Commuteless

A lot of people are happy with their jobs. Maybe you're comfortable with your current status and have no plans to change anything. But what happens when the unexpected occurs? Have you given any thought to what comes next? In today's episode we talk about why you should be thinking about "the next thing" and how to prepare yourself for your future. 

The future. We're there...or are we? Much has changed in the work landscape over the years, and it seems with every passing year the evolution of working from home continues on in new and unexpected ways. In today's episode we sit back and speculate and dream about what the future of working from home could look like.

Everyone wants to keep their job. Even if you hate your job, there's a reason you have it. We want to keep our jobs, and most people want to be good at their jobs. Is it possible to be both valuable and invaluable? How do you become the best type of worker that builds value for the company and future proofs your own career? That's exactly what we want to talk about in this episode.

Is discouragement an inherently bad thing? How can we go from being discouraged to using it as a tool to accomplish our goals? This is the second part of a conversation about discouragement and how to overcome it when working from home.

Working from home means you have a lot of freedom. You can work almost anywhere, live almost anywhere, and change the scenery around you. But it can also be isolating, and with isolation comes some feelings we may not be expecting. Today we want to talk about discouragement and how we can overcome it.

Working from home comes with different challenges depending on your situation, but one of the universal problems to solve is trust building between the employer and employee. How do you handle working with an employer that wants to track your every click and keystroke? How do you produce work that not only gets the job done but showcases your capabilities? In today's episode we welcome our good friend Cory McCabe to talk about all these things and more.

Sleep is something we all need, and we know it... so why do we so often make it the lowest priority? Everyone has the same amount of hours in their day, but there is such a discrepancy in the amount of sleep we get. How do we manage our sleep if we often feel like we have so little time to dedicate to it in the first place? Let's talk about it.

It can be difficult to find time to continue your education in life, whether it's in an official university sense or just on your own. In our work, however, if we stop learning about our industry, we can quickly be left behind. Even if the type of work you do is virtually unchangeable, there's still much you can learn to better yourself.

Going from working in a huge building with hundreds of co-workers to a work-from-home environment can be scary. How do you stay disciplined? How do you take advantage of the fact that you actually now have no commute? How do you stay creative in your home space? On today's show we welcome designer and YouTuber Charli Marie Prangley to talk about her thoughtful approach to work space, how she manages side projects and full time work, and how she manages to stay disciplined through her workdays.