Been working from home for 2 years now and honestly I don't know how I'd go back to the office full time. I get to see my kids before and after school, eat lunch with my family, and I'm way less stressed about commute traffic. The lines between work and home blur sometimes but the flexibility is worth it. Any other remote dads? How do you keep work from taking over everything?
Same here man. I was dreading going back after COVID but staying home these past couple years has been a game changer. Being able to grab lunch with the kids and actually be present for the small stuff is everything. My boss knows I'm way more productive at home too.
The trick is setting boundaries or you'll never actually stop working. I had to learn that the hard way. Once I started treating my home office as a real office with an end time, the family actually got more of my attention, not less.
I would kill to have remote work. Commuting into the office is killing me. Curious what the downside is though because it sounds like mostly wins for your family?
Two years is long enough to know if it's actually working or if you got used to it. The best part has to be cutting out commute time right? That's hours you get back with your family every week.
I've been remote for about a year now and honestly the commute time savings alone has changed our whole dynamic. I get to actually see my kids in the mornings instead of just waving goodbye. Don't think I could do the office grind 5 days a week anymore.
We did remote for about a year and honestly it was amazing for family time but the work side got weird. Harder to separate when home is your office. But the trade off of being there for lunch and school pickup was worth it for us.
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Remote work with three kids at home sounds chaotic though. How do you actually focus on work when they're there? Or do you have some kind of setup where they know not to interrupt during work hours?