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Remote work and how it affects the daily lives of people

May 5, 2020

I have been working remotely for the past 5 years. I love it. Love the freedom -and make your schedule thingy.

You work more not less

I've heard from people things like: "Oh, you are so lucky, working from home, -having all the free time you want". It was obvious they had no clue what means -working remotely. They had this romantic idea of remote work. You can watch TV -whenever you like, you can go outside for a picnic if you want and stuff like -that.

This may be true if you work a day or two in a week from home. But if you go -completely remote all these changes completely. I take some time to acclimate -but then you start feeling the consequences of going fully remote. And it's not -all rainbows and unicorns. Rather the opposite.

Feeling lost

At first, I remembered I felt lost. I was not used to this kind of environment. -It felt disoriented and a part of you that is used to procrastinate turns on. -You start thinking of a workday as a whole day. And soon this idea of "I can do -this later" starts creeping in. Well, I have the whole day ahead of me. I can do -this a bit later.

Hyper-performance

As a direct result, you become more focused on your work since you don't have -all the interruptions common in the workplace. And you can quickly get used to -this hyper-performance. But this mode requires also a lot of peace and quiet.

And here we come to the ugly parts of all this. People rarely have the -self-control to not waste other people's time. It is paralyzing when people -start calling you, sending you chat messages, etc. The thing is, that when I -achieve this hyper-performance mode I am completely embroiled in the problem I -am solving and this kind of interruptions mess with your head. I need an hour at -least to get back in the zone. Sometimes not achieving the same focus the whole -day.

I know that life is not how you want it to be and takes its route but from what -I've learned this kind of interruptions can be avoided in 90% of the case easily -just by closing any chat programs and putting your phone in a drawer.

Suggestion to all the new remote workers

  • Stop wasting other people's time. You don't bother people at their desks in -the office either.
  • Do not replace daily chats in the hallways with instant messaging software. -It will only interrupt people. Nothing good will come of it.
  • Set your working hours and try to not allow it to bleed outside these -boundaries and maintain your routine.
  • Be prepared that hours will be longer regardless of your good intentions and -your well thought of routine.
  • Try to be hyper-focused and do only one thing at the time. Multitasking is the -enemy of progress.
  • Avoid long meetings and if possible eliminate them. Rather take time to write -them out and allow others to respond in their own time. Meetings are usually a -large waste of time and most of the people attending them are there just -because the manager said so.
  • The software will not solve your problems. And throwing money at problems -neither.
  • If you are in a managerial position don't supervise any single minute of -workers. They are probably giving you more hours anyways. Track progress -weekly not daily. You hired them and give them the benefit of the doubt that -they will deliver what you agreed upon.
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