Just me again.<\/p>\n
Same spot.<\/p>\n
Different day.<\/p>\n
I had someone ask me yesterday “What’s it like\u00a0 working from home?”<\/p>\n
Depends on the day.<\/p>\n
It’s funny, because I think we’ve all had that thought at some point “If I could just work from home!”<\/p>\n
It’s not as easy as you would think.<\/p>\n
The first week was a taste of freedom.\u00a0 “I can wear whatever I want to work.\u00a0 Stay in my pj’s all day if I want to.”\u00a0\u00a0No rushing around in the morning to get ready and out the door.<\/p>\n
It was ALMOST like being on vacation.<\/p>\n
The second week I was missing routine.\u00a0 I was missing co-workers.\u00a0 I didn’t care about extra cups of coffee or trips to the kitchen for snacks.\u00a0\u00a0I was getting dressed, and doing hair and make-up just to feel like I had something to do.\u00a0 I was messaging co-workers just to say “Hi.\u00a0 Miss you.”\u00a0\u00a0When there was an office call, and you heard another voice, you couldn’t help but smile.\u00a0 And to be honest, you’re still working.\u00a0 Maybe even MORE than before.<\/p>\n
I THINK this is week three.<\/p>\n
I’m slacking in the getting dressed for work department.\u00a0 Sweatshirts, hoodies, “comfy” clothes rule the day.\u00a0 Ponytails.\u00a0 No makeup.\u00a0 I’m lacking focus.<\/p>\n
I feel so disconnected from the world – even through all the attempts at staying connected.<\/p>\n
I HATE video chats with a passion.\u00a0 \u00a0I cannot stand to see my face on that screen.\u00a0 It’s the most uncomfortable thing ever.\u00a0 \u00a0So I do my very best to avoid those wherever possible.<\/p>\n
And I think emotions are running high right now.\u00a0 It’s been a long few weeks.\u00a0 I think we are all feeling stir crazy.\u00a0 I love my home.\u00a0 I love my family.\u00a0 I love the security that comes from being home.<\/p>\n
Family dinners, movie nights, conversations and laughs.\u00a0 All good. But there are days now where everybody scatters to their own space.\u00a0 There’s just so much family time we can all take (smile).<\/p>\n
I’m sure not making any progress in the cleaning department.\u00a0 My house is still a mess most of the time.\u00a0 I occasionally clean a closet or organize the pantry.\u00a0 Nothing profound like you see other people doing.<\/p>\n
You would think with all this extra time we’ve all been given, I would have done something incredible with it.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Can’t even finish a jigsaw puzzle.<\/p>\n
I think deep down, we’re all carrying this underlying sense of worry and a bit of fear.\u00a0 It hides.\u00a0 Deep down inside.\u00a0 \u00a0It wears on you even if you don’t realize it.<\/p>\n
I think that’s why it’s so important to stick to some sort of routine, and keep reminding yourself of what you do have and what you are thankful for.<\/p>\n
I miss face to face conversations\u00a0 and eye contact.\u00a0\u00a0I miss hugs.\u00a0 I miss people.\u00a0 Even co-workers (smile)<\/p>\n
I miss the freedom of going to the store on a whim.\u00a0 I miss browsing at the grocery store.<\/p>\n
I miss walks at the end of a long day, where you aren’t anxious to see someone coming the other way, or avoiding you. I wonder if that sense of “you could be a carrier” look will ever truly go away.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful that I have my job and I get the chance to work from home.\u00a0 I get to leave my desk and go check on my kids.\u00a0 I get to sit and have a coffee break with my husband.\u00a0 I get to get dinner started before my workday is even done.\u00a0 I have no commute home through busy traffic, and tailgaters, and other frustrations when out on the road.<\/p>\n
As was said by a good friend last night “It just shows how much we need people.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A truer statement couldn’t be said.<\/p>\n We need people.\u00a0 We need to feel connected.\u00a0 All those days complaining about busy workdays, counting the days til Friday – seem so far away.<\/p>\n I like the comfort of working from home.\u00a0 I like that I am surrounded by my favourite things in my scrapbook room where I spend my day.\u00a0 I get cat cuddles whenever I want (as long as the cat says it’s ok).\u00a0 Because, cats.<\/p>\n Lots to be thankful for but I sure hope this is over soon so we can all go back to normal.<\/p>\n Complaining about work and co-workers included!\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just me again. Same spot. Different day. I had someone ask me yesterday “What’s it like\u00a0 working from home?” Depends on the day. It’s funny, because I think we’ve all had that thought at some point “If I could just work from home!” It’s not as easy as you would think. The first week was","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4213,4115,4214,4144,442,4215,4127,4129],"class_list":["post-8836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-co-workers","tag-covid-19","tag-i-miss-people","tag-isolation","tag-sarnia","tag-scrapbook-room","tag-social-distancing","tag-working-from-home"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 22:36:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/04\/whats-it-like-where-you-are\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8836"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8841,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions\/8841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}