Remote work isn't just for pandemics or digital nomads.

It's for anyone who

values flexibility.

I joined /dżojn/ Zapier in 2018. My wife is a school teacher, and we have three
school-aged (w wieku szkolnym) children, so full-time travel isn't something
we've ever wanted to do. But l still enjoy the flexibility (elastyczność) of remote
work. Here are the three things I appreciate (doceniać) /yprysziejt/ the most—
and I suggest /sadżest/ you do if you "work from home."

Work from wherever (gdziekolwiek) you want to that day

I'm lucky enough to have an office space at home, but working there every
day can get lonely (samotny) and boring (nudny). So at least (chociaż) a day
or two a week, I try to get out and work somewhere else—a secondary
(drugorzędny) workspace (pandemic permitting, of course).

There aren't any co-working (wspópracujące) /koł/ spaces where I live. So

instead /insted/, I'll /ajl/ often rotate through a few /fju/ (kilka) local cafes
/kafejs/. But I also love the outdoors, so you're just as likely to find me working
from a picnic table in a local park, hotspotting from my phone.

This year we purchased /pyrczyst/ a camper van, which has become my office
on wheels /łils/. We're lucky enough to live on the edge (na krawędzi) /edż/ of
a national park here in the UK called /kold/(nazwany) the Peak District. Some
mornings, I'll drop my children off (podrzucić np. dzieci do szkoły) at school
and head /hed/ (udać się gdzieś) to the Peaks.
I get to work with beautiful views out my "office" window and go for some
amazing lunch runs. It sure beats (beat – pokonywać) staring out (stare out -
`gapić` się na zewnątrz) a drabby (ponury) office window.

Take long weekend trips

This summer, I took four vacations away from home with my family, but I only
took one week off of work. The trick: we did three long weekend trips. I
worked on Friday and Monday, while (podczas gdy) everyone (wszyscy) else
went out and had fun. But we all enjoyed family adventures on the weekend in
new places.

Note: if you have children, do some research (to be) ahead of time (przed
czasem) on what the rest of the family can do while /łajl/ you're working. My
personal experience is that "We'll figure it out (rozwiązać rozwiązanie) when
we get there" doesn't work.

Visit long-distance friends

I live over 4,000 miles away from my two best friends. Technology can help
bridge that gap, but there's nothing that beats sitting in the same room with
them. Thankfully (na szczęście), I've been able to leverage the remote nature
/nejczyr/ of my job to make that happen without using all my vacation time.

I usually do this kind of travel during /dziuriń/ the week. Mid-week (środek
tygodnia) plane tickets tend (mieć tendencje) to be cheaper, which is a nice
bonus.
Personally, I book the travel days off, but others might (to) be able (być w
stanie) /ejbul/ to work productively on a flight. (I'm all in on watching six hours
straight of B-grade movies.)

My friends appreciate /ypryszijejt/ that they don't have to take a week off when
I visit because I'm working as well (zarówno, również). Instead, we spend the
evenings and weekends together, just as if we lived in the same city.

Remember you work remotely, not from home

The news cycle over the past couple /kapl/ years has referred to the rise of
working from home. But to get the most out of a new work dynamic you may
find yourself in, remember that you don't work from home—you work remotely.
And working remotely doesn't just offer the flexibility to make a massive
change to your life. It also gives you the flexibility to make changes to how you
live and work each day.