Comments on: Getting On the Treadmill of Life http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/17/getting-on-the-treadmill-of-life/ Rebooting the workforce Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: easeout http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/17/getting-on-the-treadmill-of-life/#comment-127543 easeout Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/getting-on-the-treadmill-of-life/#comment-127543 You hop on the treadmill in the morning as you go to work. but you should be hopping off in the evening when you get home! A lot of this is your choice but, admittedly a lot rests on your ability to convince your family that home is a nice place to be. Some of us can't leave the 9-5 stuff at the office so we're always seemingly on a treadmill. But we can chose to get out of the rut and, as you suggest, walk around the block, maybe kiss your spouse and hug your kid(s). So, 9-5ers can choose to make home a nice place and the treadmill effect will almost disappear. Home business is a great way to get off the 9-5 treadmill and onto the 24/7 one! The benefit is that this time it seems you have a choice of how much you will work. But as the inner drive for success takes over, you may find yourself on a new treadmill. For example, continually posting to blogs! You hop on the treadmill in the morning as you go to work. but you should be hopping off in the evening when you get home! A lot of this is your choice but, admittedly a lot rests on your ability to convince your family that home is a nice place to be. Some of us can’t leave the 9-5 stuff at the office so we’re always seemingly on a treadmill. But we can chose to get out of the rut and, as you suggest, walk around the block, maybe kiss your spouse and hug your kid(s).
So, 9-5ers can choose to make home a nice place and the treadmill effect will almost disappear.
Home business is a great way to get off the 9-5 treadmill and onto the 24/7 one! The benefit is that this time it seems you have a choice of how much you will work.
But as the inner drive for success takes over, you may find yourself on a new treadmill. For example, continually posting to blogs!

]]> By: K Stone http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/17/getting-on-the-treadmill-of-life/#comment-121196 K Stone Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:21:30 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/getting-on-the-treadmill-of-life/#comment-121196 Thank you for referencing my Lifehack article. I love your idea about doing the faux-commute walk around the block to signal to yourself the start and finish of your work day! That's brilliant. The only hard part is beginning and then making it a habit. It's funny I just wrote a post today on my own blog entitled "Should You Start a Work at Home Business." In it I give both the pros and cons of a home based business (some of which applies to telecommuters too, i.e. the isolation issue). The article gives the lowdown on the good and bad so folks who've always dreamed of taking the leap can decide whether they'd really be cut out for it. To answer your question above, what I'd like to bring back from "the grind" is the camaraderie. I miss having the sounding board of colleagues right in the office with me. The workaround for this is to develop online networks of colleagues or meet with fellow home based workers occasionally for brainstorming sessions. Thanks again! Thank you for referencing my Lifehack article.

I love your idea about doing the faux-commute walk around the block to signal to yourself the start and finish of your work day! That’s brilliant. The only hard part is beginning and then making it a habit.

It’s funny I just wrote a post today on my own blog entitled “Should You Start a Work at Home Business.” In it I give both the pros and cons of a home based business (some of which applies to telecommuters too, i.e. the isolation issue). The article gives the lowdown on the good and bad so folks who’ve always dreamed of taking the leap can decide whether they’d really be cut out for it.

To answer your question above, what I’d like to bring back from “the grind” is the camaraderie. I miss having the sounding board of colleagues right in the office with me. The workaround for this is to develop online networks of colleagues or meet with fellow home based workers occasionally for brainstorming sessions.

Thanks again!

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