“Work”ing from “Home”
For most of my professional life, “Working from Home” has been little more than a euphemism for “Taking a day off without using a vacation day”. It’s up there with “Dentist’s Appointment” being roughly equivalent to “Job Interview”.
But this week, I’m working from home, and will actually need to do work. At home! Due to the laugh-a-minute hijinks that is the DNC, with its associated road closures, there’s no way I’m setting foot (or tyre, as would be more appropriate) on I-93, which is the stretch of tarmac between my home and office.
This is a bit of a problem, since I will be in a location containing a couch, a bed, two TiVos, a bunch of books I haven’t read, and a stack of DVDs I haven’t watched.
Anyone got any useful advice on forcing myself to actually do some work?
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