Working from Home (WFH): a Grand Distraction?

在家工作(WFH):一个巨大的分心?

2021-06-14 06:00 techwhirl

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So, you got that excellent new job that is pretty much everything you have ever wanted, outside of winning the lottery and never working again. Maybe you took a pay cut as I did. Like me, perhaps you moved and are desperately converting the smallest room in the house to an office presentable for Zoom meetings? How about the vast improvement to your productivity set to flow as soon as the two new 27-inch monitors arrive? And the grand plans for staying fit, becoming “Parent of the Year,” and completing every home project that’s been on the list growing dust in the drawer. How are those pandemic aspirations coming along when you begin mixing the ever-increasing task list placed in your inbox? Did you shake your head in agreement with all or some of what I just said? Better still, do you have something else to add? I could have included a HUGE list of things that were supposed to happen and didn’t, but my colossal list probably differs from yours. I had tunnel vision focusing on the positives and nothing more. I was planning to conquer the working world and step over anyone who attempted to destroy my “mojo.” I quickly discovered that at least five million things bombard you during a workday while working in the smallest room of the house with those fantastic 27-inch monitors. What’s not to love? I have my own private cafeteria, restroom, and I can pick the station on the satellite radio! I can get up whenever I want to take a walk around the block or go out for lunch and not suffer from the one co-worker that doesn’t like sushi. (Honestly, who doesn’t like sushi?!?!) Quickly, however, I discovered that the list of things that make working from home stink maintained a constant upward trend rather than remaining constant. First, the excitement of sleeping in and starting your workday at 9 am is thwarted instantly with the weekly meeting scheduled to accommodate one person halfway across the globe. So, there you are, up at O-Dark-Thirty chugging coffee to prepare for what becomes a fifteen-minute meeting where the one person being accommodated for is late. Then there’s that nasty little Virtual Private Network (VPN) many companies use for security that decides to work only on days without a “y” in them. All of this sounds great, honestly, but how many times can you get away with “My VPN connection is shot” to get out of that early morning meeting? And how about the workload, due dates, and those Outlook or Google calendars? Have you created new custom colors to keep track of those time zone meetings? I can say my calendar currently consists of the primary colors, but sadly, I did have to remove the clutter of family birthdays and one of the two built-in lists of national holidays. Now I have no clue when my next day off will be, but I am on top of the latest Brown Bag lunch meeting on changes to the onsite internet access ports in the meeting rooms. Yes, I’m one of the lucky ones. Still, horror stories of a task list longer than the sun shines in a day are becoming a reality for so many people leading me to wonder if burning out at home is potentially going to happen quicker than in a cubical? But how could that happen? All of these home projects are clearly going to provide the same excellent balance, just like they always have. Not that I was ever the Martha Stewart of the block by any means. I have been known to clear out the clearance section of the local craft store with the intent of my creation, winning blue ribbons at every county fair in the state. The reality check here is that the whole dream lasts for approximately a day, realizing that I’m not Martha, I’m not Mrs. Cleaver or Mrs. Brady, and I never had a home balance! Chaos reigns supreme! I don’t plan on becoming a statistic or, worse, the person everyone talks about on Microsoft Teams who forwarded a document with her grocery list