The case for running an errand during the workday
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Episode Transcript
Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,
the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the
new world of work, where location and hours are more
flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to occasionally
run an errand during the work day. You don't want
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to make a habit of it, but sometimes getting out
and about in the middle of the day can make
a work from home day feel more doable. I know
that millions of people have started working from home for
the first time over the past few months, which makes
all sorts of schedule changes possible. If your normal experience
of going to grocery stores or places like Target is
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right after work or on weekend afternoons, your first trip
on Tuesday at ten am is going to blow your mind.
There are often more employees than customers in the aisles,
everything is well stocked. No one pushes you on the
way to the milk case, which actually happened to me
once when I hit the grocery store at four p
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m on a Saturday. No one likes being shoved at
the milk case. So if you start working from home
more regularly, it can be tempting to do all your
errands on Tuesday at ten a m. And yet most
of us who have worked from home for a while
go through that phase. But the problem is, if you're
working from home, you are working. Taking hours out of
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the day regularly for errands is not the best way
to maximize productivity. You're best off getting things delivered and
maybe splitting errands with other family members so no one
takes the whole productivity hit. But sometimes when you're in
a bit of a rut or trying to mull over
a problem, it can be good to hit the grocery
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store for a midday errand, just because you'll get out
of the house, you'll get some physical activity, you'll get
something done that probably does need to happen at some point.
And there's a funny psychological aspect at play too. When
we optimize every single minute, it can trick our brains
into feeling like time is scarce. But consciously wasting a
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little bit of time, taking time to go run an
errand in the middle of the day can make you
feel like the kind of person for whom time is abundant.
And when we feel what time is abundant, we tend
to feel more relaxed and see more possibilities. So this week,
if you've got a relatively light day, consider skipping out
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to run an errand you need to do again. Don't
make a habit of it, and don't let other people
expect it of you. Oh you're working from home, Hey,
can you run to the dry cleaners for me? Just no,
But if you choose it, you won't lose too much
time and you might start to feel like you've got
a little bit more time to play with in the meantime.
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This is Laura, thanks for listening, and here's the succeeding
in the New Corner Office. The New Corner Office is
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