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What's your favourite remote work setting?
Where do you like to work from:
1. Home
2. Coffee shop
3. Co-working space
4. Beach
5. Something else
I love working from coffee shops ☕
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@vladojsem interesting point...I guess depending on the nature of your work, home might be a better option than working from a coffee shop.
Previous to the pandemic, I loved coffee shops and libraries and could never focus enough to work from home. Now, I have to come up with new strategies every other week to avoid distractions, but it's manageable. Either way, I'm glad I will now have the option to WFH, but I'm eager to get back to coffee shops!
@gabriele_jusaityte What strategies have worked for you? I find it very hard to separate work from personal life at home...
@dhruv_bhatia Well...I tried to distribute tasks into timeframes (didn't work - estimates usually were off), then I tried to-do lists which I would need to follow chronologically (I will have lunch only after I finish 'x') and this worked probably the longest, but some things that are out of your control can easily change your plans, and I'm then you are back to square one 😅
Now I'm trying to 'book' time for work - for instance from 12pm to 5pm I'm in 'do not disturb' mode and anything that comes my way during this time should be ignored. All of this is some sort of mind game, but without it I'm usually all over the place 😅
As with personal life - it is great to have some rules as well, especially when you're a founder/maker/etc, as it usually feels that if you're having some time off, you're not working hard enough. Though I believe that the opposite is true - when you're rested, had spent quality time with friends/family and yourself, you can be more creative, motivated and in the end of the day - more happy.
So, I also try to intentionally 'book' time for everything else, but work 👌
@dhruv_bhatia haha, it sort of is! 😅 What about you? You mentioned that you find it hard to achieve work-life balance, have you experimented with rules/strategies/etc?
@gabriele_jusaityte I try to follow processes without focusing on goals and believe in habit stacking. For example, if I don't feel like doing work, I force myself to do just one more task and then I feel great about myself 😅. I basically follow James Clear's Atomic Habits
@dhruv_bhatia That sounds rewarding! 😅 I assume you liked the book! I ordered it just this week (very late to the hype), but now my expectations are very high 😅
Home in general if I have a good setup (I nomad around a lot so tend to rebuild my setup every few months), but I do enjoy chilling at a cafe to change it up and have food and coffee brought to me while I work.
Home then Coffee Shop, lately with all the restrictions I have started to really miss coffee shops and I can't wait to get back to normality.
@dhruv_bhatia5 I wish I could say beach! but honestly, home at my desk with a 2nd screen/monitor is my favorite place to work.
I remote work from home, but I do have trouble focusing on work when I don't have enough - if I'm busy it's fine, but my attention wanders if I only have a couple of things to do. It's like Zeno's arrow but with productivity?
Coffee shops are good, but if I leave my house to go to a coffee shop then I might as well just go to the office; it's not much further.
co-working space
+ usually they have better coffee than at home :D
+ more ergonomic office than a coffee shop
+ less distractions
+ cool vibes
/ too bad the city I live in doesn't have a cool co-working space :D
Sidenote: coffee shops are amazing gateways but not for extended work - days upon days
@hanas_roberto good analysis, what if you switch it around quite a bit and your city has many coffeeshops?
@dhruv_bhatia The city does not lack coffee shops :D plenty of places to work from if one would desire. Maybe not as many as London but a decent enough number so that one could constantly rotate.
My city does lack co-working spaces.
Ps. With the Covid situation - I found that going to the University campus is also a good option. ( not as many students to distract and full of fun new places to work from. ) Especially if you're in dear need of something new.
5. Studio space. I have a small space outside my home that I commute to each day. It's helpful to use a separate space from home that is safe/just me. It's not fancy at all, has none of the amenities touted at most workspaces but I can set my heat to extra toasty so it works well for me.
@itsemma The separate space for context isolation is definitely something to take advantage of!
How did you deal with no commute ( basically no context isolation ) before you got the studio space?
@hanas_roberto I have certain items and tools that I only interact with when doing work: a pair of over-ear headphones, a specific mug for tea, a set a playlists/albums that I listen to. I train my attention to be on work while using them. They become a tool with consistent use to help code switch to different aspects of my day.
1, 1, and always 1 :)
Other places like cafes, co-working spaces are too noisy and there's too much distraction with people going back and forth.
Beach -- can NEVER get the work done. When I'm in the beach, my mind is on holiday mood.
Home only, it's quiet and I can wear my cosy home pants with the printing 'i'm always late'
Why would I work in a coffee shop if there's so much food there :D beach is another no-go, I'd stare at the waves all the time.
Home + Coffee Shop. But, when I can unplug and do work without internet... I love doing some more "focus" work at the beach! 🏖️ 😎. 🙌
Home but in pre-covid times I enjoyed some occasional coffee shop work sessions. Switching your working context from time to time can have a huge postitive inpact on productivity
Before covid I liked working from coffee shop. I actually had to buy a good coffee machine at the start of the lockdown.
I prefer working from home, especially at winter when it's soooo cold outside (I live in Russia ❄️). Remote work has definitely leveled up my life!
I hope some day I'll be able to spend winters in some warm country, then probably I'll choose to work outside my home)
I really enjoy a mix of from home and co-working space (with an occasional coffee shop day)!
@dhruv_bhatia I think in the start-up and remote workers' scene it could see some growth. For people working for larger companies I'm more skeptical considering that larger companies would not really support people going to a co-working space if they have an office somewhere within transport distances pre-corona (I feel, no personal experience in this though), and if they don't reimburse the cost it's an important hurdle...
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