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How To Keep Your Remote Job from Taking Over Your Life
Bring Back the Commute
Remote jobs are wonderful. Remote jobs are horrible. At any point during the workweek, either or both sentiments may be true. While some of your happiness is dictated by the people you work with, much of your happiness will stem from your ability to draw lines between your work and your personal life.
This may sound counterintuitive. For some, remote work provides a way to spend more time doing things they love. Others work remotely because their personal circumstances demand it. In many cases, the ability to blend the professional with the personal is what makes the arrangement work at all. However, there is such a thing as too much work life blend. Only you can say when things are too intermixed. One person’s successful blend is another person’s train wreck. This article will discuss two ways to keep work from taking over your personal life when you work from home.
Bring Back the Commute
There might be things you miss about working in the company office. Commuting to work probably isn’t one of them. That said, commuting to and from work provides a transition you don’t get moving from your kitchen table to your office. This is particularly true if your kitchen table is your office. You can answer work emails and texts while…
