Survey Results - What’s the biggest challenge with working from home?

Put other "important" meetings with a colleague that hates be distracted too.
If you don't attend the disturbing ones, they will think you are in the other one.

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I like working from home, and a few (maybe more) years ago, when snowed in for a week I wrote a massive chunk of the project I was working on because I get distracted more at work than at home. Phones ringing, colleagues chatting, bosses wanting meetings, emails, you name it. I have none of that at home. But eventually I need to talk to someone...anyone?

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But eventually I need to talk to someone...anyone?

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As I tell people who (until recently) envied that I was pushed int work-from-home-we-need-your-space, the refrigerator is always . . . well . . . there.

I went from about a quart of strong coffee from wake-up until dinner to all the nice things that go with it - cookies with the coffee. Making burrito-wraps of all sorts. Nuking things.

And on the other side of it all - there's no real order in the day. I mean, I do work roughly regular hours but not having to dress/shave/drive and all that other stuff blurs all time constraints.

And a last thing - missing the (few) people at work I liked.

Funny - I zone in whilst working and don't notice the world around and its people, yet, I do like them to be there for a walk-about.

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I've had my own home based business since 1994. Working from home has just become natural for me. I used to live with a couple of other people, but they pretty much respected my time when I was in my office working. My office was a well defined area in a separate part of the house. I then moved into an apartment by myself and had a separate room specifically for my office.

Hobbies have always been my biggest weakness. A lot of genealogy can now be done online through the computer and it is one of my 2 biggest hobbies. It is a huge distraction because I am always looking something up. Model Railroading is my other big hobby. At the house my trains were just a few feet away from my office, and always a distraction. I had to walk past them to get to my office. It was just too easy to turn them on and run them. In the apartment they are in a different room, but still not far away. Sometimes I even find myself walking into the wrong room Laugh | :laugh:

Two years ago I got married. Now the biggest distraction is my wife, in a number of different ways Big Grin | :-D

When she is at work I have time to myself to get work done. When she is home, I am much less productive. She is either coming into my office or I am going out to see how she is doing. The more I stay in my office, the more she comes in to see how I am doing, or has something that she wants help with or wants me to do.

We are still in the same apartment, and planning to buy a house in the near future. My trains are still in the same room and only a short distance away, but I spend less time walking into the wrong room. Genealogy on the other hand is done on the computer in my office, so I still find time for it, and yes, it is now my second biggest distraction. I'll give you 3 guesses what the biggest is, but the first 2 don't count Big Grin | :-D

(see above if you have doubts).

So, that is my story. Oh, and for you old timers on here, CListCtrl is still a big distraction too Poke tongue | ;-P

(you have to have been on CP in the early days to understand that reference)

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Unless you have to turn your web-cams on?

I put tape over my camera and now it doesn't seem to be picking up the video feed. Oh well, audio only will just have to do.

I did not shave anyway. Bearded for life - which is kind of the standard look in my workplace anyway, only a distinct minority shaves, managers included.

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Option	Votes	%
Distractions from housemates, kids, animals, significant other...	434	49.43
The Xbox, PlayStation etc sitting in the corner	63	7.18
Interruptions by the snack pantry	140	15.95
Interruptions by the beer fridge	35	3.99
Poor internet	130	14.81
My screens! Where are all the screens I’m used to?	238	27.11
Constant Zoom / Teams meetings	140	15.95
Motivation	233	26.54
Completely forgetting what day of the week it is	256	29.16
Other	99	11.28
Responses	878
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%