[lopsa-discuss] LOPSA Book Club - December: Time Management for System Administrators

[Mark Lamourine]

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 08:50 -0500, Scott Orr wrote:
> > I haven't done anything that the book suggests, yet.  That's for this
> > week.  But, I'm pretty sure it's going to be a dismal failure unless I
> > implement the 'get to work one hour early rule.'  
> 
> How many of you do a variation of this and work an hour from home before
> going to the office? Working for a university, my schedule is somewhat
> flexible so I like to take advantage of it by checking email and
> planning the day in the peace of my home. It is the one place I can
> (almost) guarantee no distractions.

I'm working on getting my home office finished so I can do things like
that.  I tend to put on radio or TV as wallpaper despite the fact that I
know it's unproductive.  I don't work effectively when I'm in the living
spaces with my family (or even alone there).

When I get my office done, I'll have a place to go to which mentally is
"at work", and I think I can do this more.

I know my boss has a long commute and he works the first couple hours
from home mostly to avoid the peak traffic times.

- Mark
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