Working From Home
Working from home is something I’m rapidly learning. With the edict to work from home where possible to slow the spread of Covid-19 my employer decided to send us all home, and close the office. Luckily we can work from home, and will continue to do so, unlike others whose income is more at risk in the short term.
There is definitely things to learn when working from home the whole time. The lack of common areas with colleagues makes ad-hoc, spontaneous conversation harder. Meetings are all virtual, which so far seems fine. The boundary between home and work needs to be maintained. In general it’s a transition and an adjustment. Lots of people are going through it. Lots of companies have been doing it for years.
It is odd having the commute being up the stairs. Thankfully we recently moved, so have space for a separate work area. The silver lining is the (lack of) commute. From the environmental, cost and time perspectives this is a benefit. Here’s hoping the realisation that working from home works, will lead to less travel in the future.
What I want to do is work out what to do with the time gained from not commuting. I think I should use the time for some of the learning and activity that has fallen by the wayside, or that I’d planned and not done. In essence to do the things I want to do, but struggle to find the time to. The short list so far is:
- Get back to running, handstands and weights. This has fallen aside a little with illness and moving house. Seems like a good time to start “running to work” on occasion. Unfortunately given the one exercise a day rule, that may have to be with the dog.
- Get back to actually developing and scanning film. The printing might be harder, but still possible.
- Take up piano, as planned previously. Teaching may be more difficult, but I’m sure there’s online learning resources available.
So in short there’s much learning ahead, both how to work remotely from colleagues, and on a personal level, with the extra time I should have.