Working from home means that you can set your own hours, work where you want and control your level of productivity until something gets in the way: life. Even the best-laid plans can get sidetracked when:
- The dog gets sick. This time on the product samples you need to send to a client.
- Your in-laws decide to visit the same week your biggest project of the year is due.
- Your child is home from school and in a lame attempt to entertain him, you show him how cool your new shredder is. Everything’s fine until you realize you’ve accidentally mixed up your “throw away” pile with your “extremely important” pile of paper.
- You’re wearing a suit (finally) and as you’re ready to leave your car, it starts raining. That’s when you remember that you never replaced your broken umbrella.
- Your printer runs out of ink when you need to print out a proposal and you’re already running late.
- Your iPhone quits working the week after the warranty runs out.
- Your favorite client is laid off and now you have to deal with his boss who’s a jerk. It’s hard to take him seriously considering all that your client has told you about him including what happened at the last company Christmas party.
- You lose your Internet connection right before a videoconference call that you’ve had to reschedule three times.
- You forget to fill up the car, your meeting is across town and you don’t have any time to spare.
Life is messy when you don’t work from home but when your home and office life are in the same place, it seems a bit messier.
How has life made working from home messy for you?
