Mind blown. A schedule of 9 - 3 pm?
I never really understood the “butt in the seat” concept of having your supervisor needing you to be in the office for “face time.” It’s been a concept that I think is outdated and if anyone will be able to change it, it’ll be the wonderful Millennial generation that seems to value sustainability, travel, simple living, and productivity. Living in a time where the workforce flow and “daily” scene has not changed in many years, I think in this pandemic the suit and tie and dry cleaning will become a thing of the past and might even be a bit refreshing to live in our authenticity. In fact, I think we are all learning a thing or two about flexibility, various modes of technology and the hours in our day. Let’s repeat that. The hours of our day. How we CHOOSE to live our life. How we START our day. How we ENGAGE with others. It’s a pretty magical thing happening right now. When I learned that I have about 20 extra hours back in my week from losing my commute, it is such a game changer for our whole family. I see how it helps my kids being able to see me more. I see how it helps productivity of being able to take care of appointments early morning or afternoon. Grocery shop on off hours. Pace your week and day. The list goes on. One thing I started to think about, let’s say the world started doing more remote work, what would it look like if we actually aligned with the school day? Or maybe offering that option to parents? Wouldn’t that make so much sense? It would help for childcare and pick ups and so much more. I hope that through this pandemic it will spark more creativity in the way we work, what we offer employees, and how we live and engage with each other, after all we have one short life on this planet. I think this pandemic just leveled our globes feelings. We all share similar feelings. We are all one, connected by our “daily” lives, unique to each of us, but all should be valued. And for me seeing the fish come back in the waters of Venice, Italy was a clear enough message that there had been several warnings prior to this. Not only did all of us need to breathe. We needed to find space in our hearts.
And truly examine our lives.