I just finished watching “Glee”.
It was the Madonna episode. Loved it. REALLY loved it. I’m a huge Madonna fan, yep….a kid of the 80′s.
So that made “Glee” especially delicious tonight!
As I watched tonight….I thought, wouldn’t it be cool if I could just break out into a Madonna song while sitting here at my computer working at home?
(Yes….damn Kelly….that would be hell-a-cool!)
And yes, of course I could just slap on my iPod and sing some Madonna. I could do it right now, but I’d wake up my kids and husband – and I still need to watch my Tivo’d “Biggest Loser”. Heck, I play guitar….I could do an acoustic version of “Frozen” right now. But – you’re not understanding me. This Radio-TV-Film degree’d, ex-radio DJ wants to do a GLEE version!! I need cast mates and some kind of band or karaoke CD at a minimum!
That’s the sucky part of working at home. There are no cast mates. ::sigh::
Oh sure….LOVE all my “virtual” world friends….my local Twittering friends….my Facebook Buds….but it’s different working at home. You’re alone. A lot. And some might think that sounds magical. One of my friends
thinks I’ve won the lotto of jobs – and, sure…..I do love my work. I love writing this post right now – to you.
But day after day and year after year of no co-workers….even stupid co-workers that you can make fun of….it gets stale.
So…..”workers of the home”….or those that “long for their workplace to be home”…..or….well, whatever…you get what I’m trying to say…
Be warned – working at home can be LONELY!!! Do not totally disconnect from your friends and family when you slink into the world of telecommuting or freelance. Be sure to meet friends for lunch, if your husband can make it home one afternoon a week for lunch…..va va voom….DO IT. Take time to go for walks, to actually spend time with your kids. Because the misconception about working at home is that you’ll have ALL this free time. You won’t. You’ll be driven and focused and almost weird with ambition. Especially if you’re creating your
own business, website, blog, product…..it takes you over like a drug. I speak of what I know.
So…pace yourself. Ease off the coffee (just a little). Get a massage, a pedicure….take a walk. Call your mom, lunch with friends, catch a movie with your hubby, enroll in a yoga class – whatever it takes to keep ONE foot in the REAL world. I promise….you’ll be better off for it.
And hey….while you’re lunching with friends….who knows….they could break out in song. You could join in? Something cool like, “Brass in Pocket” by the Pretenders? Maybe your husband will show up and sing too? Yes…he will sing a romantic song like, “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel….and then the cast from The Breakfast Club will waltz in…..no…no……Madonna will stroll in….
“Come on girls…..do you believe in love? ‘Cuz I got somethin’ to say about…..and goes somethin’ like this….”
Hey….one thing about being a work at home mom…..it’s great for the imagination!
