Journal Entries
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Bon Journal
Independence and flexibility
Last year I arrived in Manhattan on a muggy day. Since the downtown
Hilton was deserted, I joined the crowd near Brooklyn Bridge to catch
a glimpse of the Independence Day hoo-hah.
It's much nicer in my garden by myself, away from the maddening crowd.
The ability to work from home allows me to stretch the work throughout
the entire day, with intermittent breaks on the piano, the bicycle, and
the hammock.
It took me awhile to get used to working from home. At first I thought
it was a perk. I could save two hours of commuting time and another half-hour
of making up and dressing up. First I had to get over the guilt that I'm
not in the office. Would people think I'm not working?
With Internet connection from home and a mobile phone, it has become
a lot easier. I could be anywhere and people can still get hold of me.
I don't have to be physically in the office to be seen or heard. In cyberspace
and in mobile airspace, I am working away.
Still, there is a certain psychology to working from home. I read that
some people need to separate the work space from the living space. In
my case, I work everywhere: the kitchen, dining room, the garden, the
living room, and sometimes even the bathroom.
One thing I realised though: I have to clean up my home before I can
begin to work. Another thing: consecutive days of working from home can
sometimes drive me nuts. So I go to the office just to be around other
people. Luckily I don't work with anyone in the office - so I end up going
to the office to get my sanity back.
4 July 2001
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Home-working web sites:
www.flexibility.co.uk information
for home workers with helpful web links
www.gilgordon.com a US-based
resource for teleworkers with a global reach
hhrc in-depth
study on home working
www.tca.org.uk a UK-based teleworking
group with links to other European sites
Digital Peninsula an innovative
site connecting Cornwall homeworkers
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