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Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by kaitai »

laumars wrote: post #65
idonotknowwhy wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in the same boat. I was lifting heavy at the gym, now I'm limited to kettlebells and can't even do pull ups. We'll be fine once this is over and we can get back to our old routines.

Is there nothing around that you can use as makeshift weights? When I was at high school and couldn’t afford a gym membership I used a bunch of old telephone directories as makeshift weights. It wasn’t ideal but it worked for a few months until I got my first job. Pull ups are one of the easier problems to solve at home. You can get bars for your doorway that extend out like stair gates. Or if you have a fat enough d…

I don't have telephone directories anymore, and I certainly don't have 200 lbs of them in easily graspable form... hand weights are fine but kettlebells are better than those, and neither is at all the same as a barbell.

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by tiew9Vii »

laumars wrote: post #38
tayo42 wrote: post #26

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I'm coming out of the this less fit, mostly because my workouts depended on being out of the house. gyms being open. Or freedom to travel to somewhere. Im also not eating as fresh as I normally do. I can usually get fish and vegetables and cook the day of. Now I gotta stock up on groceries for the week to reduce shopping frequency.

What workouts are they that cannot be done without access to a gym? For me it’s the variety of city food I miss the most. I live quite a way out from where I work and while there are still a few open takeaways, they’re pretty average in quality and lacking in variety. However there are larger and mostly well stocked supermarkets so buying fresh food to last the week hasn’t been a problem (most veg will last a week al…

If you lift heavy, power lifting etc it’s hard to do at home unless you go out and buy a rack, barbell and plates.

You’ll never lift or replicate anywhere near 100-200kg+ with home body weight workouts.

If you do general fitness, circuits etc home workouts can be good for that.

I guess it all depends on what you are training for.

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by cma »

haram_masala wrote: post #16

I’m finding myself to be terrible working from home, but (a) I have kids, one of whom needs a lot of supervision, (b) the only real focused workspace I have is in my unfinished basement, and it’s as dank and awful as most such basements are. I’ve ended several workdays wheezing and coughing.

I'd recommend at least getting a quiet dehumidifier and an air purifier.

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by lucb1e »

pier25 wrote: post #69
lucb1e wrote: post #56

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> Some days I work 4 hours. Some days I work 12 hours until 1-2 am. Do you track those hours to make sure you don't think you worked enough but in fact consistently work too little or too much? Wondering because I had that problem (working slightly too much every week).

I've never measured it but I've learned to work as much as I can without getting into burnout territory. On average I think I now work 50-60 hours per week. Most of these 10 years I've been working as a freelancer or now building my thing. Even when I was working for a company for a couple of years I was completely independent as far as time management goes.

Wait, why would you "work as much as [you] can without getting into burnout territory"? That sounds like you consistently and deliberately work more than you get paid for. Do you enjoy the job that much or is there some other reason, if I may ask?

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by closeparen »

chrisseaton wrote: post #22
Ductapemaster wrote: post #20

One really positive thing I have found for myself in the WFH life is that I am taking MUCH better care of myself. So far I have lost weight, started a bodyweight workout routine, which I do in between meetings/calls/other work, and have gained back 2 hours of my day by not taking transit into the city. That's 2 more hours every day that I get to relax, work on a personal project, hang out with my SO, or even crush ou…

> One really positive thing I have found for myself in the WFH life is that I am taking MUCH better care of myself. I think people are going to come out of this one of two ways - half will come out fitter, mentally and physically, more positive, with new interests and skills and stronger relationships, and the other half are going to come out a mess (understandably.)

>half will come out fitter, mentally and physically, more positive, with new interests and skills and stronger relationships

With you until the last part. This is an inward period. People are getting to know themselves, improving themselves, learning to be more independent, etc. because the space previously occupied by other people has been freed.

Unless you're talking about cohabitants? Seems to me that excessive contact would ruin the strongest relationships even faster than no contact would.

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by JesseMReeves »

I've always been a night owl and WFH seems to fix my mental health after years of trying to force myself to work during "normal office hours" (let's just agree to call them bricklaying and farming hours) in noisy office environments (I'm doing a mixture between natural science and AI which requires plenty of focus).

I'm slowly regaining trust in my ability to focus, getting into flow, and feel "normal" again. I'm starting my day with food-related stuff, sports and work communication, then going for an open-end session only towards late afternoon when communication slows down, working into the night.

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

amrrs wrote: post #24
Ductapemaster wrote: post #20

One really positive thing I have found for myself in the WFH life is that I am taking MUCH better care of myself. So far I have lost weight, started a bodyweight workout routine, which I do in between meetings/calls/other work, and have gained back 2 hours of my day by not taking transit into the city. That's 2 more hours every day that I get to relax, work on a personal project, hang out with my SO, or even crush ou…

Actually it's the opposite for me, I've started taking so much junk snacks (which wasn't available at Office), Less Walks and No proper schedule. Sleeps off the time. Many a days just getting up and jumping into calls. On the positive side, it's more quality time with family but I'm still wondering how to fix the health part.

I'm way in on junk food and no exercise since the pandemic started. I've decided I'm okay with it. I try not to be too unhealthy but this lockdown is difficult and junk food is comforting. At some point I will put a stop to it but for now I'm just enjoying an increased diet of junk food.

Re: Why are some people better at working from home than others?

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Post by pier25 »

lucb1e wrote: post #74
pier25 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never measured it but I've learned to work as much as I can without getting into burnout territory. On average I think I now work 50-60 hours per week. Most of these 10 years I've been working as a freelancer or now building my thing. Even when I was working for a company for a couple of years I was completely independent as far as time management goes.

Wait, why would you "work as much as [you] can without getting into burnout territory"? That sounds like you consistently and deliberately work more than you get paid for. Do you enjoy the job that much or is there some other reason, if I may ask?

Like I explained in my previous comment, I work for myself now.

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Post by [deleted] »

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #78
amrrs wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually it's the opposite for me, I've started taking so much junk snacks (which wasn't available at Office), Less Walks and No proper schedule. Sleeps off the time. Many a days just getting up and jumping into calls. On the positive side, it's more quality time with family but I'm still wondering how to fix the health part.

I'm way in on junk food and no exercise since the pandemic started. I've decided I'm okay with it. I try not to be too unhealthy but this lockdown is difficult and junk food is comforting. At some point I will put a stop to it but for now I'm just enjoying an increased diet of junk food.

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