Jobs involving a lot of travel only seem glamorous if you've never actually had one.
I haven't had one, but I grew up with a father who couldn't say what country he was going to be in from one week to the next, and my sister is now an air hostess, so it's fairly easy to pick up that travelling a lot simply means that you don't have the comfort of an established area in which to do your job.
Oh yeah. And you can't join things that require regular attendance. And you get backlogs of basic things like laundry or simply admin-type things. And your houseplants die. And you need catsitters (who drown houseplants). And changing time zones and climates too often - as your sister will know all too well - is just fun fun fun for your body.
And yet people just don't get it. Well... some *g*. Some people just don't realise, when there's that tinge of jealousy, that they really should try it first *g*.
Definitely no. I've been freelancing for nearly 20 years, and some people (including my mother) still seem to think that because my office is at home, it's not a 'real' office and that I can down tools whenever I like.
And once people know that you're working from home, it's just *fine* to call you at weird hours 'because you're at home'. Gee, thanks.
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I haven't had one, but I grew up with a father who couldn't say what country he was going to be in from one week to the next, and my sister is now an air hostess, so it's fairly easy to pick up that travelling a lot simply means that you don't have the comfort of an established area in which to do your job.
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And yet people just don't get it. Well... some *g*. Some people just don't realise, when there's that tinge of jealousy, that they really should try it first *g*.
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And once people know that you're working from home, it's just *fine* to call you at weird hours 'because you're at home'. Gee, thanks.
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