20/12/06
Too much screen time, too many video calls and too few boundaries make working from home hard for all of us. Podcast host and writer Morra Aarons-Mele shares honest advice on what you can learn from the introverts in your life about protecting your energy and your limits.
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Glossary
- to chafe – to irritate
- boundary – something that indicates limits
- far and away – by a very great margin
- cue – a signal for someone to do something
- disembodied- separated from or existing without a body
- to be on – to perform exceptionally well or impressively
- commute – a regular journey to and from one’s place of work
- to dive in – to begin or undertake something quickly, enthusiastically
- pep talk – a short conversation to build high spirits
- to delineate – when you delineate a border, you say exactly where it is going to be
- to tax – make serious demands on; to levy taxes
- downtime – inactive time (such as time between periods of work)
- to summon – make an effort to produce from within oneself
- to freeze up – to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally
Answer the questions:
- Why isn’t remote work any introvert’s dream?
- What can trigger social anxiety in the writer’s opinion?
- What’s the key to managing remote work?
- Why is commuting to work good for us?
- How can you enforce good boundaries?
- What’s asynchronous communication? When does it work best?
Practice Makes Perfect
Fill in the sentences below with some of the words in Glossary, then answer the questions.
- In what situation would you ……….. courage?
- Has your boss ever given you a …………. (to encourage you to work harder/win a contract/boost sales, etc)?
- What could make you …………… in a conversation?
- Is it ok to have …………….. at work in your employer’s opinion or do you have to …………. every minute?
- Is it difficult for you to set ……………. between work and home when you work remotely?
- How long is your ……………. every day?
ANSWERS: 1. . summon; 2. pep talk; 3. freeze up; 4. downtime; be on; 5. boundaries; 6. commute
Discuss:
- Do you enjoy working remotely?
- Have you ever had any burnout symptoms such as lack of motivation, irritability, fatigue, insomnia
- memory issues, change in appetite?
- Would you say people doing certain jobs are more prone to burnouts?
- Do you think women burn out more than men?
- Do you think meditation practice may help fight burnout?
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