Recently my position became a telecommuting position, which means I now work
from home. My little home office has two computers and four monitors
constantly humming away.
I was once (and in some respects still am) a freelancer, so working from home
should have been easy for me, but it's not. I am not a very disciplined
person, so I find it hard to sit at my office computer when my home computer
is beckoning from only about 2 feet away, "come and play with me...".
My lack of discipline is also evident in other aspects. In the first week I
would get up at 7, get dressed as if going to work, then walk into my home
office and get started at 8:30; now I would get out of bed at 8:25 and get to
work directly, delaying my morning ablutions until I have the morning emails
under control, then leaving my computer to go shower and get dressed.
I might go a whole day without talking to a person, and I seem to be fine
with that. I don't know if I should be worried that I might go a whole day
without talking to another person, or if I should be worried that I'm okay
with not talking to another person the whole day.
Before you brand me an otaku, I should confess that I am actually reasonably
active; I'm no fitness guru, but I am taking advanced scuba diving classes
(I'm already a certified diver), and will be working towards my ski
instructor certification this winter. Once upon a time I was very interested
in law; I still am, but am no longer interested in becoming a lawyer. My goal
now is to become an itinerant instructor in skiing and scuba diving, and if I
can obtain a pilot's license in the meantime, so much the better!
Well, back to the issue of working from home. I guess even I get lonely, and
that's why I'm writing this...