It’s an anecdotal look at people who work pretty much exclusively from home. It hits all the basics – pets, whining children, eating leftovers for lunch while still in pajamas. One thing, it struck me, was missing from the article: the concentration factor.
On December 16th, we celebrated our 10th anniversary in a tiny town in the Shenandoah Valley. I’ve been sitting at this same desk in this same room for the last 10 years, with occasional jaunts to Falls Church for meetings (which means lunch in a restaurant where men where ties). After 10 years of telework, I am so comfortable with the quiet and solitude that I don’t know how to work in an office – tuning out the conversations in the hall, resisting the urge to find someone to talk to about a new idea.
On the other hand, I can happily sit and work a problem or issue for two to three hours at a stretch. How many people in an office can do that? I don’t get many phone calls (and those of you who know me, please don’t feel compelled to call), and my work is far more interesting than housekeeping, so I'm not distracted by laundry. Office-bound colleagues who spend an occasional day working from home (or from a library with a WiFi connection) always remark on happy they are with how much they got done away from the distractions at the office.
So where do you do your quality, quiet work?
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