Last month, I decided I was done with the heavy lifting. I was done moving my laptop from the dining room table to the bedroom to wherever I could...ummm, borrow wireless. I decided it was time to chuck the fantasy of having a chicly designed apartment or house with a remote office in the attic and just claim a corner as my own. After that decision came the radical act of turning my desk around, sacrificing my view of the $1.5 mil home with the peek-friendly windows for an "office space" that's much more defined.
Don't get me wrong, it ain't pretty. My desk juts out nearly halfway into the entrance of the dining room and I have to wedge myself into my chair to sidle up to the computer. It's my own little insta-nook and I couldn't be happier.
First of all, the small space behind the desk means it's harder for the hubs to squeeze back here/dump bills on my highly organized piles of stuff/steal my favorite pen. Second, I think it is the first time in the nine years we've lived together I've had a space other than my bra drawer that's been all mine (no touching!). Third, for some reason, even though I face the mayhem, I can better focus back here. Hmmm...Maybe all that turning around see what Lil E's using his plastic saw to anhialate fix was yanking me out of the zone. Now I don't have to stop typing when I start yelling, which feels like genius to me. Finally, when Lil E needs to be close to me while watching Barney, he can stand behind me on my chair, hold on to my neck and still see creepy dinosaur all at the same time. Ta-da!
Cafemama's also found a way to making working from home with kids work, which includes a little bit of chaos, a well-stocked project drawer and the possibility of some part-time babysitting help. Now she wants to know how other WAHPs are doing it. How are you handling the in-home gig these days? What are your tricks of the trade?
[via: UrbanMamas]
