Working from Home, re-visited

Sid James · July 20, 2015

Been threads on this before but not for a couple of years ..anyway

Does anyone else do this regularly, do you enjoy it, get more work done ?

How do you remain focused and motivated when there's so many distractions such as GOT, internet porn, social media, jobs around the house, internet porn, cats on you tube, Homes under the hammer, interesting walls to stare at and internet porn.

I really struggle sometimes unless there's an immediate deadline , procrastination if high up on my skill set

Jimmywhack · July 20, 2015

Sid James said:
Been threads on this before but not for a couple of years ..anyway

Does anyone else do this regularly, do you enjoy it, get more work done ?

How do you remain focused and motivated when there's so many distractions such as GOT, internet porn, social media, jobs around the house, internet porn, cats on you tube, Homes under the hammer, interesting walls to stare at and internet porn.

I really struggle sometimes unless there's an immediate deadline , procrastination if high up on my skill set

Once or twice a week, its really good if you have a project or task that needs doing and you need to be left alone

As for distractions, I watch porn in my dinner break, have GOT on in the background and the tv on in the other room

Groucho · July 20, 2015

If I could work from home, I'd spend all my time here, even more than currently.

Sid James · July 20, 2015

Stefan Rehn said:
Once or twice a week, its really good if you have a project or task that needs doing and you need to be left alone

As for distractions, I watch porn in my dinner break, have GOT on in the background and the tv on in the other room

You sound as bad as me, far too many other interesting things to distract you, I'm supposed to be creating some powerpoint slides and writing my promotion case, neither of which are as entertaining as old Father Ted Clips

GrandOldTeam · July 20, 2015

Lists.

Make one every night - with everything you need done the next day.

TomDixie · July 20, 2015

I've started doing it recently, once a week.

Provided I move into the living room and set myself up properly at the table, I can remain disciplined. It's certainly useful when I have papers to write and a little lie in can help with energy levels.

Plus, if I feel like a little break then I can take on guilt free.

Sid James · July 20, 2015

GrandOldTeam said:
Lists.

Make one every night - with everything you need done the next day.

I've seen this somewhere and I've tried it, trouble is sticking to it, perhaps I should focus on bursts of work, interspersed with "brief" periods of idleness e.g 90 mins work followed by 15 mins of browsing female work colleagues holiday pics on facebook

MickA · July 20, 2015

Sid James said:
Been threads on this before but not for a couple of years ..anyway

Does anyone else do this regularly, do you enjoy it, get more work done ?

How do you remain focused and motivated when there's so many distractions such as GOT, internet porn, social media, jobs around the house, internet porn, cats on you tube, Homes under the hammer, interesting walls to stare at and internet porn.

I really struggle sometimes unless there's an immediate deadline , procrastination if high up on my skill set

I do all the time and it's really difficult. Bad habit I have is sitting downstairs instead of at a desk with a proper chair. Bad for health and bad for concentration.

Get a dog and that adds structure!

Bungle · July 20, 2015

Sid James said:
I've seen this somewhere and I've tried it, trouble is sticking to it, perhaps I should focus on bursts of work, interspersed with "brief" periods of idleness e.g 90 mins work followed by 15 mins of browsing female work colleagues holiday pics on facebook

15 minutes? Haha You aren't kidding anyone.

ijjysmith · July 20, 2015

I work from home really often.

Much prefer it and get way way way more work done.

Not sure why. Just get on with it easier.

tim gabbott · July 20, 2015

Just seems an excuse not to go into work for most people. They get some work done but usually waiting for a delivery to turn up or things like that ...

Sid James · July 20, 2015

MickA said:
I do all the time and it's really difficult. Bad habit I have is sitting downstairs instead of at a desk with a proper chair. Bad for health and bad for concentration.

Get a dog and that adds structure!

Hmm Got a dog and recently added two new puppies , large proportion of my day is spent picking up poo and saying No a lot

Sid James · July 20, 2015

Bungle said:
15 minutes? Haha You aren't kidding anyone.

This is my plan, the actual is far more incriminating

Tree13 · July 20, 2015

Due to my employer's appalling lack of competency in setting up our IT network, and stupid hardware procurement decisions, working from home is painfully difficult. Regularly takes more than fifteen minutes to log in; connection to work servers regularly freezes or drops completely. It is faster for me to carry out any internet-based work or document editing on my own laptop and then email the results to my work laptop (sat right next to my own one) than it is to attempt to get anything more than my outlook calendar and inbox running on the work machine. Bonkers.

The Cowboy · July 20, 2015

tim gabbott said:
Just seems an excuse not to go into work for most people. They get some work done but usually waiting for a delivery to turn up or things like that ...

Working from home is a good way of getting around that age-old problem of tradespeople only working Mon-Fri 9-5.

Anyone who complains about people working from home clearly doesn't have the option to work from home and is just bitter about it.