{"id":6519,"date":"2019-07-17T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T02:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T08:43:41","slug":"work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Its Like to Work From Home (4 Years Update!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#Work_from_Home_The_Good\" >Work from Home: The Good<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#1_%E2%80%93_Generally_saving_money\" >#1 &#8211; Generally saving money\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#2_%E2%80%93_The_general_flexibility_is_nice\" >#2 &#8211; The general flexibility is nice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#3_%E2%80%93_The_extra_time_is_a_blessing\" >#3 &#8211; The extra time is a blessing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#4_%E2%80%93_The_possibility_of_working_from_anywhere\" >#4 &#8211; The possibility of working from anywhere!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#5_%E2%80%93_Going_to_malls_and_offices_at_non-peak_hours\" >#5 &#8211; Going to malls and offices at non-peak hours\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#6_%E2%80%93_You_can_order_stuff_online_and_wait_for_it_to_arrive_at_home\" >#6 &#8211; You can order stuff online and wait for it to arrive at home<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#7_%E2%80%93_Picking_and_choosing_who_you_want_to_work_and_hang_out_with_and_who_you_dont\" >#7 &#8211; Picking and choosing who you want to work and hang out with (and who you don\u2019t)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#Work_from_Home_The_Bad\" >Work from Home: The Bad<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#1_%E2%80%93_Work_from_home_is_only_fun_if_youre_not_stressed_about_money\" >#1 &#8211; Work from home is only fun if you\u2019re not stressed about money<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#2_%E2%80%93_Work_from_home_is_only_possible_if_you_can_avoid_distractions\" >#2 &#8211; Work from home is only possible if you can avoid distractions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#3_%E2%80%93_People_think_youre_free_all_the_time\" >#3 &#8211; People think you\u2019re free all the time<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#4_%E2%80%93_Its_very_hard_to_switch_off_from_work\" >#4 &#8211; It\u2019s very hard to switch off from work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#5_%E2%80%93_No_medical_leaves_EPF_contribution_from_employer_or_other_employee_benefits\" >#5 &#8211;\u00a0No medical leaves, EPF contribution from employer or other employee benefits<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#Work_from_home_A_typical_week\" >Work from home: A typical week\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#The_%E2%80%98path_or_someone_who_works_from_home\" >The \u2018path\u2019 or someone who works from home<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/personal\/work-from-home\/#Last_words\" >Last words<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wow, it\u2019s been almost four years since I work from home full-time. <a href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/self-employment-in-malaysia\/\">The last time I wrote about it, I was only one year in<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s still a little bit surreal. Like many of you, I grew up thinking that 9-6 working days is the default. It\u2019s even more surreal when I remember that this work from home thing was an accident. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plan was actually to do a bit of freelance writing to make some extra income while I find myself a new, stable job. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then somehow work turned to more work and I just never stopped and here I am? Sometimes I still catch myself thinking \u2018ah how nice would it be to work from home wait Suraya you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work from home you dolt\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In any case, in this article I want to share with you the good parts about working from home, the bad parts and tasks I personally do as a work-from-home writer. I think it&#8217;s fair to say this article is written based on experience. Enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Work_from_Home_The_Good\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work from Home: The Good<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_%E2%80%93_Generally_saving_money\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1 &#8211; Generally saving money\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really like this part. There are many areas where I get to save money, or do money-saving experiments. It\u2019s brilliant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I find that I no longer need to maintain my car, so I gave it back to my dad (yes I\u2019m privileged). My monthly transportation costs are now around the RM300-400 range via Grab and public transportation, as opposed to at least RM500-800 per month on car maintenance, not including the repairs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I get to make homemade meals, which tend to be cheaper and healthier than outside food<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t need to stock up on too many work clothes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love love love adding small but satisfying life upgrades but on a budget. Like <a href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/saving-money\/save-money-on-coffee\/\">making fresh coffee at home<\/a> instead of instant. Mmmm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_%E2%80%93_The_general_flexibility_is_nice\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#2 &#8211; The general flexibility is nice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I rarely use alarm clocks. Yes, it is amazing, not even going to lie about that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And because I set tasks for the day without locking it to any timeslot, I don\u2019t really care what I do for the day as long as I get shit done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My productivity level depends on my mood, which to be fair can be a good or a bad thing. Sometimes I\u2019d finish my work early and reward myself with Youtube videos. Sometimes I procrastinate like crazy then use the deadline stress to force myself to work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_%E2%80%93_The_extra_time_is_a_blessing\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#3 &#8211; The extra time is a blessing<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t realise this until someone pointed it out, but people who work from home gained so much time from one single thing: no commute to work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(And sometimes we get extra time when we feel too lazy to change out of our pajamas too!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what do I do with this blessing? I waste it on social media smh<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_%E2%80%93_The_possibility_of_working_from_anywhere\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#4 &#8211; The possibility of working from anywhere!<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term commonly used for this dreamy-sounding lifestyle is digital nomad, which I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally, I <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">used <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to like the idea of travelling while working &#8211; it still seemed like the perfect, responsibility-free life, mind you &#8211; but have since accepted that it\u2019s just a matter of the grass looking greener on the other side. