Working from home diaries – week 4
And so, to an end, is brought the work from home diaries. After four weeks we are cleared to return to the office and “normal”. It has been an “entertaining”, at times, adventure – one I would have preferred to do on my own terms but it was not that way.
Working from home is not so bad. You need a routine and to be diligent and disciplined – which I have been. I have worked as hard, if not harder, at home as there were less distractions – people. I have had to schedule breaks because I wasn’t taking them and even then, I didn’t take them 6 out of 10 times, or not for the allocated duration.
I have walked four mornings of each of the four weeks – a different route each time. It is not difficult to do, you simply change up the way you walk each day with no pre-conceived notion of where you should go, other than you have about 30 minutes within which to cover about 3km on average. It has been a lovely way to explore the nearby streets and see some lovely flowers.
The office is a good environment too – everything is where it is supposed to be. You are generally not “making do”. Having said this, I have not worn shoes on most days nor used a hair dryer other than maybe twice. I have, however, worn a bra each day and gotten dressed – not super casual but smart tidy. I still fit into most of my clothes and I look forward to a return to things, to some degree, the way they were – cafes and restaurants being opened, bars being open and being able to travel far and wide, whether within the country or without.
The experience has not been so bad, even though it was something I did not want to do at the start. As with everything, it has its moments both good and not so good yet I am glad that it is at an end, that I can return to the environment where there is human interaction, where another does my filing after I create the work, where I leave work physically at work.
It has been therapeutic packing up the files and putting them in the car with the first run complete, the second to occur. It has meant a lightening of energy and a removal of that stuff from where I live. It brings back the divide of work and home. It’s been interesting, a time of learning, may we not be forced into this situation again.
The photos include some of the beverages consumed over time, the flowers I have walked past and life generally as that did not stop during this part of the suspension of “normal”.
