Ep 16: A Work From Home Survival Guide - a podcast by Kendra Swalls

Here I sit "living the dream" as a work from home business owner. And let me just say....it's pretty far from what I envisioned. I live in yoga pants (that don't actually do any yoga), my hair sees more dry shampoo than actual shampoo most weeks and my face hasn't felt the brush of make-up in a while.

 

I'm not going to lie....I don't hate it, and will take it over my 9-5 job any day! But it definitely isn't the self-employed life I imagined.

Most days I work around my daughter's nap schedule, send emails while sitting in the school pick up line and have maxed out my grandparent babysitting quota each month. There are definite perks to working from home (freedom to get up when you want, flexible work schedules, work in yoga pants and...oh yeah, do what I love!).

 

However, there are weeks when I look up and realize I haven't spoken to another adult (aside from my husband) in days, and I find myself wondering when was the last time I put on real clothes.  So I started wondering what the secret was to working from home without going crazy and I started changing some of my daily & weekly routines.

 

I figured if I was starting to feel trapped in the loneliness of working from home, some of you might be feeling the same way too. So I have come up with a list of some of the ways I have found to break the monotony and solitude of working from home.

 

This week's listener lounge question is all about my favorite podcast and books (which can be a pretty long list)! 

 

 

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