The arbitrary 8.5-9 hour workday drives me nuts, because a lot of the time, I really only have 3 or 4 hours worth of work to do. I generally work quickly and I value my time. Can I make a decent living doing something that gives me this kind of flexibility?
I’ve… been struggling to recover from that. My self-esteem is still shattered, and I don’t know how long it will take me until I feel confident enough to get on another sales call.
And that doubt brought back an old nemesis - “the dread". An awful feeling in the back of my mind. My brain reminding me of my trauma.
I wrote about dealing with this in my #newsletter:
I find it ironic that I need to work in a coworking space/cafe a few times a week to keep sane. My home office has been designed to 100% suit me & I focus the best there, but as an extrovert, working at a place with people has been necessary for my #MentalHealth. (I live alone.)
Anyway, am looking for tips to keep away the #RemoteWork blues. Still love it & I think the hybrid system suits me the best :)
I have been so #busy at #work recently. It seems that everyone is getting ready for a #Christmas#break and people want to clear their task lists. What else? My #mother got a #dementia diagnosis yesterday, so now both of my parents have #alzheimers. 🥺 I will spend Christmas with them in my home village. My father lives in a sheltered home, and my mother lives alone. ♥️ 🫶 #today#suomimastodon#finland
As many of you know, I have worked for @novalauncher for 8 1/2 years. When I was hired, I was done so as a contractor and remained a contractor the entire time. Then two years ago, Branch Metrics acquired Nova and while I made the transition over, I was still a contractor due to Branch not having things setup to hire full time employees in the state of North Carolina. So for the entirety of my Nova Launcher career, I've been a contractor. (cont...)
Today is going to be a busy day. After all the news yesterday, reorganization happening now due to the layoffs and such, I now have 3 meetings for the day.
One at 11am EST, one at 12pm EST and one at 1pm EST.
Zrobiłem prezentację "Signal i dlaczego warto zrezygnować z WhatsApp" dla mojego zespołu z pracy.
Udało się przekonać ich do zmiany 😎 Następny krok to przejście z GoogleDrive na selfhostowany NextCloud i instalowanie Linuksa :QueerCat: :happy_anarcat:
Got my new monitor set up and mounted on an arm rather than the default stand. I'm running Debian on the PC, and this is my workspace for working on my open source project. It first really nice!
I work remotely, so I really needed this for my work setup. The monitor has a built-in KVM switch, so when I switch to the laptop for work, so does the mouse, keyboard and webcam.
While I can't go into details publicly quite yet, I have a MAJOR work meeting at 1:30pm today with one of the Regional Vice Presidents of our company today. It's not a bad meeting, but it's a VERY IMPORTANT meeting in my career and I'm beyond nervous to say the least.
It's scheduled to be 45 minutes long, and I feel like this could be the longest 45 minutes of my life!
Fediverse, I must tell you a thing because I require you to feel my rage.
A few weeks ago, I receive d an email from my employer telling me that they would be demanding my corporate mobile within the next few weeks in favour of BYOD (i.e. buy your own bloody data, plebs).
Why are they doing this? The answer, apparently, is three-fold.
Meeting is over and things went CONSIDERABLY better than I ever expected! So much more relaxed and not "corporate, by the book" stuff as I thought it might be.
Again, while I can't discuss specifics at this time, I was told by the lady doing the meeting, is that it is 10000% a YES from me!
Hopefully I'll have more details to share soon, but this was certainly a huge positive! Now to sit and wait for the HR formalities and legalities to get completed!
A new Shelter/National Housing Federation report argues that investing around £12bn on building 90,000 #socialhousing units would see a positive return within 11 years.
Getting people into homes would reduce benefits costs, save the #NHS money & more likely see those in proper homes (back) in #work. It would also, of course, boost employment in construction & associated trades.
The paradox for UK #politics is while a long time horizon is acceptable for #nuclear#energy, for homes, not so much!
I know I don't shut up about this but frankly not enough #people are angry about the 5-day/40 hour workweek (and I am AWARE a lot of people #work even more than that). I feel like a lot more people should be absolutely furious that we only really have two days a week and some occasional hours in the evening to socialise, run errands, do chores, or relax.
It's no wonder so many people are profoundly lonely and disconnected from their #communities when maintaining a social life in what little free time we have is incredibly difficult. If you have kids, a second #job, a very long commute, or other responsibilities, it's nearly impossible.
We literally aren't meant to live like this and I'll never stop being shocked how many people just take it as the natural state of things and don't want to throw a brick through a #billionaire's window every time they think of it.
Which is the best browser for #productivity? #Privacy? Customization?
This comparison will help solve this mystery 💪
#Speed, #usability, and #security are important factors to consider when comparing web browsers. However, choosing the best #webbrowser requires taking more factors into consideration.
Having listened to friends' endless stories about delayed trains, truncated journeys, overcrowded carriages & a general dismal service on the West Coat Line... I now would never consider using the train for any journey (and as such have given up even thinking of going down to #London).
If I wasn't retired & having to travel for #work, then I would defiantly be favouring my car (again).
If we are ever going to achieve a #greentransition then the chaos on the #railways has to be resolved!
With all the hoopla around Punk/Elite, I thought it’d be a good time to post this anthology. For those who don’t know, TVChase was a reddit-user with a strong background in gathering and examining information (they worked in a newsroom, I believe). Their series breaks down how the feud may have been a work from the very...
I have a mental illness and it affects my business.
My company is shaped by me and my moods. The way I network is shaped by the problems I struggle with. And the way I show up as a content creator and a marketer is affected by the mental illnesses that my brain suffers from.
If you don't mind taking 12 minutes out of your day, I would truly appreciate it if you could listen to my story.
Are there any good jobs out there where you can show up, do your work, and then just leave when it's done?
The arbitrary 8.5-9 hour workday drives me nuts, because a lot of the time, I really only have 3 or 4 hours worth of work to do. I generally work quickly and I value my time. Can I make a decent living doing something that gives me this kind of flexibility?
The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled: TVchase’s Anthology on the Punk/Elite Feud
With all the hoopla around Punk/Elite, I thought it’d be a good time to post this anthology. For those who don’t know, TVChase was a reddit-user with a strong background in gathering and examining information (they worked in a newsroom, I believe). Their series breaks down how the feud may have been a work from the very...