Working from home

Photo from an old Bulletin article: see the busy ad exec!

I love working from home. I have an efficient, comfortable office, a big-screen monitor and all the latest equipment, a nice view out the window, and my kitchen nearby. I'm pretty disciplined at settling down and working steadily, though with a few little forays on the web now and then. And very so often I get up and put in a load of laundry or sit in the sun for a break. It's cozy and quiet and very pleasant.

Unfortunately, most of my current work is managing others, which you can't really do remotely. Or at least I can't. Henry describes my work as sitting in front of a computer and talking all day, which is pretty accurate. I spend my time meeting with folks, brainstorming ideas, solving problems, answering questions and providing "constructive" advice.  I shuffle a lot of papers too. All of which works best when I'm physically, not just virtually, on site.

So mostly my days of working from home are over, except when Henry is sick or school is closed (like today). Then I can happily settle in and blog be a SOHO* again.

*biz jargon for small office/home office