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3 Reasons Why Remote Working Feels Like Sh*t (Sometimes)
If you’re reading this, I’m betting that you’ve looked around your makeshift home office and thought “this is sh*t”.
Despite a worldwide pandemic, remote work is still working from home. And just like working from an office — there are plenty of reasons why it sucks. Especially at first.
In between rushing for the mute button while kids launch into a Starwars battle, trying to reclaim your keyboard from your cat, and working up the energy to do at least one pushup… the light at the end of the tunnel can get pretty dim.
I’ve been doing this for 3 years now. It still sometimes sucks, but at least I know where the pitfalls are hiding. Once you know the problem, it’s MUCH easier to fix it.
Reason 1: Working from home is a change
Change sucks. But it’s also awesome. Our brain thinks in cycles. Here’s how it goes.
Change happens: “This is the worst! I don’t know anything! I’m so confused! I’m so nervous! Ahhhhhh!!!”
Time goes on a bit: “I think I’m starting to get the hang of this! But I want to go back to how things were back in the good lol days.”
Even more time passes: “I’m so good at this now! *proud* Sure the old way was nice, but at least I…
