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2022-05-27 02:52:14 | Hybrid Work & Happiness (lien direct) | Written by Shareen Song; UI/UX, and Quality Manager at Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd.It is estimated that about 50% of the world's workforce will continue to work remotely, or more likely, within a hybrid work arrangement; the 50% who will need to show up in person are frontliners in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and services. (https://www.barrons.com/articles/ive-been-studying-work-from-home-for-years-heres-whats-coming-51641330825)For those of us reading this in the midst of a workday, clad in a crisp ironed top and bottomed in comfy shorts, a chubby pet on the lap, and a glass of home-brewed kombucha in hand, the one blessing that covid has conferred is the opportunity to work from home. A slew of surveys and research from the likes of Cisco, Harvard, Microsoft, Gartner etc. cannot be wrong - hybrid work is here to stay, and hybrid workers are reportedly more productive and happier.As a Gen Xer who started work in the 1990s, the pandemic offered me my first taste of remote working… and I have to say that Cisco et al are absolutely right…I AM happier! (And I'd also like to believe my productivity hasn't suffered either!)Watch Magda Chelly's Secure Hybrid Work day: — @ciscoapacPrior to the covid lockdown, a regular office day meant spending more than 10 hours away from home and not having the will for much else when I got back; meals were mostly take out or eat out and each week merged into the next with very little time or energy to spare. Like most everyone else, the weekends were to catch up with family, friends, and sleep.Remote working immediately eliminated the much dreaded daily rush hour commute on packed public transportation AND handed over the gift of two 'free' hours for each day that I didn't have to prep for and travel to and from work. I quickly realised the potential of this now available time; with just a little planning, I can effectively use this resource to achieve inner zen, happiness, self-actualisation… whatever you want to label that sense of “yaay, I did it”, achievement, smugness and celebration that derives from FINALLY doing something that you've always wanted to.Admittedly, I am not a super achiever (and I believe that THAT is the key to my success here)… and the things I'd like to learn or be able to do are regular and mundane - they include growing my own food, learning to cook a meal and being able to sustain a regular workout schedule. Surely, with an additional two hours I now have for each work-from-home day, I will at least be able to attempt some of these previously unachievable feats.I started by scheduling up to two breaks of 15 to 30 minutes on the days when I didn't have to go to the office or out for in person meetings. For each break, I would plan a task/activity that would fit into the time I had available. Here are some examples:With 15 minutes or less:Growing herbs - By adulthood, the list of deceased plants under my watch included countless cacti pots, 10 basil, and 5 mint plants gifted to me at different times. This has led me to conclude that plants do not like me and I gave up trying to care for foliage for more than a decade. With lockdown and remote working, I decided to try growing herbs from cuttings after researching that this method is widely acknowledged to be fool-proof. In the last year, I've composted the carcasses of another 16 basil and four rosemary plants… the difference is this time, I managed to root them myself and keep them alive longer - long enough to harvest a handful of leaves! Mission accomplished… well, kind of. I now have five basil and six rosemary plants, all still green at the time of writing. I think I'm getting | Studies |
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