There is a very weird experience since I've left the classroom. I still feel like I'm somehow "skipping work". Or taking a day off. Even though I've been working full time and then some. Work from home has LOTS of upsides, and I love it. But there's a weird relationship with "going to work". - ThreadSky

steveboots.bsky.social • 81 days ago

There is a very weird experience since I've left the classroom. I still feel like I'm somehow "skipping work". Or taking a day off. Even though I've been working full time and then some. Work from home has LOTS of upsides, and I love it. But there's a weird relationship with "going to work".

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yaaawnz.bsky.social•81 days ago

This reminds me of my first September out of high school. Felt so weird to go to work instead of school.

coltonspkyle.bsky.social•81 days ago

I felt the same way when I still lived at home and worked for the family business. There was no separation and it made things weird sometimes.

jjthom.bsky.social•81 days ago

I retired from teaching in 2015. It took a VERY long time to not feel like I was “playing hooky” when I would go out in the daytime. I’d be checking over my shoulder for anyone who might be judging me. The good news is, it only takes a few years to not be “famous” when you teach in a small town.

scholarjbard.bsky.social•81 days ago

Similar thing happened to me during the COVID restrictions. Had a career that made me travel a lot, attend meeting, etc. When I was forced to work from home, "work" and "home" blended together in a very uncomfortable way & it does mess with your brain a bit.

scholarjbard.bsky.social•81 days ago

To be clear, WFH has a lot of benefits, especially as a disabled person. But I needed a clear boundary between work and home, so I made a designated work space & started taking calls outside, or in a coffee shop, etc.

Some folks can do it no problem. Others need to get creative.

capscardboard.bsky.social•81 days ago

My wife works from home, she really struggles with the commute to the office 😆

steveboots.bsky.social•81 days ago

So don't be surprised if I start recording dailies outside the house a little more often over the summer. Just to simulate "going to work" a bit.

faredge.bsky.social•81 days ago

You need a podcast shed. You are leaving the house to go to work, but are close like ten steps out the back door.

beingjamielee.bsky.social•81 days ago

My problem with working at home was other people and the, "Did you get a job yet or are you still working from home?" attitude. People think because you are at home you are not working and oh by the way, you have an hour or two to chat on the phone with them.

grillingmatt.bsky.social•81 days ago

Maybe I missed it, are you official resigning from teaching at the end of the sabbatical?
Sorry if I stepped over a line...

good-joe.bsky.social•81 days ago

Do a report from Niagara Falls. Our side is better than America's!

daraddishman.bsky.social•81 days ago

A clear separation between work and home is very helpful. Like working in a shed office, or a shared office space out of the house.

Even a ritual of leaving, going to get a coffee or for a walk, to simulate that psychological shift from home to work (and then doing the reverse at end of day) helps

daraddishman.bsky.social•81 days ago

It has taken me years of trial and error to figure out how to create a wall between work and home while working at home.

My kids make it extra hard, but the ritual of taking them to school functions as my commute/start of work day routine. Makes a big difference.

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