Decameron: Expert Tips [I/9]
A work-from-home master drilled us on these seventeen essential tips for working from home!
Get dressed, every morning. I know, I know, it’s passe, but it gets you in the mindset. That’s why every day, I put on my Brooks Brothers suit, fix myself a coffee, and go to my home office. You should do the same thing! Just fish that sweatshirt out of the hamper like you normally do and get in the mindset of working.
Try to have a separate space for work and work alone. I’ve only been able to work at home like a real pro because I have a whole desk that I’m only allowed to work at. Maybe wipe down half of your kitchen table, or move all the Gundam figurines off the table in your bedroom.
Take breaks! You have no trouble doing this normally, make sure to take breaks.
Work hard to focus. Yes, you’re gonna have to really draw the line between time for work and time for fun at home. Make sure you’re clearly delineating your work from any side hustles you have, so be sure to shut down Only Fans when you “punch in.”
Actually, I kind of need advice here.
Listen I lead a really active social life, I get invited to parties constantly, I go on dates almost constantly, and getting out of my apartment is a really big deal for me in general, especially because I work at home.
This is all really getting to me, and I value your opinion, so please, I have to ask you a favor.
How do you do it? How do you get by with no discernible outdoor social life? You barely leave the house, you spend all of your time indoors, what’s the trick? How do I become content with a meaningless, stifled life outside of working hours? What’s the secret?
What’s Crunchyroll?
I see. Hm.
What about like human companionship? How do you fake that?
“to study and/or chill to”? Do I have that right? What is lo-fi hip hop?
So she just sits there writing? Is that the appeal?
No, I get she’s listening to music too, I get it, that part was clear.
Jesus.
Make sure to regularly schedule check-ins with your boss and your colleagues, it’s easy to lose touch.
Decameron is a newsletter recounting the 14th Century set of quarantine tales for 2020. Read the original story.