Yes, being self-directed is vital for me—and not having a boss (I’m responsible to clients but don’t feel I report to them). And even though I experienced the erasure of personal boundaries when we started our business, I would still never want to return to a day job as it is a joy being able to work at home together with our kitties and control our own (constantly fluctuating) schedule.
Yes, being self-directed is vital for me—and not having a boss (I’m responsible to clients but don’t feel I report to them). And even though I experienced the erasure of personal boundaries when we started our business, I would still never want to return to a day job as it is a joy being able to work at home together with our kitties and control our own (constantly fluctuating) schedule.
I would imagine that only to be as nice as you describe when you have a house, though, including a room that's only for work, where you can just shut the door.
At least for me it's like that. Working from home feels quite odd right now, as I don't have that. Not even an own corner just for work, I'm out of corners ;)
It does help making things better w.r.t. my rather late sleep phase, though. Not having to waste time on the road.
Actually, at that time, we had a minuscule apartment that was packed with books and so much crap, we only had a tiny little space in the living room to set up our shared workspace, so I can relate. A “room of one’s own” definitely helps but isn’t 100% necessary, although it would be more challenging if you have roommates engaged in other activities.
The "shut the door" thing was also meant for "closing work for today / weekend", out of sight, out of mind, not for shutting out noise from flat mates - I couldn't have those anyway, given my sleep schedule that would likely wreck me ^^
Yes, being self-directed is vital for me—and not having a boss (I’m responsible to clients but don’t feel I report to them). And even though I experienced the erasure of personal boundaries when we started our business, I would still never want to return to a day job as it is a joy being able to work at home together with our kitties and control our own (constantly fluctuating) schedule.
You also get to choose your clients, or at least choose not to work with the unpleasant ones again. The boss isn't as easy to dismiss.
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I would imagine that only to be as nice as you describe when you have a house, though, including a room that's only for work, where you can just shut the door.
At least for me it's like that. Working from home feels quite odd right now, as I don't have that. Not even an own corner just for work, I'm out of corners ;)
It does help making things better w.r.t. my rather late sleep phase, though. Not having to waste time on the road.
Actually, at that time, we had a minuscule apartment that was packed with books and so much crap, we only had a tiny little space in the living room to set up our shared workspace, so I can relate. A “room of one’s own” definitely helps but isn’t 100% necessary, although it would be more challenging if you have roommates engaged in other activities.
The "shut the door" thing was also meant for "closing work for today / weekend", out of sight, out of mind, not for shutting out noise from flat mates - I couldn't have those anyway, given my sleep schedule that would likely wreck me ^^
Haha, gotcha.