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Work from home, 1 year anniversary


Yesterday I received a tulip bouquet from my company thanking for 1 year working from home (WFH). It indeed changed drastically way of working for me, my colleagues, and many percentage of the workers. For me, it was from 1 day WFH to full time WFH, it was expected till May 2020, then September 2020, and summer 2021. Now I've already not checking when to go back to the office anymore. Before, I've always said, I couldn't become a Freelancer because I couldn't work full time at home -- this pandemic proves that I was wrong. I adapted to it (with up and down of course). So this is the sum-up of my (unbelievable) 1 year WFH.



Tulip from the company and the boy

Work place: I first worked in the middle of living room where I usually worked on Friday. Then felt uncomfortable and moved to bedroom - working on a small table and kitchen chair. My back didn't feel well, then moved back to the bright corner of the living room, where I used J. big table (and he moved to my cat's room). I got a new chair and screen from the company. This has been my workplace till now and I'm very happy with it. The living room has been changed in a really green, spacious way as well.

Sport: Before I went for sports like Yoga, Zumba, Pilates, PoleFitness several times per week in different places in Utrecht using OneFit card. Its not the case anymore. Now Youtube is the best friends in term of exercise. Doing exercise at home with J. is also a new experience, and now is our regular activity in the evening. I went back to PoleFitness online and its quite comfy. I still miss a bit of the exercise in group.

The down:

I tend to work more (like the feeling, "let me try to finish this task, then I can finish my day") because I didn't have to get up and cycle back home. I'm literally HOME...some days when the work didn't run smoothly, my mood was very down, the feeling of incompetent. That affected me the whole evening. Those time, I wish I was at the office, talking to colleagues, or just being in the office would help.

No travelling far was really a disappointment. All travel plans got cancelled (including trips to Italy and Vietnam and Spain). My last travel abroad was back to Vietnam, end of Jan 2020. The year before we travelled a lot, and suddenly stopped was not easy. We did some small trips in NL but its not the same...

The up

I have more time to study. Indeed I postponed my Dutch study till I can't, and last year was a push, I finished the Inbugering exam. I took the AWS certificate. I tried Calligraphy, and quite some other studies that I always said "I have no time". I realized, as long as I want, I can dedicate time :).

We did the gardening. I have a small garden, but its always covered with wild weed and soil. It felt so much work to just started it, but it took like a month to finish it. I now have a 2 small squares in the garden where I planted herb and vegetable.

Challenge our relationship. 24/7 (almost) being with each other is a quite strange thing at first. Before, we knew about each other's work only by talking when we got home after work. Now, its just by a wall separated rooms.

Knowing a lot more about corners in Utrecht, just because we can't go any far. Also knowing more cities in NL.

The hope:

Of course, everything comes back to normal :). That would be great if I can come back to Vietnam in September






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