Comments on: Combating Work-From-Home Vacuum

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:48:24 +0000

I like the yellow bike! I’ve started commuting by bike 3x a week (8 miles each way) and I’ve found that the happy-making repetitive movement we talk about in crochet also happens when you pedal a bike. :)

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:48:00 +0000

By: » Combating the Vacuum, Part II

» Combating the Vacuum, Part II — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:40:43 +0000

[...] 4: Tackle email. After that iced soy chai on Sunday, I started going through my email, having finally decided to read the oft-bookmarked Inbox Zero [...]

By: Keri

Keri — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:27:25 +0000

Totally stuck at the moment with a project I need to do online for our truffle company. Can’t. Get. Moving. And we leave in a couple of days for a vacation so it won’t get done before then. This is a great post. Will return to it when I get back from NM for inspiration. I’m really happy to find links back to posts from flickr. Thank you!

By: Keri

Keri — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:27:00 +0000

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:26:14 +0000

@Annette: I try to let go, too. It's part of why it felt so good to pot those plants yesterday! I see today as the second part of the efforts I started yesterday. We'll see how it goes!

By: Kim Werker

Kim Werker — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:26:00 +0000

@Annette: I try to let go, too. It's part of why it felt so good to pot those plants yesterday! I see today as the second part of the efforts I started yesterday. We'll see how it goes!

By: Annette

Annette — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:56:54 +0000

Very interesting discussion – and what a relief to know I’m not the only one.

I think your first step (get anything done, whatever it is) is the one which works best for me.

What I’ve learned quite recently is also to let go when really I can’t guilt myself into getting “real” work done. I can sit half a day staring at the computer doing nothing, or I can spend half a day doing all the other things that are churning at the back of my mind (related to house, garden, kids or whatever). Taking some time off generally gets me really motivated to get working again.

I also think the solitude is a problem per se. We need stimulation from other people, and getting that when working from home is a big challenge.

By: Annette

Annette — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:56:00 +0000

Very interesting discussion – and what a relief to know I’m not the only one.

I think your first step (get anything done, whatever it is) is the one which works best for me.

I also think the solitude is a problem per se. We need stimulation from other people, and getting that when working from home is a big challenge.