{"id":6886,"date":"2021-05-11T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equippd.uk\/journal\/smart-kitchen-appliances-to-change-the-way-you-cook-forever-2\/"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:31:27","slug":"work-from-anywhere-live-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equippd.uk\/journal\/work-from-anywhere-live-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Work From Anywhere, Live at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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If, by the the end of all this, we\u2019ve learned only one thing \u2014 and I sincerely hope that\u2019s not the case \u2014 it\u2019s probably going to be this: office culture as we knew it is no longer fit for purpose. Or, more accurately, it hasn\u2019t been for a very long time but that\u2019s now become impossible to deny. <\/span><\/p>\n

In short: Working from home, well, works.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, with the world now cautiously opening up again, the idea of being untethered to a single centralised workspace broadens the possibilities even further. Yes, at least for those for whom it\u2019s an option, working from home is likely to become, as everyone\u2019s favourite new idiom has it, \u201cthe new normal.\u201d But that isn\u2019t the full picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are still those who, understandably, aren\u2019t keen to mix business and domesticity so readily; people who have no interest in returning to a traditional office environment \u2014 or even a co-working space, which now have a very questionable future ahead \u2014 but who aren\u2019t so thrilled about the place they live becoming their place of work.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n

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In that sense, it\u2019s important that when you are working from home \u2014 or when you do come home after working at the cafe, or the restaurant, or the pool, or the park, or the beach, or another country entirely \u2014 that your home is still somewhere you want to be. A place you\u2019re happy to decompress. To live.<\/span><\/p>\n

What that means in practice, of course, will differ from person to person. Maybe it\u2019s a Smart Home Entertainment Centre \u2014 or, if you\u2019re really committed, a recording studio. Maybe it\u2019s a smart kitchen that takes the edge off cooking and stops it from being just another chore at the end of the work day. Maybe it\u2019s something as simple as smart lighting that knows when it\u2019s time to change the mood.<\/span><\/p>\n

It all makes a difference to how you view your home. And that\u2019s important.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what about when you are working from Anywhere? The needs are a little more practical, of course \u2014 less about home comforts and more means to an end \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t make them any less important: if you don\u2019t have the tools to get your work done, you\u2019re never going to come home \u2014 and even when you do it\u2019s not chilling out that\u2019s going to be on your mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

A good pocket wi-fi, for example, makes a big difference. I was first handed one of these staying at a hotel in Tokyo back in 2017 \u2014 a way of making sure I didn\u2019t get lost or in any other kind of trouble, but also didn\u2019t have a phone bill more expensive than my stay. It seemed at the time like the wave of the future \u2014 it seems now like a must-have. Especially when, let\u2019s face it, phone hotspots still aren\u2019t all that hot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n

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It\u2019s also worth mentioning that, wedded as we have been to our homes now for the last year or so, we\u2019ve grown \u2014 it\u2019s fair to say \u2014 attached. Working From Anywhere, as freeing as it might be, has the potential to throw up separation anxiety in a way that just going to the office in days of yore did not.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s only natural, then, that \u2014 even more than wanting your home to be exactly as you left it when you do eventually return \u2014 you might want to make sure nothing is going awry in your absence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Smart Home Monitoring is a simple solution for that; to be thought about less as security and more as reassurance. Peace of mind for the place you find peace of mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of a more thoroughly connected home, too, you can keep track of all your utilities \u2014 simple things like making sure you get dishwasher fluid you\u2019ll inevitably need later while you\u2019re out and about now. Or even just knowing that your home is nice and warm, waiting to welcome you.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n

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\r\n \r\n \"Wedded as we have been to our homes now for the last year or so, we\u2019ve grown \u2014 it\u2019s fair to say \u2014 attached. Working From Anywhere, as freeing as it might be, has the potential to throw up separation anxiety.\" <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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In short, working from home is very much set to be a part of our lives for the foreseeable future. Maybe even forever. Working from anywhere is an extension from that \u2014 a valuable one for those who relish the change of scenery and want to preserve their home environment as just that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, though, people always want somewhere to come back to. And that\u2019s not likely to change. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n

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Another iteration of the digital nomad lifestyle that\u2019s been floating around for a while now, but which always seemed something of a pipe dream, WFA is more a combination set-up than something entirely new; a more grounded version of a lifestyle that just doesn\u2019t work for most people when reality hits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most people, after all, will still want a home. Most people will still want a steady source of income. Some people might even want somewhere else to go to make that happen. What\u2019s changed is how we can choose to combine these ideas. A kind of delicious work-life balance pick\u2019n\u2019mix.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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