That Mitchell and Webb Look - Working from home

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mattbee · 2020-03 · Joke / meme

I read my wife the headline and we both thought of the same thing - [VIDEO] - which this article skips over completely. Disappointing.

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theshrike79 · 2019-10 · Joke / meme

Exactly, I've worked at a place that let me work home as much as I wanted and it went like this: [VIDEO] (That Mitchell and Webb Look - Working from home sketch) Maybe it's the fact that I don't have a separate "office", I just sit where I would do my computer stuff at home anyways. If I need to be "remote", I go to a coffee shop or a library, anywhere but stay home. It's essential for my brain to have that distinction between "I'm at work" and "I'm at home".

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doppel · 2018-02 · Joke / meme

For me personally there is a huge gap in "working for others" and "working for myself", with freelance work falling in the latter category. I do well in an office environment where I have influence in setting my own tasks, but having others rely on me finishing my things and meeting deadlines. Of course it helps that I find my work interesting. When working on my own projects in my free time, motivation comes in bursts - I can have two evenings where I can hardly keep myself from working, and entire weeks where I cannot seem to get started or do anything constructive - my mind wanders off and I start procrastinating instead. I am fortunate enough that it does not matter financially to me what I complete in my spare time, but it is clear that waiting for motivation to hit me is not a viable strategy (for anyone). First off, I find that starting is the hardest part. Once I sit in front of the code, opened and have written the first words, I can keep going for at least a couple of hours. So make sure you always start a task, even if it means dragging yourself in front of the computer. Second, find a way to motivate yourself. For me, it is communicating clearly what my deadlines are to the people depending on it - this means I commit myself to finishing it publicly. At the same time, make sure you do not say "This project will finish in 3 weeks", but break it into chunks - "In two days, I'll have a prototype of the admin module, where you can test. Friday I expect to have all the

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