Mad Office Space
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I’m working from home now (go go gadget self-employment!), and this is where I work, about fourteen hours a day. And I frequently think … “geez, I could do this better.” — like when two kids are hollering and the television is going and someone’s playing some computer game with the volume up to compete with the television. I could get the laptop and go work upstairs (and do, sometimes), but it’s a smaller workspace.
So then I consider finding an office; and I’ve found one over by the St John’s Bridge; it’s $250/month (for the smallest size). On top of that I’d be paying for more internet access (already paying at home), and paying for electricity, telephone, et cetera. No thanks.
And I consider something like Cube Space, a shared work environment, where for $250 a month they’ll handle all the utilities and stuff, make me coffee. But again, that’s a little more than I want to pay and they have restrictions on the hours I could be there (6AM-9PM I think), but they’re closer to Miss B’s school and that could work ok.
I fantasize about those for, oh, about ten minutes, and then the math geek in me gets going; $250/month for 6 months is $1500; and I could “hella” remodel the office space for half that ( especially if I did the drywall and paint).
Sure, the kids and television and other noises are distracting- but if I were not at home, I’d miss them that much more. I’d come home to “Your daughter tried to take her tricycle down the stairs into the basement” rather than leaping from my desk when I hear the crash.
