How to pass time during slow periods while WFH
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Anonymous
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My WFH job is not very high stress or keeps me busy every day. How do you handle WFH days when you essentially do not have much to do?
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Anonymous
| Ask if there is anyone that needs help? Let them know you have some bandwidth. |
Anonymous
| Enjoy the break and putter around my house. |
Anonymous
| Netflix. |
Anonymous
| I sign up for classes on Udemy for things I'm interested in and may help me in my job. That way it doesn't feel as much like shirking. |
Anonymous
| Take a walk. Exercise between meetings. Cook a nice meal. At my job leisurely days are few and far between so I try to enjoy them before things pick up again. |
Anonymous
| Nap |
Anonymous
| Agree with ask others if they need help. I often get admin and training requirements out of the way. Email hygiene. Work on my calendar - set reminders, etc. Clean out old draft versions, tidy up my desktop, print docs I need in hard copy. That sort of thing. Then I play Wordle. |
Anonymous
| What’s the job?? |
Anonymous
| Clean house/my workstation, go for a walk, exercise, get nails done, go out for a cup of coffee. I'm thinking about how to be more strategic about using the time to plan/transition my career over the next few years... side gig, consulting, additional certifications...I'll feel better if I have a plan, and some things in place, as opposed to being faced with a sudden change. |
Anonymous
Don’t do this. Just appreciate that you’re not busy and do some chores or work on certifications. |
Anonymous
| Organize files, delete old emails. Document. Seems like there is always something if you think about it. |
Anonymous
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Take a walk for leisure or exercise.
Grocery shop or run errands (it's less crowded). Cook nicer meals. Watch tv or read. This is what I do but the caveats are that I enjoy these things and I work a job that is very much self directed and unmonitored, so I'm not chained to a messaging app or log in or anything, and I set my meeting boundaries ("I'm not available then, let's find another time" is a totally acceptable answer.) |
Anonymous
| I take classes. |
Anonymous
| I nap |