Why I’m more efficient when I’m working from home:
- I don’t count potty breaks as work time.
- I can take breaks when my brain takes breaks–and pick up the task again when I’m fresh
- Don’t have to worry about leaving my water bottle at home and getting dehydrated
- Access to much needed snacks to boost my brain glucose mid-day
- Access to my personal reference works (tons nicer than relying on the internet alone)
- No default home page set to company intranet (how many minutes have I wasted typing in www.google.com?)
- No phone with an annoying jingle in the cubicle nearby
- No interruptions by coworkers wanting me to “look through these files”
- No cubicle-mates who type their letters out loud, including long hisses on every “s”
- Don’t have to listen as a woman in a nearby cubicle micro-manages her adult children’s lives
Which is why I’m taking every opportunity this week to bring my work home. I log my minutes and make sure I get my time in–but I don’t have to deal with the minor (or major?) disruptions that add stress to my already massively stressful last week.