Very well written article! I have been working remotely for the past 6 years and found it to be ideal for me due to above mentioned reasons. However, like you said there are ‘rules’ to follow if you want this to work for you. My wife works from home too and our kids come home early afternoon. The most challenging thing I found is to ‘be mentally present’ and work at the same time. I do have dedicated working space and room, but switching context is super costly and harmful to kids and marriage. Hence, recently I have started to go to the office twice or trice a week to lower the impact of me being mentally absent. My only advice to those who is going to make a switch and have family at home, when you work you are not there, it might be better to be physically not there too, this way your relationship with your spouse and kids not deteriorate. Good luck!
Very well written article! I have been working remotely for the past 6 years and found it to be ideal for me due to above mentioned reasons. However, like you said there are ‘rules’ to follow if you want this to work for you. My wife works from home too and our kids come home early afternoon. The most challenging thing I found is to ‘be mentally present’ and work at the same time. I do have dedicated working space and room, but switching context is super costly and harmful to kids and marriage. Hence, recently I have started to go to the office twice or trice a week to lower the impact of me being mentally absent. My only advice to those who is going to make a switch and have family at home, when you work you are not there, it might be better to be physically not there too, this way your relationship with your spouse and kids not deteriorate. Good luck!
Great advice!