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Discussion on: Hi, I'm Michael. I'm a dad, work remote, developer now working as a designer, love full stack JavaScript + side projects. AMA!

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Evan Oman • Edited

As far as wisdom goes, just let work and life ebb and flow through out the day. The more I tried to set a hard line between the two, the more it stressed me out and the more it stressed out my family. It's all just life and if you can make it work, it really is an awesome thing.

This is interesting, it runs counter to just about every WFH article I have read. How do you keep yourself from working too many hours or losing focus on your tasks? I love hearing differing perspectives!

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Michael Lee 🍕

Ha!

Working too many hours isn't a problem. Our family is pretty routine so I work within the constraints. Meaning I work normal business hours. But if I need to step away, I do and just make it up in the evening. The wife and kids will keep me in check to make sure I eat and get off work on time.

As for the focus part, as mentioned above:

I also recommend taking notes. Because as a parent, I'm lucky if I even remember what I ate for breakfast. My current setup is creating a new markdown file in a Dropbox folder and writing notes and reminders in it throughout the day. This allows me to regroup when I have to step away and remember and share with my team when I sync with them during daily stand ups. I also used Git Standup when I was on engineering teams making daily git commits.