在家办公的挑战 · The Challenges of Working from Home

疫情yìqíng之后,zhīhòu许多xǔduō公司gōngsī开始kāishǐ允许yǔnxǔ员工yuángōng在家zàijiā办公。bàngōng

After the pandemic, many companies started letting employees work from home.

以前yǐqián我wǒ以为yǐwéi在家zàijiā办公bàngōng是shì最zuì舒适shūshì的de安排。ānpái

I used to think working from home would be the most comfortable arrangement.

可是kěshì过guò了le一段yí duàn时间,shíjiān我wǒ发现fāxiàn工作gōngzuò和hé生活shēnghuó的de界限jièxiàn反而fǎn'ér更gèng模糊。móhu

But after a while, I realized the boundary between work and life is more blurred.

没有méiyǒu通勤,tōngqín也yě意味着yìwèizhe你nǐ可能kěnéng二十四èrshísì小时xiǎoshí都dōu在zài"上班"。shàngbān

Without a commute, you can also feel like you're "on duty" 24 hours a day.

和hé同事tóngshì之间zhījiān少shǎo了le闲聊,xiánliáo创意chuàngyì上shàng的de协作xiézuò也yě变得biànde困难。kùnnán

There's no chitchat with colleagues, and creative collaboration becomes harder.

我wǒ渐渐jiànjiàn明白,míngbai在家zàijiā工作gōngzuò的de效率xiàolǜ取决于qǔjuéyú自律。zìlǜ

I gradually understood: efficiency at home depends on self-discipline.

现在xiànzài我wǒ每天měi tiān设shè固定gùdìng的de工作gōngzuò时间,shíjiān下班xiàbān后hòu绝jué不bù打开dǎkāi电脑。diànnǎo

Now I set fixed working hours every day and don't open my laptop after work.

自由,zìyóu自有zì yǒu它tā的de代价。dàijià

Freedom comes with its own cost.

刚开始gāng kāishǐ在家办公zài jiā bàngōng的de那几个nà jǐ ge星期,xīngqī我wǒ很hěn享受。xiǎngshòu

In the first few weeks of working from home, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

不用búyòng挤jǐ地铁,dìtiě省下shěng xià了le每天měitiān两个小时。liǎng ge xiǎoshí

No packed subway, which saved me two hours every day.

我wǒ可以kěyǐ睡到shuì dào八点半,bā diǎn bàn穿着chuān zhe睡衣shuìyī就jiù开始kāishǐ工作。gōngzuò

I could sleep until half past eight and start work in my pyjamas.

可是kěshì慢慢地,mànmàn de问题wèntí出现chūxiàn了。le

But gradually the problems appeared.

我的wǒ de电脑diànnǎo就jiù放fàng在zài床边,chuáng biān晚上wǎnshang十一点shíyī diǎn还在hái zài回huí邮件。yóujiàn

My computer sat right beside the bed, and at eleven at night I was still answering mail.

周末zhōumò和hé工作日gōngzuò rì看起来kàn qǐlái几乎jīhū一样。yíyàng

Weekends and weekdays came to look almost the same.

家里jiā lǐ也yě有yǒu很多hěn duō干扰,gānrǎo快递、kuàidì家人、jiārén还有hái yǒu洗不完xǐ bù wán的de碗。wǎn

Home has plenty of distractions too: parcels, family, and dishes without end.

后来hòulái我wǒ在zài房间里fángjiān lǐ划出huà chū一个yí ge角落,jiǎoluò只zhǐ用来yòng lái工作。gōngzuò

Later I marked off one corner of the room, used only for work.

离开líkāi那个nà ge角落,jiǎoluò我wǒ就jiù告诉gàosu自己zìjǐ今天jīntiān结束了。jiéshù le

Leaving that corner, I tell myself the day is over.

这个zhè ge简单jiǎndān的de办法,bànfǎ比bǐ任何rènhé软件ruǎnjiàn都dōu有效。yǒuxiào

This simple method works better than any piece of software.