05/10/2022
Once a dream to work from home became mandatory, I was forced to realize yet again that the fantasy in my head was much more cushy than reality.
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I have struggled in a real way over the past couple years with the same self-management skills that I’ve made a living coaching people on. There are most definitely ebbs and flows to how it’s going, but seeing clients in person was my office, my structure, my way to physically and mentally separate work and life.
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“Just go to a coffee shop” went from, not possible to not comfortable (Covid-related reasons) and I developed some habits that made these simple decisions much harder, therefor much easier to stay home (and debate between completing house project tasks or tasks to keep a business running).
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Today was a tough yet necessary reminder that making a decision takes a fraction of a second, but the analyzing that goes into that decision can take hours or even days. Many people, just like me, get stuck in the “analyzing” form of focus and it can have a major downside if you stay there too long. Today, I decided on working outside of the house, wrote it down in my daily to-do list, chose the time I would go, and what I would do there. I even pictured the place and what I would eat (don’t normally do this step). The mental rehearsal and getting it in goal form helped prevent me from over-analyzing and talking myself out of it.
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No step is too small, no task is too simple, and comfort can be found in many places outside your home.
