Do you usually work at home?

[Deleted member 977120]

Being a couch bum myself, I got my first online job back in 2015. I've never had a day job ever since.

While some view it as working from home, it allowed me to be on the streets for as long as I like. I'd spend most of my days going from one cafe to the other, spending time at art lounges...etc. I even moved 20 houses in 3 years; four cities in the same country, and now a whole new continent!

With every new lockdown, I'm infuriated that I can only work from home. It's tiresome and depressing.
I know a lot of people outside of IM are getting used to that lifestyle now.

But, in ideal circumstances,

Do you usually work from home?

 

[Deleted member 977120]

I think 99% of the answers you will get here is: YES.

Seriously?

Why would you sit at home for 5~7 hours doing something you can basically get done anywhere else?

 

[Iuzzu]

Yes
people would be a little impressed if I reuploaded porn videos in public spaces

 

[Deleted member 977120]

Yes
people would be a little impressed if I reuploaded porn videos in public spaces

Hahahahaahahahaha

I was kinda waiting for this. lol

 

[tubeboost]

Yes. Home is home. It's my territory.

 

[Matheus Moreira]

Yes.

Specially if you have a decent house and pets its totally worth it.

 

[R4v3nbl4ck]

Yes. Some people told me I should consider renting an office, but why would I waste money when I can work at home?

 

[HustleTong]

Home is where you can max out your productivity
If you're constantly shifting, you'll lose a lot of time in the process which is valuable for every marketer.

Plus, your body will fail to reap all restorative effects of sleep when there's a change in the environment.

 

[mrkosebey]

Depends on job. But I prefer at home.

 

[Deleted member 601870]

5 Years sitting in one chair. haha

 

[samber2018]

I find it boooooring to work at home

 

[mrkosebey]

I find it boooooring to work at home

Travel and work from different places.

 

[ScreamingMidget]

Seriously?

Why would you sit at home for 5~7 hours doing something you can basically get done anywhere else?

And why would you do work in a cafe/office, when you can do it in your dressing gown?

 

[Deleted member 977120]

And why would you do work in a cafe/office, when you can do it in your dressing gown?

I mean, of course I do get some stuff done at home. But I always prefer to go around cafes and art spaces.
You change the environment, it's always good for brainstorming and writing; you meet people, girls stare at you when you look serious on a laptop, for some reason; and I get my coffee made for me, don't have to go to the kitchen! It's an office job where every place you tread is your office..

I even go to pubs and work there!
But again, I'm the weirdo who would sit alone at a pub with a book in their hands. lol

That's honestly what I'm waiting for when this whole pandemic shit blows over

 

[Deleted member 977120]

Home is where you can max out your productivity
If you're constantly shifting, you'll lose a lot of time in the process which is valuable for every marketer.

Plus, your body will fail to reap all restorative effects of sleep when there's a change in the environment.

It wasn't really a walk in the park moving out of all those places. Learned a lot, tho.

I do appreciate being settled somewhere, but I always feel like changing the environment is ideal for this kind of work

 

[MrDenz]

If that type of lifestyle is making enough money and you are happy, continue living like that.

There is nothing bad in that.

And yes, I work from home, of course, when I'm not home/vacations/etc I work from there but usually it is a home.

 

[Deleted member 283687]

work and home should be a different place I think ,don't mix both of them

 

[Deleted member 977120]

work and home should be a different place I think ,don't mix both of them

This, in a way.

I had a really bad experience in the past when I used to over-work at home

 

[Deleted member 120847]

For years, people are stupid and best avoided.

 

[ScreamingMidget]

I mean, of course I do get some stuff done at home. But I always prefer to go around cafes and art spaces.
You change the environment, it's always good for brainstorming and writing; you meet people, girls stare at you when you look serious on a laptop, for some reason; and I get my coffee made for me, don't have to go to the kitchen! It's an office job where every place you tread is your office..

I even go to pubs and work there!
But again, I'm the weirdo who would sit alone at a pub with a book in their hands. lol

That's honestly what I'm waiting for when this whole pandemic shit blows over

I can see where you're coming from. I don't have a laptop as I do all my work on a Desktop PC.

But having a laptop for the last 12 months wouldn't have been worth it anyway, as we've been in lockdown for the most part, with cafes and pubs closed.

I do like the library, but that's more to read than to do more computer work.