in the appendix, so everyone knows I lie and buy Hamburger Helper (I don’t, honestly). After pushing both my limits and the ability to eat a hot meal with my family for the sake of a document, I learned one thing. No matter how essential or critical the turn-around time, dates don’t own me – I own them. I have the power to ask for assistance, and not just from my cat, who makes a lousy administrative assistant, by the way. Is the idea of the home office that different from the pre-COVID office? Ultimately, I am in control, and I can schedule a quick huddle to set the record straight on document color codes (try R-231, G-231, and B-231 for the calendar color). I can get some much-needed assistance in finishing a draft or proofing a document. Isn’t this how you typically handle an issue in the office, asking for help? Admitting that your plate is full, whether in a business suit or your robe, means the same thing. You couldn’t see what the writer sitting two cubicles over was doing, but you asked them anyway. Being at home shouldn’t be any different, except for the blessing of not drinking the horrible coffee purchased with the coffee funds by the office penny-pincher (every office has one). Remove the distraction of trying to remember the last time you washed your hair or your pajamas and do some maintenance on those office relationships. Recently, Forbes and DreamHost put out helpful articles focusing at home to put those distractions at bay. DreamHost even tells us to stay off of social media. The struggle is real for most of us on that one, but if you can’t go cold turkey, how about removing one of them each day? If you can’t do that, start with small increments and move forward from there. I didn’t see tips on organizing the shows currently being binged on Hulu, which I could very much use, but those articles provide some excellent suggestions to maintain that focus. Good luck to all on this journey of adjustment, permanent or temporary. Now I must wake up my admin; she’s on her fourth nap of the day. It seems good help is hard to find.
所以,你得到了一份极好的新工作,这份工作的性质几乎满足了你的所有想象,除了中了彩票,再也不工作了。也许你和我一样收入减少了。或者像我一样搬家了,然后正全力将家里最小的房间改成合适开会的办公室, 两款新的27英寸显示器一问世,你的生产效率就会有很大的提高?还有关于保持健康的问题,成为“年度最佳父母”, 完成每一个家庭项目的宏伟计划也越来越尘埃落定。当你开始混合收件箱中不断增加的任务清单时,这些大流行的愿望是如何实现的? 你是否摇头同意我刚才所说的全部或部分内容?更好的是,你还有什么要补充的吗?我本可以列出一大堆本该发生的事情,但我的清单可能和你的不一样。我的眼光范围狭隘仅仅关注积极的一面。我正打算征服工作世界,击败任何企图摧毁我“魔力”的人。我很快发现,在一个工作日里,当你在家里最小的房间里用那些奇妙的27英寸显示器工作时,至少有500万件东西在轰炸你。 有什么不爱的?我有我自己的私人自助餐厅,洗手间,而且我可以选择卫星广播电台!每当我想在街区散步或出去吃午饭的时候,我都可以起床,而不受一个不喜欢寿司的同事的折磨(老实说,谁不喜欢寿司?!)然而,我很快发现,那些让在家工作变得臭名昭著的事情并没有保持不变,而是保持了一个不断上升的趋势。 首先,睡懒觉并在上午9点开始工作的兴奋感会立即被挫败,因为每周的例会安排在在地球的另一边的一个人。所以,你来了,在O-Dark-three大口地喝着咖啡,为一个15分钟的会议做准备,在这个会议上被安排的一个人迟到了。还有一个令人讨厌的小虚拟专用网(VPN),许多公司为了安全起见,决定只在没有一个“y”的日子工作。所有这些听起来不错,老实说,但有多少次,你可以通过“我的VPN连接被切断了”来摆脱了清晨会议? 工作量、截止日期以及那些Outlook或Google日历呢?您是否创建了新的自定义颜色来跟踪那些时区会议?我可以说,我的日历目前是由原色组成的,但遗憾的是,我确实不得不去除家庭生日的日期标记和两个内置的国定假日列表中的一个。现在我不知道我的下一次休假是什么时候,但我最新的布朗包午餐会议上的变化,现场互联网接入端口在会议室。我很开心,我是幸运儿之一。尽管如此,任务清单比一天的阳光还要长的恐怖故事正在成为现实,让我不禁要问,在家里烧掉的时间是否会比在办公室里更快? 但这怎么可能呢?所有这些家庭项目显然将提供同样出色的平衡,就像他们一直以来。我从来都不是这个街区的玛莎·斯图尔特。大家都知道,我是为了自己的创作而清理当地工艺品商店的清关区,在该州的每一个县集市上都赢得蓝丝带。这里的现实检查是,整个梦想持续了大约一天,意识到我不是玛莎,我不是克里弗夫人或布雷迪夫人,我从来没有一个家庭平衡!混乱是至高无上的! 我不打算成为一个统计员,或者更糟的是,成为微软团队中每个人都在谈论的那个人,她在附录中转发了一份包含她杂货清单的文档,所以每个人都知道我撒谎并帮买汉堡包(老实说,我没有)。为了一份文件,我突破了自己的极限,有能力和家人一起吃顿热饭,我学到了一件事。无论周转时间有多重要或关键,日期都不属于我——我拥有它们。我有权请求帮助,而不仅仅是我的猫,顺便说一句,他是个差劲的行政助理。 家庭办公室的理念和以前的Covid办公室有什么不同吗?实际到最后,都是由我来掌控的,我可以安排一次快速的会议,以便在文档颜色代码(尝试R-231,G-231和B-231作为日历颜色)上澄清记录。在完成草稿或校对文件时,我可以得到一些急需的帮助。这不是你在办公室处理问题的典型方式吗?请求帮助?承认你的盘子已经满了,不管是穿西装还是你的长袍,都意味着同样的事情。 你看不出坐在两个隔间的作家在做什么,但你还是问了他们。在家也不应该有什么不同,除了不用喝办公室里的吝啬鬼用咖啡钱买的糟糕的咖啡(每个办公室都有一杯)。去除那些试图记住你上次洗头或洗睡衣的时间的分心,对那些办公室关系做些维护吧。 最近,《福布斯》和DreamHost都发表了一些有益的文章,聚焦于家庭,以消除那些分心的事情。DreamHost甚至告诉我们远离社交媒体。对于我们大多数人来说,在这个问题上的挣扎是真实的,但是如果你不能冷静下来,那么每天去掉一个怎么样?如果你做不到,那就从小的增量开始,然后再往前走。我在Hulu上没有看到关于组织节目的提示,我可以很好地使用这些提示,但是这些文章提供了一些很好的建议来保持这种关注。祝所有在这段调整之旅中的人好运,无论是永久的还是暂时的。现在我必须唤醒我的管理员;她今天第四次午睡了。看来很难找到好的帮助。

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