Thread 33468189

any wfh anons here? i got a wfh job but i'm afraid ill be too lazy and not meet deadlines. how do you curb the laziness and urge to do nothing while at home

>>33468189 (OP)
>doing WFH for past decade plus

Just segment your day - I like to work super early and super late in the day. The less distraction, the easier it is to power through a number of 45-minute sessions. I also do biphasic sleep patterns, being awake 7am - 4pm, then 9pm - 3am.

If you’re doing hourly work, I recommend having a few instruments near by. If they are just watching your screen, you can easily write a few macros to move your mouse and click documents. Use a second monitor or alternate laptop to fuck off and collect the bag.

One method I have is to start the day with coffee and think of it like a lit fuse. By the time you overclock your capacity, you’ll tap out in 3 hours. That means light lunch, then setting myself up for the next work session. This is a good time to fuck the missus or beat off.

Use a whiteboard. Intrusive ideas are great to put in the board and you can get satisfaction as the boarder gets whiter.

Always act pissed for meetings, like they’re stealing you away from important work. I always insist on no meetings or just recording videos - 3 minute video usually solves a 30-min meeting. Unless they’re paying you, then you can get really detailed until they say okay okay we get it.

Avoid booze. It’s too easy to get into the trap when no one’s looking.

If you’re really lazy, avoid sweatpants and slippers. Once you understand the metrics of cranking out work, then you can relax. Dress for an office, and if you feel yourself slipping, hit up a coffee shop or library. I’m 40 and young women studying always try to flirt. I had one bitch rubbing her clit through her sweatpants in the Olympia public library. Woo!

>>33468473
>Avoid booze. It’s too easy to get into the trap when no one’s looking.

This. I had to quit my WFH job because of this exactly. And it wasn’t making me miss deadlines or anything, I’d finish all my work before 1 pm and if I didn’t have meetings I’d just start day drinking til I passed out at 6.

I work in the field now and I gotta get up at 0500 and not smell like booze when I show up to the job site so that keeps me honest. Fuck man, wish I could’ve handled it but I’m a weak willed bitch like that.

wfh makes it easier to hit your deadlines. you can work when your brain actually functions instead of the brutal and oppressive times neurotypicals enslave all of society to

waking up still sleepy, getting in a warm bath and saying "fuck this I'm tapped" and going right back to bed so you can wake up and work at noon is priceless

>>33468473
That's pretty helpful and insightful, thanks anon.

>>33468189 (OP)
I pretty much just read the thing I'm supposed to do, then I do nothing for a few days and let it percolate, then I work on it with intensity and finish it in like 1-2 hours.

>>33468490
Yeah, having that reward requires discipline, and frankly I’d rather smoke weed. Being incapacitated at my age is a bad look, and I found that getting back to a cognitive baseline takes over a week - not a good trade off.

>>33468843
>not quitting drinking altogether
Why

>>33468682
No worries. I’ll just add some more bits so anons can get some value and steal jobs from redditors in the coming struggle:

Meal prep. Make everything ahead of time. When you’ve got the mental energy, you don’t want to be washing dishes. Being able to toss a frozen burrito in the toaster oven and have homemade deliciousness is good.

Automate everything. I use two Stream Decks for all of my client folders on Good Drive, and I use the BarRaider commands to program physical actions and shortcuts. I also have a 22-key macro pad and a Red Dragon 16+ key macro mouse. These are all programmed for redundancy. For example, I can scroll browser tabs with the mouse macro (RH) or macropad (LH). Trust me, when you perform an action repeatedly, the economy of motion adds up.

Exercise constantly. WFH means you’ll be sitting on your ass, so get a Herman Miller Aeron chair. Standing desks are good, and here’s a really good point: you should be able to work from anywhere in your home. I have several stations around the house, and it just gives me peace of mind. Plus I can tell clients I’m out of the office (my upstairs), when I’m really just answering emails on the couch.

If you’re freelance, avoid doing business with anyone but those in your home country. I don’t work with India, UAE, China, the Balkans, the Baltics, and even yhe UK. Time zone differences suck and brown people are vindictive if they can get away with shit. It’s another added issue where there doesn’t have to be one.

Leave your house at least once daily. If you have neighbors, they WILL notice you “being home all the time”. I literally got charges sealed last month because this meth’d out neighbor was jealous. I did get to yell at cops and outsmarted them (I have the bodycams). Yeah tell no one and give the appearance that you have a normal wagie job. I memorize my neighbors work schedule and accommodate their right to privacy, but I’m moving to NH to go remote.

>>33468811
I just rip off ChatGPT and Grok, then copyedit it to cover my tracks.

>>33468918
>Leave your house at least once daily. If you have neighbors, they WILL notice you “being home all the time”.

