The Many Pleasures Of Working At Home
He gets up in the morning with the sun. When a certain amount of light fills the bedroom, he wakes. From old habit, he sets the alarm clock for six AM, but he usually ignores it when it goes off. In any event, it does not really matter. His workday begins whenever he decides to begin it.
Before anything else can happen, there must be strong coffee. He likes his lattes with an extra shot and lots of foam. But instead of standing in line at the local cafe, as he used to do, he is the only customer at the espresso machine in his kitchen. Instead of glancing impatiently at the numerous customers ahead of him, he yawns and stretches as he switches the machine on.
While the espresso machine hisses and gurgles, and the coffee aroma permeates the morning air, he strolls outside to pick up the papers from the front porch. He reads the Times and the Journal, for news of the world and news of the markets. As he heads back to the kitchen for his latte, he stops to pet his office assistant, Miss Kitty, a chubby little Manx who is also a good paper weight.
It takes all of about 7 seconds to commute these days, from the kitchen to his home office. The first task is to get online and check the email account he uses for business. He quickly skims a message from his broker, regarding an exciting new top forex indicator they are recommending their clients to try. He decides to peruse it in depth later on, but at the moment he wants to look at the latest movement in his trading account.
There follow a few quiet hours of work, with short breaks to make another latte for himself and to get Miss Kitty her breakfast. His latest investment strategies have paid off handsomely, it seems. In addition, it is a sunny Friday, and life is good. Around noon he stops for some exercise on his treadmill, catching up with news on the television while he runs. A light sushi lunch, delivered from the market yesterday, follows his workout, and then it is back to the office.
The next couple of hours passes quickly, and the quiet is interrupted when he hears the sound of the mail arriving in the box outside the front door. Amongst the other items he is happy to see that his recently ordered book on analyzing the best forex indicator has arrived already. He will look forward to reading it this weekend and perhaps trying some new strategies Monday morning.
Having done a good day’s work, he decides to relax on the patio with a cup of tea and consider the weekend. He notices that the roses could benefit from some attention. Then he remembers that he needs to assemble the new computer workstation furniture that was delivered earlier in the week. He will enjoy being able to spread out papers, books, reports and other things on a larger work surface. And, with a bigger desk there will still be room for Miss Kitty.



