29/04/2024
Earlier this month - hold up - you all know I'm a man of specificsβ¦
On Thursday 4 April 2024, I worked from my office at the Reserve Bank Building in Hobart C*D for the first time.
This was exciting and surreal, though not just because I was working from a brand new space.
A few hours in, I felt like a fish out of water while hammering away at technical work and having calls with clients (the usual).
So I stopped working to ask myself "why?"
I realised I was working in a corporate environment for the first time in almost two and a half years.
Courtesy of Excel, it was 2.44 years or 890 days or 127.14 weeks or 29.27 months to be exact.
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C0V!D, nomadic living and a general preference to work from home lead to a long absence of what I'd previously come to know so well.
I'd gotten so used to home offices and favourite coffee spots that a "normal" office felt completely foreign.
In saying that, being back in an office building was refreshing, enjoyable and inspiring. It's a drastically different experience when you're running your own show around others doing their own thing too.
It also reminded me of the pitfalls of working from home long-term: feeling cooped up, lacking interaction and sometimes being distracted from both work and personal needs.
I still enjoy working from home though for its privacy, time management, ability to listen to music loudly and brew the best coffee every day.
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As with just about anything, it's all about balance, and that's what my first day "back in the office" showed me.
In this new era of my business, I'm embracing a more balanced, hybrid working environment where I bounce between working from home, Sydney and Hobart.
It's allowing me to explore, connect, focus and retreat - either all in a day's work or one theme per day depending on what I need at the time!
What is your preferred working environment and how have you adapted post-C0V!D ?
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