: your favorite music. Today is a Willie Day.
FlexJobs just did a state-by-state analysis of telecommuting based on Census data and found that Colorado, Vermont, and Oregon continue to top the list, as they have for the past five years.
Graphic courtesy of flexjobs.
In May 2018 I will have worked from home for 12 years.
The laundry is always caught up, someone is home for the service calls, and dinner is on the table at a reasonably normal hour.
Workers who “telecommute” appear to have a lot more job satisfaction than folks who report to an office every day. But that positive comes with trade-offs. Remote employees may also have a harder time separating work from their personal lives, and they can become socially isolated.
Source: The Upsides and Downsides of Telecommuting
Friends? The wine shop manager, grocery store employees, and staff at the YMCA.
No, I’m not socially isolated.
“Managers know who is a high performer and who is not—it’s not a secret. If you have people that you’re afraid if they’re working out of your sight, then they aren’t getting work done, why are they working for you in the first place? That’s not a ‘work remotely’ problem. That’s a management problem.”
Erica Warren
Source: How These Remote Workers Convinced Their Bosses And Clients They Can Work From Anywhere
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