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Speaker 1: hours are more flexible than in the past. Today's tip
Speaker 1: is about how to handle weekend work without well completely
Speaker 1: losing your weekend. One of the hazards of working from
Speaker 1: home is losing the boundaries between work and the rest
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Speaker 1: the past few months. One survey from JDP found that
Speaker 1: of people newly working from home, a majority reported working
Speaker 1: on nights and weekends more frequently. Sometimes this is because
Speaker 1: people's managers don't observe boundaries, but other times it's because, well, hey,
Speaker 1: you're already at your workplace. It seems easy enough to
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Speaker 1: otherwise be watching TV, and so, well, that's fine. I
Speaker 1: tracked my time, and I know that I often work
Speaker 1: on weekends, my weekdays can be interrupted, and if my
Speaker 1: kids are busy on weekends, well, time is time. However,
Speaker 1: you might want to be a little judicious about it.
Speaker 1: So here's how to work from home on weekends without
Speaker 1: spending your entire weekend working at home. First, make yourself
Speaker 1: a very clear priority list. Don't work just to work.
Speaker 1: What do you hope to get done before Monday morning.
Speaker 1: Weekends can be a good time for longer term or
Speaker 1: speculative projects, or if you're behind because of a midweek emergency.
Speaker 1: They can also help you stay on track, but you
Speaker 1: won't get through a one thou email backlog over a weekend,
Speaker 1: so don't set that as a goal. Maybe just return
Speaker 1: anything you intend to return from the last week and
Speaker 1: let anything before that go. On a recent weekend, after
Speaker 1: returning from a few weeks at the beach, my weekend
Speaker 1: goal was to record ten short podcast episodes. When I
Speaker 1: was done, I was done. Second, give yourself a window
Speaker 1: for doing these tasks. This serves a few purposes. First,
Speaker 1: work expands to fill the available space. Were more efficient
Speaker 1: when space is more limited. Second, it keeps work from
Speaker 1: always being an option. That way, you don't feel guilty
Speaker 1: when you relax or hang out with your family. There's
Speaker 1: a time for work, namely Sunday evening from four to
Speaker 1: seven p m. And now is not that time. Then
Speaker 1: do what you need to in order to make your
Speaker 1: working be okay with the people around you. If you've
Speaker 1: got young kids, your spouse is not automatically obligated to cover,
Speaker 1: especially if he or she covers more of the work week. Two,
Speaker 1: what would make it worth while to him or her?
Speaker 1: Maybe you cover an equivalent number of four hours for
Speaker 1: your partner, or give this person a few free hours
Speaker 1: to do personal projects. Your kids might be more amenable
Speaker 1: to your work session if they know you're planning to
Speaker 1: take them to the park right afterwards. A significant other
Speaker 1: might be okay with you working Saturday if Sunday is open.
Speaker 1: Make sure you figure this out. Finally realize you may
Speaker 1: not have to work on weekends. I've sometimes fallen into
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Speaker 1: the weekend, so I don't press his hard on Thursday
Speaker 1: and Friday. If you view weekend work as more of
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Speaker 1: to day stuff, this can light a fire under you
Speaker 1: to use real work hours. You spend a bit less
Speaker 1: time surfing the web and a bit more time getting
Speaker 1: stuff done. That's a smart idea, whether you work on
Speaker 1: weekends or not. In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks
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