Working from Home

Slow Working Plan 2022

For Better Productive (and Sanity)

Pauline
7 min readJan 18, 2022

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Introduction to Slow Working 2022

So it’s 2022 now. Hey, how’re you doing?

Are you winning, son?

Yeah, for the past two years, I’ve been no exception in being a hot mess. Hopefully, more and more people are starting to settle in a little bit and find some sense of stability in all the uncertainty. I have, and I may not be alone when I ask, “What now?”

My workflow has been a mix of grief-distracting busyness and frantic productivity for the past two years. I worked hard and hardly took days off. Now on days off, I’m trying to relearn relaxing and enjoying myself.

One thing is sure; this past workflow is not sustainable. I’ve been taking my time at envisioning how I want my work from home life to be like.

I realized the “wake up at 5, workout, take a cold shower, etc.” type of life is not optimal for me. Honestly, I’d rather die. Working from home allows for a lot of freedom, and it’s up to me to add the structure. I’m in a luxury position to craft the structure to my needs.

I just need to make peace that my “happy” lifestyle may not be the world’s idea of a good workday. It may be less than…

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Pauline

The freewheelin’ Pauline Orr. Disabled blogger, handmade business owner, and freelancer.