Office Fever: Like Cabin Fever, but Without the Cabin

Posted on October 3, 2007
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I’ve been feeling like I need to get out of the office a lot, lately. I keep finding excuses to leave the office during my coffee breaks. Sure, there is free coffee, tea, and even snack food at the office, but I find myself going to Tim’s, or the convenience store, just to get out of the building for a few minutes.

It’s not that I need to escape the job, so much. It’s just that I hate being cooped up in an office all day long. I mean, I don’t even have a window, in my office. Spending 8 hours without exposure to natural light…it does terrible things to a man.

I wonder if there is a way that I can work off-site for part of my day, so that I can get out of the office. It would be nice to have natural light hit my skin once in a while, and a change of scenery can be good for getting the creative juices flowing, which is helpful when I’m trying to write copy.

Of course, that would require a laptop, which I don’t think is going to happen, unless I supply my own. While there isn’t necessarily a reason that I need to be on-site in order to do my job, I don’t think that the company would be willing to supply me with a laptop just so that I can work out of a coffee shop on occasion.

Ah well, I suppose I can live with just going for a short walk when I’m on break in order to break up the monotony of sitting in an office all day long.

Comments

2 Responses to “Office Fever: Like Cabin Fever, but Without the Cabin”

  1. allan on October 4th, 2007 8:14 am

    you could always look into telecommuting

  2. adam.snider on October 4th, 2007 9:16 am

    That’s true, and I’ve actually considered it. I’m not sure they trust me enough to let me telecommute, yet. I’ll have to “prove my worth” a bit longer, before I seriously think about suggesting the idea to the boss.

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