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking about it, yeah I don\u2019t really want to work while on vacation. I just want to chill and eat food and get fat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus I have two cats I love too much to leave behind. How can I not fall for them ugh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BO6oKEjB9I3\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BO6oKEjB9I3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I gave birth to two cats this morning<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/surayaror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Suraya Zainudin<\/a> (@surayaror) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-01-06T08:22:37+00:00\">Jan 6, 2017 at 12:22am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_%E2%80%93_Going_to_malls_and_offices_at_non-peak_hours\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#5 &#8211; Going to malls and offices at non-peak hours\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going to crowded places during weekends now legit stresses me out. And when I get stressed out I get cranky and a bit bitchy. In my head, everyone who so much breathes near me gets cursed for seven generations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_%E2%80%93_You_can_order_stuff_online_and_wait_for_it_to_arrive_at_home\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#6 &#8211; You can order stuff online and wait for it to arrive at home<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can confirm that this is really really nice (but a bit dangerous!)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_%E2%80%93_Picking_and_choosing_who_you_want_to_work_and_hang_out_with_and_who_you_dont\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#7 &#8211; Picking and choosing who you want to work and hang out with (and who you don\u2019t)<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This privilege is only available after you established yourself as a professional, after you start getting work inquiries and word-of-mouth referrals, basically after you can afford to say no. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike traditional work settings, where you are forced to get along with annoying characters to get your workload done, being your own boss means you can always say no (politely) if you don\u2019t want to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pro-tip: make your own contacts list, comprising of people you can pass off jobs to. For example, sometimes when I have too much on my plate and receive yet another job inquiry, I would share the work opportunity among my contacts for free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the best win-win arrangement- the client still thinks you\u2019re reliable and your colleagues will like you for sharing work opportunities around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would say the best perk here is definitely the ability to pursue genuine friendships with like-minded individuals and avoid the toxic crowd. I can\u2019t tell you how much I value being away from people who love complaining and think everything in the world sucks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who have these people as colleagues &#8211; I\u2019m so sorry for you. Hang in there. Pakai earphones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alright so far everything&#8217;s been good. Got bad parts meh, working from home? Goooot.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Work_from_Home_The_Bad\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work from Home: The Bad<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time to burst some bubbles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_%E2%80%93_Work_from_home_is_only_fun_if_youre_not_stressed_about_money\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1 &#8211; Work from home is only fun if you\u2019re not stressed about money<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the real truth right here. If you\u2019re not financially secure, your house will feel like a prison. There\u2019s no fun to speak of, just stress. Not knowing where your next paycheck is going to come combined with dwindling savings is like 10\/10 in the modern-day stress scale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_%E2%80%93_Work_from_home_is_only_possible_if_you_can_avoid_distractions\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#2 &#8211; Work from home is only possible if you can avoid distractions<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people resort to placing their phones in another room while they work so they don\u2019t get distracted. Others make themselves a study or a den. However you do it, you need to optimise your surrounding to encourage something called \u2018flow\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes I get angry when people say things like, oh stay-at-home mothers\/fathers can still work from home and get supplemental income for the family. Kids are distracting af. Can\u2019t focus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_%E2%80%93_People_think_youre_free_all_the_time\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#3 &#8211; People think you\u2019re free all the time<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>And may take advantage of you because of it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protip: Don\u2019t call yourself a freelancer. The \u2018free\u2019 in freelancer somehow makes people think that your services are worth less than what it is and you\u2019re somehow free all the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call yourself something else: founder, consultant, specialist, whatever. I notice that people took my work a lot more seriously after I stopped calling myself a freelance writer and started calling myself a communications consultant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_%E2%80%93_Its_very_hard_to_switch_off_from_work\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#4 &#8211; It\u2019s very hard to switch off from work<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m writing this article at 2am on a Monday night. My brain is still on work mode and I don\u2019t know how to get it to stop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_%E2%80%93_No_medical_leaves_EPF_contribution_from_employer_or_other_employee_benefits\"><\/span>#5 &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No medical leaves, EPF contribution from employer or other employee benefits<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obviously. By now I\u2019m used to it, and I make my own arrangements, but I remember panicking about losing my income while I fell sick once, early in the work from home phase of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protip: You can make voluntary EPF and PRS contributions and earmark those as retirement savings. Both also can get tax relief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok those should be all the good and not-so-good parts about working from home. Some of the points overlapped with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/self-employment-in-malaysia\/\">1-year self-employed progress article<\/a>, and I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m finding it easier, not harder. Maybe it&#8217;s a simple case of me simply getting used to the hard parts, but I&#8217;ll take it.