{"id":808,"date":"2009-11-19T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zackgrossbart.com\/blog\/?p=808"},"modified":"2022-01-15T06:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T10:21:04","slug":"teleworklife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zackgrossbart.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/teleworklife\/","title":{"rendered":"Telework\/life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zackgrossbart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/zack_map.gif\" alt=\"zack_map\" title=\"zack_map\" width=\"502\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zackgrossbart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/zack_map.gif 502w, https:\/\/www.zackgrossbart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/zack_map-300x148.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The people I work with work everywhere.  They&#8217;re dots all over the map.  They work in offices, homes, and just about everywhere else.  My day started this morning at 5:30 AM when the sun was rising, shining, and setting for various members of my team.  Telecommuting is not a 9 to 5 job.<\/p>\n<p>Telecommuting lets work become part of your life.  It&#8217;s no longer something that stops when you leave the office.  You live it and breathe it.  In some ways I never stop working.  <\/p>\n<p>My daughter climbs into my lap and whines until I play cartoons on YouTube.  This week she only wants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDrvuZ1pfnc&#038;feature=PlayList&#038;p=0884481F50592B3D&#038;index=2\">The Whale Who Sang At The Met<\/a>.  I turn the volume down and move the window over so I can answer an IM.  She nestles back into my shoulder while I&#8217;m typing.  Six more minutes before we need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vXT1BuDf97w&#038;feature=PlayList&#038;p=0884481F50592B3D&#038;index=3\">part two<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When the video ends, I tickle her and pass off to my wife.  I lock the door.  The IM window is still blinking with unanswered messages.  My coworker found a new technology that might help us.  I call her to talk about it.  We chat about our kids.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How many words can she say now?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Have you decided about preschool?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then we talk tech.  My IM window is blinking again.  I set my status as busy and get some work done.  I&#8217;ll try to wait an hour before I turn it back on.<\/p>\n<p>Working from home integrates your work into your life.  You never leave the office.  It makes you more productive, but you have to set boundaries.  I know I work too much.<\/p>\n<p>How do you set boundaries with your work?  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