One of the biggest problems with working from home is the decline in personal hygiene. I mean, seriously. We do our work, we clean the house, we run after the kids…but did you remember to brush your teeth before 10am? Or how about that shower you put off till right before leaving the house? Hey, we have all done it. Even those who don’t work from home slacked off on our days off in this area. But it’s also an area that we need to maintain as one small slip here could lead to a larger slip down the pike.
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying you smell or anything. It’s just something that’s been brought to my attention and that of several other at home workers as of late. We all need to be more aware of how we treat ourselves and how we present ourselves even in our own home.
It’s about personal respect and all those rules of etiquette our parents and grand parents attempted to drill into us as kids. But more importantly it about presenting a clean and hygienic image to anyone who shows up at our doorstep or our kids as they roll out of bed. Bad breath aside, mom in her pajamma’s at 2 in the afternoon when she isn’t ill is going to cause issues when the kids want to follow suit. So lets make a packt. Each of us, from here on out, will do our best to get up every morning at a reasonable time. Get dressed before logging onto our computers. brush our teeth before answering email and will put our best foot forward no matter how we are feeling or how much stress is looming. Can you do it?
