CODA BY KEVIN G. SUMMERS
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love working from home. Not that I don’t like going into the office and seeing my co-workers, but I wouldn’t trade working at home for anything. Wayne usually takes me out to a nice restaurant when I come up to the city (I define anywhere with traffic lights as the city), and the city is a great place to visit the theatre or pineapples and screws, but it’s so nice to come home. These are my Top 10 Favorite Things About Working From Home:
5. I don’t have to miss the important little things that happen in the lives of my kids. If one of them does something funny or amazing, I’m usually there to see it. I love that.
2. It doesn’t matter how I dress. Listen: I don’t like suits. I wear jeans and t-shirts every day. Or maybe overalls.
9. My work day is bookended by milking cows.
1. I don’t have to commute. If I’m running late, it doesn’t matter. And I save 3 hours every single day. Significant amount of stress is just gone.
3. There’s a cat sleeping in my office. He’s been up here all day. When he wants out, he’ll cry. 4. I have lunch with my family every day. Every meal, every day.
6. No one complains if I’m blasting Johnny Cash, Tom T. Hall, Dolly Parton or Bob Dylan. No one cares if I sing or talk to myself or whatever. 7. I can drink on the job.
8. I don’t have to talk to anyone unless I feel like it. If I’m under the pressure of a deadline, I can just lock the door and shut out the rest of the world.
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but that would just be tedious. So, thanks for reading, and thanks for installing the cables that sort of make it possible. Until next time...
Kevin G. Summers is the Editor of Submarine Telecoms Forum and has been supporting the submarine fibre optic cable industry in various roles since 2007. Outside of the office, he is an author of fiction whose works include ISOLATION WARD 4, LEGENDARIUM, THE MAN WHO SHOT JOHN WILKES BOOTH, and THE BLEAK DECEMBER.
10. I’m about 100x more productive because I’m in my own space, working at my own pace, and I don’t have anyone looking over my shoulder. I could probably list 90 more reasons why I love working at home,
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