This. I was the neighborhood weirdo and got really fucked up stares when I’d be walking to the gas station at 7am on a Friday to get my weekly alotment of booze.

>>33468473
Damn I really want to work from home but then work at the library now.

>>33469015
Yeah, I had to give up walking in my neighborhood because of this. And because I started to shop at Trader Joe’s and Costco, I even started to smuggle my food in a large tub with wheels. Even this efficient method drew glances - how dare you have only one trip from your car to your home!

It’s whatever, but WFH just gives you lots of options for free time. Because I’m a freelancer, Early August and late-December are slow times, so I use this period to upskill and take care of any work-related issues. Not sure how it is for company workers, but freelancing makes this a necessity.

Oh yeah, don’t tell any gfs that you work from home. This tends to kill some mystique and draws envy, especially if they are trapped in wagie life. You also are automatically assumed more available even if you aren’t. Same goes with family members - no I can’t help you get a new refrigerator. GUARD YOUR TIME.

Another good tool is binaural beats with noise cancelling headphones. Yeah brain cancer, but I can trigger a flow state in seconds and tune out the world.

Avoid delivery food if possible. It’s not a treat; it is a failure of your system. Remember, these drivers tend to be low class and introduce a number of envy problems. I had Chipotle delivered and even just this convenience drew envy from my neighbor. The same goes for grocery delivery - get into a routine.

Oh yeah, avoid going stir crazy. It’s important to be social. In a pinch, I usually just yell at Indians and jailbait on OmeTv just to get a “hit” of socializing, but there is something pheromonal about occupying a space with people. It can be easy to be out of practice or get loose in your hygiene, but make sure you pass the Panera Bread test. If you look like you belong, you are okay.

BONUS: install a bidet in your home. You’ll be sitting for a while and your balls and pussy has gotta be clean. Plus, you can give yourself an enema if you eat bad food or want to speed shit like an Olympian

>>33469205
Library sucks unless you can get a private study room. And if they have a coffee shop in house. I’ve met dozens of women at the library and you’ll be the only dude not masturbating or having mental illness on a first name basis. It’s really like a daycare for useless people, so I usually stand out in a good way. If you want to fuck a librarian, ask for their help for something esoteric - I usually go for music scores or Gurdjieff or starting a nonprofit. Just something that shows off your taste and gets them to help you - see the Benjamin Franklin effect.

Get dedicated internet. No you can’t use your phones hotspot - try telling a client your WiFi ran out when you’re uploading a few GB presentations.

All data should be stored in at least two places. Google Drive and your desktop hard drives count, but also just update quarterly. I’ve lost shit and it’s annoying to replace, but laptops go missing, passwords get changed, and shit just stops working. Failure to prepare is preparation for failure.

>>33468502
This. Most of the issues people face aren’t the challenges of work itself, it’s the environment. I find that offices and blue collar environments are optimized for sociopaths, and when you cut out the management as a subcontractor, things magically resolve themselves.

One compliment I always get is that I look WAY younger than I am. I attribute this to never having to commute or have a boss. This tends to breed the feast-famine cycle and despair that comes from being in a wagie cagie. Embrace work, avoid toil.

You can also fire clients, which is good. This flips the dynamic and many people spiral out.

What also ages people is knowing their salary in advance. For me, I can make as much as I want with the understanding that I will sacrifice for rewards. I use $60/hr as my base rate (1 min = $1), and if I have to spend more time to get something, like a blowjob from some bar floozy, then you can calculate how much it is worth. I’ve literally paid for people’s groceries because they were delaying me by arguing the price of cabbage.

And just to fuel your dreams, I recommend instrumental music. Bartok, Lizst, and Holst are my favorites, and they make perfect “study music”.

https://youtu.be/3J5pYdu4s74?si=siEMopeIggcYi4kE

>>33471449
cats look like giga chad mixed with a baby

>>33471504
You ain’t wrong

>>33468189 (OP)
wfh anon here currently at work. I don't curb the laziness. I have gotten very good at lying to my boss and misdirecting my colleagues about why my work isn't done while I fuck around on the internet. I'm really bad at my job, but I'm always nice and I'm always on time, so I haven't gotten fired yet.

>>33471557
>always on time
>always nice
Yeah, these are the requisites. Kill them with kindness and punish the passive-aggressive. BCC your boss’ boss if they encroach on your shit. Good and consistent employees are hard to find.

Use the engineering rubric:

Cheap, fast, and good - pick two

Because my work is always good (muh portfolio), I filter clients into cheap or fast. PRIORITIZATION will yield you 6 figs. I loaned my grandma $4500 in 5 minutes - money makes you valuable.