I So Do Not Miss the After-work Commute

Had to meet up my team for a regular meeting.  It feels great to meet up in person, discuss work and personal stuff while having lunch, even stop a bit to check out a nice dress for sale. 

On the way home, there were very few buses for my route and lots of people waiting.

Walked a few kilometers in my wedges to the next bus stop to get ahead of the long lines.  Wedges are comfy but being a work at home person I'm used to flipflops or being barefoot all day so that hurts a bit.  Plus I couldn't find the next damn bus stop where I remember it from the last 2 decades.  So many metal gates enclosing the bus stops I couldn't find where I should be going.

I just wasn't used to it anymore since for the past 6 years, I 1) lived near the office and just walked to work, then  3 years ago, 2) I decided to work at home.

I have always been a great and aggressive commuter who didn't mind the hassles of commuting...  but now my "dainty sensibilities" are shocked at the commute home.  I'm turning into a softie.

I like not having to elbow through crowds each and every day at 6PM when I'm already tired.  I like not having to stand in a moving bus.  I like not having to be ever alert at the next person to stand so I can get a seat in the bus immediately.  I like that if I'm tired I get to nap on the sofa or the bed, instead of napping sitting up on a bus.

Heehee, whatev.  I love being a freelance online worker.  I love working under the rock.

Don't mind my whiny-baby softie ways.


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Why Not? Let's Exercise During Work...

Online Freelance Workers are usually self-starters and workaholics. This is why even if clients or employers are elsewhere around the world, the freelance workers' services are continually retained.

So yeah, that means we sit in front of the computer for 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 or more hours a day to serve our clients.

Multiply by weeks, years...  Equals = fat online worker

I have always felt fat as a child (even if I wasn't) so feeling fat isn't new to me... but I do pity the other online workers who are just adjusting to their newfound heftiness.

Come on, people.  We wanted to work at home with our family in mind.  That means we also take care of our bodies, right?  If we are healthier, we take care of family better.

I want to get some exercise into my daily system for health reasons, bonus if I lose some weight, but I don't like going out at all because it wastes so much time.  Instead of working and being done earlier I lose precious hours outside.

We have a Nintendo Wii here at home, and I figured why not use it to at least get a move on.  This way, I can get in some physical activity right here at home, and not waste minutes going somewhere and back just to get a move on.

So another one of those things you can be thankful for as an online freelance worker, is you can play the Wii and/ or exercise while on the job!

So, move it, people.  I'ts nice to have work, but insert some physical activity in.  Just do some bending, wiggling from you're sitting.  Lift your laptops or monitors if you like.  Take care of your health, okay?  :-)

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