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Work_from_home_A_typical_week\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work from home: A typical week\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I <em>didn\u2019t<\/em> expect after I started working from home is the surprising variety of my tasks in my to-do list. I thought I\u2019d face the computer screen full-time. Not really.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a typical week, my tasks would include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Content creation and optimisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Writing articles for RinggitOhRinggit.com. Generate and pitch content proposals to clients. Not all ideas made it into articles &#8211; I balance between what I want to write and what\u2019s a good SEO strategy. I also update older articles to be more relevant<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Business writing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I get everything from scripting to website copywriting to report-writing jobs\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Digital marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Ideating and scheduling posts for social media channels for Ringgit Oh Ringgit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Client management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Nurturing potential leads and giving updates on pending projects to existing clients<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Project management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Hiring and outsourcing other freelancers to complete bigger projects, either my own or clients\u2019. For example, Money Stories from Malaysians book series is one of my projects\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Social media engagement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Replying comments across all RoR channels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Attending industry-related events<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Always good to learn new things. I\u2019d call this networking but truth is I get too shy to talk to people I don\u2019t know, so I stay quiet at the back<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Administrative works.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Preparing invoices and organising folders, signing contracts and scheduling meetings, replying emails and removing spam in website\u2019s comment section, updating contacts list and doing deliveries. Things like that<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Analytics and technical<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Checking if the website and social media\u2019s growth is on track. Make amendments to growth strategy if needed. Optimise website\u2019s speed, layout, navigation etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Networking.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mostly online, through various communities I\u2019m part of<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have a nice routine going on now, rotating all of the above in a way that still balances my work\/personal life. Getting that balance was tough. It was hard before it was <del>easy<\/del> somewhat tolerable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do note here that my typical week as a work from home professional might differ from someone else\u2019s, even if we could be working in the same industry*. Even so, I thought you could find this insight interesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*My industry: Business writing, article-writing, digital marketing, website maintenance<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_%E2%80%98path_or_someone_who_works_from_home\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u2018path\u2019 or someone who works from home<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know how you were blind to something and then once pointed out, that\u2019s all you could see?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah that\u2019s what\u2019s happening with me and this strange little community of work-from-home people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know people who set up <strong>home offices<\/strong>. Like really nice ones. One person did tech support. Another did party planning. Another did English tutoring to Chinese kids, with e-commerce on the side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know people who decided to get an office to work from or <strong>return to the workforce<\/strong> because they actually got sick of working from home. For some reason or another the novelty wore off. I guess irregular paychecks is not for everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know people who do the <strong>digital nomad<\/strong>-ing thing. In this region, Langkawi, Bali and Chiang Mai appear to be favourites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know people who started working from home <strong>from necessity<\/strong>, not by choice. It&#8217;s just a way to save money on business expenses in the early stages. As soon as they could afford to hire a team, they moved to co-working spaces and offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know work-from-home people who appear to travel a damn lot in order to recruit more people into their <strong>MLM<\/strong>. The irony is they used the work-from-home lifestyle as a bait.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know people who intentionally<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneurcampfire.com\/work-from-home-malaysia\/?fbclid=IwAR0VoF5DN0iO4ySHlin-TFKQKoO9Ze9TXrN-fqcqGU7OxaraPCLbI8rftgY\"> learn skillsets<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that would allow them to be able to make a living from home. Because they are sick of working for other people, and they just crave more independence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And I know other people, who, like me, rent their own place and <strong>double it up as their office<\/strong>. Sometimes we go work from cafes or co-working places just for a change of scenery, but mostly we&#8217;re quite happy being solitary.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the above groups, while being part of the same community (so to speak), face their own set of challenges.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Last_words\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last words<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell me about yourself. Do you have work from home fantasies? Or do you currently work from home yourself?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re the latter, let me know what you do and what you think of this article. How similar or different is my experience from yours?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comments section is below. You know what to do \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further reading:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/self-employment-in-malaysia\/\">11 things I learned about self-employment in Malaysia<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/how-to-get-clients\/\">How to Get Clients: A Guide for Malaysian Freelancers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ringgitohringgit.com\/how-to-charge-clients\/\">How to Charge Clients: 5 Methods Freelancers Can Use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, it\u2019s been almost four years since I work from home full-time. 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