So, I know many people who think, “You work from home! You must get sooo much done!” I laugh and then explain that yes, I do get a
lot done, at work!
I know people picture me as sitting on a call, folding
laundry, making dinner and probably even vacuuming the house. So, in an effort to try to dispel this myth,
I tried it out. On a slower than average
day during a holiday week, I decided I would try to multi-task and get
something done around the house while working.
Here is how it went:
1 – I loaded the washer while on a call and didn’t actually
get it started because I was at a point I needed to look at a document, so back
to the desk I ran and the washer never got started. FAIL!
2 – I thought about folding a load of clothes while
listening to a webinar. I found myself
taking notes and pushed the laundry into a basket on the floor only to trip
over it later. FAIL!
3 – I was going to water the trees outside our home. I realized an hour into the watering and ONLY
when water was running into my open basement window that I had not shut it
off. FAIL!
Trust, I can multi-task with the best of them, but trying to
tie two worlds together, isn’t easy or recommended. For those who think we “virtual” employees
are getting work done around the house, you are wrong. There are times, after hours, I pick up a
call on a tractor, on a boat, at a football game or maybe at the store, but
that isn’t my normal day. I am here, at
my desk, working just like the folks in an office building. My office, however, never closes.
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