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Without going into a great mass of detail, my health has been pretty poor the last two years, culminating in (1) a torn meniscus in my right knee; (2) serious osteo-arthritis in my left knee; (3) a lengthy bout of bronchitis last July.
Without even asking my boss, I started working from home during the bronchial episode and just never went into the office again. Seriously, I haven't been in my office since early November. I get up and spend the first few hours of the day in my home office working, until the night-stink drives me to shower. I can usually spend another hour in my bathrobe before dressing and having a break for breakfast, or lunch disguised as breakfast. After that, I work on through the day until five-thirty and then shut down.
One of the interesting side-benefits of this change is that I have reduced my coffee intake to 1 cup a day, and upped my water consumption to almost two liters a day, plus a nightly glass of diet tonic water to help with leg cramps.
Downside is that I am on my ass ALL DAY LONG.
There have been months that go by where I don't leave my house at all between Mondays and Fridays. I socialize with friends on Saturday, grocery shop and do household chores on Sunday, and then start all over again on Monday. My company has a very robust VPN (usually) and a responsive IT manager that will troubleshoot it almost immediately if I have an issue.
So, working from home/sheltering in place is really just business as usual for me. Now, if only my business will survive the shutdown...
Everyone, stay safe and do what you need to do to keep healthy.
Without even asking my boss, I started working from home during the bronchial episode and just never went into the office again. Seriously, I haven't been in my office since early November. I get up and spend the first few hours of the day in my home office working, until the night-stink drives me to shower. I can usually spend another hour in my bathrobe before dressing and having a break for breakfast, or lunch disguised as breakfast. After that, I work on through the day until five-thirty and then shut down.
One of the interesting side-benefits of this change is that I have reduced my coffee intake to 1 cup a day, and upped my water consumption to almost two liters a day, plus a nightly glass of diet tonic water to help with leg cramps.
Downside is that I am on my ass ALL DAY LONG.
There have been months that go by where I don't leave my house at all between Mondays and Fridays. I socialize with friends on Saturday, grocery shop and do household chores on Sunday, and then start all over again on Monday. My company has a very robust VPN (usually) and a responsive IT manager that will troubleshoot it almost immediately if I have an issue.
So, working from home/sheltering in place is really just business as usual for me. Now, if only my business will survive the shutdown...
Everyone, stay safe and do what you need to do to keep healthy.
