Remote work killing my productivity

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MarkRegular

3w ago1 min read

So I've been working from home for like 8 months now and honestly it's been a mixed bag. Yeah I get to see my kids at lunch and I'm not commuting anymore which is great. But my boss keeps pinging me at like 6pm with urgent stuff and I can't seem to turn it off. My 4 year old had to literally climb on my lap during a client call yesterday. Anyone else struggling with the boundary between work space and home space? How do you guys shut it down at the end of the day?

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DDave M.New Dad3w ago

The guilt got me the worst at first - like I should be doing laundry between meetings or helping with home stuff. Took me a while to realize I actually had to treat it like an office or nothing got done.

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EEvan M.Regular3w ago

I'd kill for 8 months remote to figure this out. I'm in the office full time and feel like I'm missing everything with the kids. The grass is always greener I guess.

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BBrad M.Regular3w ago

I've been remote for 2 years now and honestly the productivity thing gets better once you set up a real routine. What's been your biggest distraction? The house stuff or just the mental shift of being home?

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