I have worked from home for the past 2.5 years. The freedom is great, but the downside is that I found I work a lot more. There just ends up being so little separation between work and home that is all just blends into the same thing.
I'm taking a job soon where I'll need to go into an office and I'm excited. Now that I have done years in an office and out, I think the best solution for me is an office job that has flexibility to show up in a time window (been 8am and 10am for example) and the option to work from home when needed.
I worked from home for 3-4 year in 2000-2004. 7 days a week, 16 hour days with the odd day off to catch up on sleep quickly became a norm because no one told me I had to stop.
I found better balance finding some time at a coworking space. The act of leaving the house and being surrounded by other similar entrepreneurs helps a lot.
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I have worked from home for the past 2.5 years. The freedom is great, but the downside is that I found I work a lot more. There just ends up being so little separation between work and home that is all just blends into the same thing.
I'm taking a job soon where I'll need to go into an office and I'm excited. Now that I have done years in an office and out, I think the best solution for me is an office job that has flexibility to show up in a time window (been 8am and 10am for example) and the option to work from home when needed.
Learning to stop yourself is a hard skill.
I worked from home for 3-4 year in 2000-2004. 7 days a week, 16 hour days with the odd day off to catch up on sleep quickly became a norm because no one told me I had to stop.
I found better balance finding some time at a coworking space. The act of leaving the house and being surrounded by other similar entrepreneurs helps a lot.