Working from home is great on snowy, wintry days. I don’t need to need to dig out the driveway early in the morning, or climb into a frigid vehicle, or worry about how my giant snow boots look with a nice outfit. I just walk downstairs to my office with a cup of coffee and [...]
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I can barely stand it today. The absolute, at times, maddening, loneliness of working from home, by myself, day-after-every-other day. Most days I am happy to walk down to my office and savor the quiet. The kids are at preschool, husband is at the office, and not a sound can be heard apart from a [...]
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I came across this news blurb about a new form of telecommuting – telepresence. It is not likely to become mainstream anytime soon (I can only imagine the cost) but Willow Garage, a robot maker, keeps remote workers present by allowing a robot to glide around the office with the employee’s virtual face attached. I [...]
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If you follow this blog, or have just visted for the first time, you may have noticed that I haven’t made an update in more than two months. I took on a third part-time event management gig and with it came hoards of work in preparation for their annual conference this week. What began as a [...]
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I decided that the only way to get back in shape was to just do it. Because I telecommute I work every precious minute that my children are at preschool; I rarely get up from my desk during those hours. But sitting at the desk was making me feel flabby and tired. Fitting in exercise [...]
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Maybe. At least this article from Business Week says so. Using research from Pearn Kandola the article states that “employees who chase socialization thrive in the land of virtual work. The office gabbers. Those who are life of the break-room party. Left on their own, these types of workers are the ones who work closely [...]
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I enjoy my home office. It is soothing – it’s decorated the way I want, painted in the colors I chose with the furniture I picked out. Most mornings it is a pleasant place in which to work. This morning, however, I feel like I am at the zoo. I live in a neighborhood, but [...]
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I already work remotely from my home office, so I have the discpline to accomplish something without a boss lurking around, and I am used to using online email programs, sharing desktop applications over the internet, and generally being resourceful (i.e. cheap) to find ways to accomplish what I need to. A telecommuting background is enormously [...]
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I had a meeting last night with some other mom (and dad) bloggers. We all write for the same local outlet, and this was the first time we had met in person. What struck me about the five us was this: We all have children under the age of 5 We are all within a [...]
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There’s a good interview on US News & World Report’s site about moms finding creative ways to work. The interview is with author Sharon Reed Abboud about her book “All Moms Work: Short-Term Career Strategies for Long-Range Success”. Abboud’s book sounds intriguing, as the description pretty much describes my life. I left a marketing career [...]
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