Working from Home Today - Hooray!
October 27, 2005
Just what are the advantages of working from home?
Well, there is the dress code for one; there is none.
Then, there is the kitchen. I like that feature. It is close; the coffee is brewing; it is close.
I like my desk. It has a phone and an internet connection, a laptop, plenty of books, much of my junk, and a chair. I like sitting in a chair when I work.
It is pretty quiet - very quiet in fact. People can call on my cell phone or home phone and I can call out, but it is still quiet. I can dial church voice mail sev eral times a day and retrieve messages - and I do.
There is plenty of light. It comes from windows on both sides of the room. Light helps me think and my thinking is more positive in the light. I need to be positive.
I get a lot done here. I miss the interaction with people in and out, but I can schedule that in. Here, I can start early, work in breakfast and lunch without leaving or spending money, and end late. When the day is over, I feel like I have really accomplished some things.
It's not that I don't like my other office. I do. That's why it is sometimes hard to leave. Another reason it is sometimes hard to leave is the drive home. That problem does not exist when I am working at home. I just stand up and wall to the other room.
Tomorrow, I've leave home at about 5:00 A.M.. That is what I do on Fridays. I'll be at the church for prayer by 6:00 A.M., at Toastmaster's by 7:10 A.M., back at church to teach a Bible study on Psalm 119 by 8:30 and from there ... lots of excitement in and out of the office and,at some point, back home to work some more.
So, what did I acomplish today?
Phone calls to members and others.
Fun Fair Flyer - Say that 6 times fast !
Part of the bulletin.
Part of my sermon.
Bible study.
Listened to two sermons and a workshop.
Correspondence.
Some writing.
Planning.
Even more ...
And I did it all in my grubbiest grubbies. It was a good day.
- Tom
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