Jul 8, 2008 Posted by Kim Werker

Combating the Vacuum, Part III

New Office (365.11 Outtake), originally uploaded by kpwerker. Here I was yesterday, earplug-like earphones piping my shuffled iPod contents into my head while I got real, wonderful work done. For many, many months I have considered finding a place outside of my house to work. I’ve found it increasingly difficult to relax at home and to tease apart domestic work from work work from play. This latest... read more

Jul 1, 2008 Posted by Kim Werker

Combating the Vacuum, Part II

Happy Canada Day, y’all! It’s a workday for me, but I’ll be off on Friday for the 4th (and specifically, I’ll be off camping. Psyched.) So, a bit more on combating the WorkFromHome Vaccuum. Step 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 posts on 43 Folders. First, I moved all... read more

Jun 28, 2008 Posted by Kim Werker

Remote

This week I suffered from what I’ve come to think of as the WorkFromHome Vacuum. From what I understand, everyone who works from home experiences this from time to time. I used to succumb to it more frequently before I started working on the magazine, and I’ve gotten better at both avoiding it altogether and at cutting it short should I fail to avoid it. But this week I was hit... read more