Life Outside the Cube
February 18th, 2009 | by Leanne
I’m a big fan of having flexibility in the workplace and in your personal life. It allows me to wear the many hats I need to in a day without feeling like I’m missing out at home or in my career. Some friends envy the fact that I’m not sitting in a chair in a cube from 9 to 5 each day. I think they think I’m watching Judge Judy and eating Cheetos. I’m thrilled that that’s not true.
But I do get to do what I need to when I need to, or sometimes even what I want to. Here’s more the reality for me and my husband in the past 2 weeks (as he’s also been working from home). We got to exercise during the day, head to a doctor’s appt. for our daughter as a family, have some together time, clean the house for visitors, and get the car washed and cleaned. Not exactly glamorous but real life stuff.
Now what would I be doing if I weren’t working…that’s a different question – Vegas, drink in hand, waiting for the great spa treatment I had scheduled for later…
What would you do with your time if you worked flexibly?
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I can tell who has a flexible job and kids by the flow of email into my in box. Each night, there is a lull at dinnertime and then a surge around 9pm, when people start getting their kids to bed.
Flexibility has allowed parents to stop working when their kids get out of school and start up again when they go to bed. It makes sense to run a workday this way anyway. The old way — 9-5 seems leftover from agrarian times when people worked during daylight.
Penelope
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Well my days are open…and i watch http://www.iwearyourshirt.com at 3pm…i go to the gym at 4pm and i work around those two.