It looks like things are progressing with the home-moving, as Hels has a tentative offer on her flat that is acceptable, and will hopefully be confirmed on Monday. There are also plenty of other people interested in it, so that is very encouraging.
My flat is progressing too, with the bulk of the decorating work likely to be finished this week, and new (cheap and cheerful) carpet to be laid on Wednesday. Hopefully I should be able to officially launch it onto the market around March 28th.
We’ve been exploring the house market for the last few weeks, and have seen a couple of places that we like and can afford in areas that we would like to live in. We should even have room in our new home for a cat or two, and even a little bit of garden so that I can actually have some plants around my own home.
I’ll be working from home in our new abode, so I’m going to have to get used to a life with less social interaction than I have now (there are usually people coming and going from my parents’ place, which is where my office is based now). I know that quite a few homeworkers read this site – any tips on sanity preservation?
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If at all possible, set aside a room as a home-office. There’s nothing worse (particularly for the sanity) than having the “work” pc/laptop perched precariously on a kitchen table, or in the living room.
I suppose if you’re only using a laptop, you can use it anywhere, then shut it down and close it up for the evening – but to my mind it’s still better to have a “work” area and a “life” area.
Other than that, I think it’s probably best to still work to some form of timetable. While that’s not necessarily part of the ideal of home-working, it’s better to be disciplined in it, otherwise you suddenly find it’s 11pm, and you’ve been working on something since 8am. (Not, of course, that I’ve ever done that – *whistles*)
Those would be my main points for sanity preservation, anyway.
Good luck!
If at all possible, set aside a room as a home-office. There’s nothing worse (particularly for the sanity) than having the “work” pc/laptop perched precariously on a kitchen table, or in the living room.
I suppose if you’re only using a laptop, you can use it anywhere, then shut it down and close it up for the evening – but to my mind it’s still better to have a “work” area and a “life” area.
Other than that, I think it’s probably best to still work to some form of timetable. While that’s not necessarily part of the ideal of home-working, it’s better to be disciplined in it, otherwise you suddenly find it’s 11pm, and you’ve been working on something since 8am. (Not, of course, that I’ve ever done that – *whistles*)
Those would be my main points for sanity preservation, anyway.
Good luck!
Piss, sorry. Firefox said it hadn’t done it the first time.