Bay City is a bit far, but I love the idea of coworking. I work from home at the moment and I have a list of distractions. Many people do not understand the concept of working from home and they think "oh he/she is home, they must not be busy" and people call all day wanting this or that. I have gotten in the habit of turning off the phone.
But, on days like today when my bathroom is getting remodeled it would be great to have an "office" to run to when my office is being used as a hang out for those working on my bathroom (i.e. boyfriend and my mom). At the moment he works at Best Buy with a different schedule every week. Making it hard for me to have a consistent chunk of time to get my own work done. He will sit in the office with me on his pc, but he likes to talk. About things non work related of course and it makes it hard for me to focus. I should work a normal 8 hour work day but most days I end up putting in 10-11 to make up for the talking. I also have a hard time with saving household chores until work is over. Seems like my lunch time turns in to cleaning time. My house also consists of two dogs that have to go outside for potty breaks every so often, as well as attention! I sometimes feel a bit isolated. My co-workers are all writers who work from home and we chat through yahoo or online forums. It would be nice to have some f2f contact once in a while. Not too many places close by offer free Wi-Fi so most days I have no choice to stay at home. I can only sit at the local coffee shops for so long. I saw a article about coworking in the Freelancers Union email. There was a link to Bay City, and there you were. I love the idea of it. So, I thought I would join and say hello. Meet some others like me. And you never know, the group could really grow and more could form closer in my direction! Thank you for letting my join. I actually am going to try to come out for the next meeting. It only takes me about 30min or so to get to Bay City, so it might be nice to get out and check it out. And even if I can't make it to Bay City all the time, it is nice to meet others in Michigan who freelance and work from home. Nice to meet you! Chrystal On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Mike Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Chrystal, > > It's a bit far, but I am trying to form a coworking space in Bay City. > > What brings you to our little group? > > Mike > > On Aug 10, 9:07 pm, Chrystal Mahan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Freelance writer in the Birch Run, MI area. Just found out about the > > group and wanted to say hello! > > > > Chrystal > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
