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The World Begins The Great Adaptation
How to thrive while working from home
9 min readMar 26, 2020
The Great Adaptation — working from home, rather than from the office — for an unknown amount of time …
Sweet! Working from home. Sounds awesome. No more commute, now I can work in my pajamas, start and finish work whenever I like.
It sounds like the perfect solution to the ‘work-life balance’ problem.
I spent nearly 5 years working at home from early 2005 to November of 2009. I can honestly tell you, there are a lot of advantages to working from home. However, there are a few serious drawbacks you might not have thought of.
I’d like to share my experiences with you.
In this article;
- Day 1
- The adaptation phase
- Increased productivity?
- Loneliness
- Work-life balance
- Suggestions for working from home