Working from home
I have had the luxury to work from home the past two weeks. At first, my family was in town - so I was crazy busy running around trying to get the house clean and the rooms ready. Then the family was in town and it was spent exploring La Grange and downtown Chicago, as well as many trips to Home Depot.
Once they left though, things calmed down - way down. I then missed coming into work. I wondered what I would do to fill up my day between waking up, doing work and going to sleep. I missed having a sense of something to do, even if it was just the routine of getting up, getting on the train and going downtown.
Luckily, I found things to fill my time or else boredom probably would have killed me. You can only sit on the couch in your bathrobe watching tv for so many days. But then, I found an activity, that I have started to rather enjoy.
….I joined a gym.
Normally, the gym is not something you get excited about. It is not normally something you even want to do, but feel obligated to do. With my extremely free/flexible/open schedule, going to the gym has been a nice addition to my day. It helps to fill the void in between waking up, spending hours doing work, and making food for the boys.
You must be thinking, what kind of wondergym did she join that she enjoys going to work out!? It’s a normal gym, nothing fancy and in the next town over. It has a pool and a rock climbing wall and has classes in the morning and evening that are included in your monthly fee. For me, these are all new additions from the last gym I went to. It has like 1,000 machines in its warehouse like building. The staff is super nice and there are always towels for you to wipe down. It is a complete upgrade from my last gym.
I think I also like it so much because I can go in the middle of the afternoon while everyone is at work. I love having the flexibility to work out and then do work - or vice versa. I’m not stuck somewhere and then feel obligated to go to the gym once I get home from work. Going during the day when I feel like it doesn’t make it feel like a chore. This is supremely helping me get into the groove of going to the gym and enjoying it, which I think will keep me on track in the long run.
Working from home has given me the opportunity to do things in the order that I want to, rather than I “have” to. It lets me choose my lifestyle, I don’t let it choose for me.
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