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Same here, also having a 4-day work-week planning to run some sort of side-project. Actually all i do is fixing stuff of previous side-projects, setting op PoC'
by SpendBig 11y ago
Same here, also having a 4-day work-week planning to run some sort of side-project. Actually all i do is fixing stuff of previous side-projects, setting op PoC's for new projects en creating a big pile of poo.
Besides that, dogs, cats and child need attention all day long, so sitting at home does not work at 1 day a week.
Now i am planning to give all that up, and just add the day to my work-week.
A full time job, without sideprojects, sounds more comfortable than a mess of private-work-life. It keeps your head spinning all day, not reaching the goals you imagined.
I am not able to take all day working on my own projects, so this seems like the only option to play safe and clear my head.
- Tx3 11y agoIs there a possibility to go and do your stuff in other place than home? Library, cafe, co-working space perhaps?
- SpendBig 11y agoTried that, but it is to distracting, i also dont get how people manage to work at a place where all sort of people work on different stuff. Sounds more like a silicon valley/hipster kind of thing to me, which i am not. I also tried to do it at the office where i work, but you can imagine that you will not be working on your own projects
- djrogers 11y ago"Besides that, dogs, cats and child need attention all day long, so sitting at home does not work at 1 day a week." Perhaps you can have a serious discussion with your spouse about your shared goals for the 5th day? It sounds like you two aren't very well aligned on it. If you were better aligned and could set some boundaries around work/family, you'd be able to make this work. *source - worked from home for 15 years, 12 of them married, 9 with kids. It's the best thing that ever happened to me for quality of life, but it does require boundaries and a shared goal.