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A Personal Story
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Hey there, This week started with a holiday weekend in the USA. I'll be back with a new Q&A next week, but today, I wanted to share a personal story about how the benefits of remote work have changed for me over the last 10 years. Here are the most recent Q&As in case you missed them:
We often hear about how the benefits are great for digital nomads, but this represents such a small demographic of who remote work is really serving. Personally, my first experience with remote work came at the age of 17. Google had a program where they paid college students for early product feedback. Then, at 20, my university tech support position allowed me to get extra hours if I replied to support tickets at night from home. But it wasn't until I was 21 that I experienced full-time remote work. I'm now approaching ten years since going fully remote. Recently, I reflected on this journey and realized the main benefits of this style of work changed every year (and there was definitely more to it than just travel). Here are the reasons I was grateful for remote work at every age: Read this on the web | Subscribe 20 - Being able to make some extra money on the side while juggling university 21 - When it allowed me to leave a toxic workplace. Thought I needed to leave the tech industry, but turned out I just needed WFH. 22 - When I used the flexibility to travel and meet people around the world 23 - Getting to level up my career fast because no one knew my age. Solely judged on my work quality instead. 24 - Made my dream wedding/honeymoon possible and allowed me to start a business on the side 25 - Allowed me to buy my dream home away from a tech hub city because I didn't need to be close to an office 26 - Able to continue making a living even as the world shut down. Also, got to run for and be elected to local office. 27 - Getting to go on entrepreneurial leave to try out going full-time on my business (never ended up going back) 28 - Able to expand my thriving business and work with people I admire from around the world 29 - Allowed me to deal with a difficult pregnancy from the comfort of my home instead of having to choose between work and motherhood 30 - Currently, grateful to continue breastfeeding my baby girl and see all her first milestones. Couldn't imagine being away from her all day at this age. Looking back over the last ten years, it's interesting to see how the key benefits have changed and grown with me over time. While office work tends to be great for one type of person in one kind of life, the secret power of remote work is that its value adapts with you. It's just as valuable to someone living with a disability as it is to someone who wants to live away from a big city. I'm thankful every day for the life remote work has allowed me to live 🙌 Would love to hear your reasons! Reply to this email and let me know why you're grateful for remote work this year. Quote of the Week"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, but the one most adaptable to change." - Charles Darwin In Other NewsYou 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time
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9-5, Monday-Friday, in-person office work are all relics of the past. Let's revolutionize how you live by changing how you work.
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