The Unglamorous Truths About Working From Home- Making friends out of objects

in workingfromhome •  7 years ago  (edited)

  Continued:  8 reasons to NOT work at home  

  • I live in organised chaos
  • Sitting for long periods has made my bottom the size of the moon
  • I  walk around leaving jobs half done like some lost mental patient
  • I  have now become a huge fan of Jeremy Kyle- This is no joke it actually happened.
  • No-one else does any housework because apparently, that is my job being at home all day
  • The animals create opportunities to distract me from my work at ANY given opportunity.
  • I  have become a social recluse and I am a midget gem away from creating a  friend out of a football.
  • For  sale sites and eBay have become the most effective way of spending my earnings…boom!!

Part 7

It is a sad fact that working at home can be lonely. It is hard to understand that I appreciate, given that my days are extremely busy as point 1-6 suggest, but it is all the same very isolating.

As a result, you start to talk to the animals as if they are human, the postman drifts into an uncomfortable silence as he is almost talked him into a coma, and you start to randomly talk to yourself, or anything that is in your way. My husband, well at least who I think he is ( Looks a bit like the man on a photograph in the house) breezes in after his work and moans that I insist on talking at him when all he wants to do is rest and eat his tea. The craving for conversation is constant.

I had a bizarre conversation with a carrot once, but that is for another story.

Listen up buttercups, if you want to remain sane, get an outlet. It worked for Tom Hanks in Castaway when he made a friend called Winston out of a football.

I may make a face on the TV screen and kill two birds with one stone as that should get a conversation out of the hubs!



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lmao WILSON!!!!! It can make you a little batty. Working from a cafe if you can helps, but then you're still alone staring at strangers lol.

Yes, the staring bit can be a little off putting over a bacon butty haha

Yes... butthe freedom to get up and walk out the door at any given time is a perk. And when I decide to travel somewhere, work is only a laptop away. Put in a few hours and that's it.

Many people at a workplace only have a couple of hours of concentrated work a day anyway.

True, I don't miss working for other people!

LOLOL! Someone told me the other day that I had a wicked sense of humor. I said it was by-product of homeschooling all three of our kids - my wittiness (or lack thereof) evolved from talking to inanimate objects to keep from losing my sanity (mission accomplished? LOL). I totally relate to all the above, except in my case, it was Steve Wilkos. 😂

By the way, not sure if you get any type of notification when I tag you in a post, but I nominated you for the 7 Day Black and White Photo Challenge. 😀

Haha...steve wilkos! Brilliant. No didn't see a mention, thank you !! What do I have to do ?

Yep, there was a long period of time that my eldest (22 years old now) and I would watch the show together - such quality mother/daughter bonding time. LOL!

This is what I was given for the rules -

Challenge Rules

  • Post seven black & white images that represent an aspect of your life
  • Present one image every day for seven days
  • No people
  • No explanation
  • Nominate someone every day although anyone can join in
  • Be sure to use the tag: #sevendaybnwchallenge as one of your five.

Can't wait to see what you come up with! 😎

great thank you :-) Does that mean no people in the image

That was my interpretation of it, although I've seen some with body parts... wait, that sounded ominous...LOL! Meaning, I've seen some shots with hands resting on a table, feet crossed at the ankles, that kind of stuff.

Ahhh ok on it ...

I've been suffering panic attacks of late and have been working from homme more often. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not buy it working for now. I have always talked to the animals so that hasn't changed. Lol. Going to follow you as this looks like a good series.

I have just finished this series,but if you want to see them, they are here :-)...https://steemit.com/workingfromhome/@sarahewaring/the-unglamorous-truths-about-working-from-home-all-links-here-in-case-you-missed-any... I get the panic attack thing, I had agoraphobia in my early twenties as I suffered badly. Joking aside, working from home is great, just take some breaks and get some fresh air as it helps. Hope you feel better soon :-)

Thanks I will check them out.