Taking your work home?
By missybear
@missybear (11391)
United States
February 6, 2009 6:28pm CST
When I get home from work I tell my honey about my day in about 5 minutes.
It was rather a good day or a bad day.
Then I'm done with the work talk. I don't like worrying about what's going on at work when I'm home or off.
I'm at work 8,5 hours and the last thing I wanna do is bring my work home with me.
Do you leave your work at work or do you bring it home with you?
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14 responses
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
7 Feb 09
I always make a point of leaving work at work, as you said the last thing you want to do is bring it home with you after a long day. Another thing I find hard is socializing with work colleagues as the chatter always ends up on the topic of work.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
8 Feb 09
You right, I have 1 friend from work and we hang out sometimes and always end up with a work discussion.
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@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
7 Feb 09
i would not bring any work home, unless it's really necessary and extremely urgent. if not, forget it..when i go home the last thing i want to think about is work!
@nekonyanta (892)
• Philippines
7 Feb 09
Hi there. Well, inasmuch as I would like to leave my work behind at the office, it's quite impossible, considering the nature of my job. I usually find myself working more than 14 hours every day during busy season and some of it aren't even paid hours. So there are times when I opt to just bring my laptop and work from the comforts of my home just to save myself the stress of being (with equally stressed co-workers) in the office - which is one of the factors that has prompted me into currently looking for a better-paying job that keeps better hours than the one that I have now. I really don't appreciate my work intruding too much on what should be my personal time - it isn't that healthy.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
7 Feb 09
I agree you need to slow down and relax a little.
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@chance2691 (566)
• Philippines
7 Feb 09
My mom has a protocol that she's never allowed to take any work home, because our house is dedicated to our family, and she tutors us after classes.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
7 Feb 09
I try to leave my work at my place of work. I rarely take it home with me unless I have a great problem at work aht i did not anage to solve. If my wife asks me how my day was at work I usually reply with a short blunt answer. I just want to forget life at work. I need to relax.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
7 Feb 09
I used to leave work at the door before I was laid off but from time to time my son-in-law would bring it in with him. He worked at the same place so he would sometimes want to talk to me about things going on with his group or to share a funny story or something. Other than that I didn't really talk about work at home.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
7 Feb 09
Hey missy! I don't work so I guess that would let me out about
telling my bf about my work day! But, he on the other hand
doesn't hardly ever talk about his job unless I ask him. He
doesn't say a word. I have to practically pry it out of him!
So he sure doesn't bring it home with him!
@srganesh (6340)
• India
7 Feb 09
It is lucky that you are an office goer and can remain without burdens once back to home.keep it up.As for me,I am a business man and I have to think of the business any time and I have to execute works whatever time it gets in.So,it is hard for me find some free hours without business thinking and I have used with it.Cheers!
@jlamela (4897)
• Philippines
7 Feb 09
I never bring work to home because I want to get rest when I am at home. Whatever works I have to do in the office, I will finished it there, and if it doesn't finish then I will do it the next day. For me, home is where I can take enough rest and do other things like my writing and reading, so I never never bring work at home.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
7 Feb 09
I think that's the way it should be, you just got home why talk about work when you just left there.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
7 Feb 09
Heyya nissybear! I used to bring my work home with me. I took it very seriously as it was the first job that I had that gave me hope of promotion. After a while I realized that it is the things we do there that are important and does no good to bring it home either way. I am comfortable now in leaving my work there and enjoy the time I'm not there.lol..I do so enjoy the time I'm not there.
@prasanna1990 (816)
• India
7 Feb 09
ya definetly i will not take my work load to my home as such it tend to be boring and i feel spending time with my family good posting happy mylotting
@Pistas (95)
• Portugal
7 Feb 09
i have to since i am a student, i do have to study, altought some times i don't really feel for it.Either way,i remeber my parents when they used to get home and my father never liked to bring work at home with him, but my mother would every day talk for like 30 mins to 1 hour ,everyday while we're having dinner just talking about her day at work.All her details,i knew everything.I think my father didn't quite like it, but he wouldn't say anything.I remember this one time,she invited some work friends to dinner at a restaurant.And everyone was trying to avoid the work topic.But there she went, like an airplane about to crash,always ending up talking about work, which lead to more conversation about work,i didn't even get to know her friends right because they only talked about work,work ,work.I think that's a bit sad, i mean,it's not i had to know her friends from work,but when i don't know people i like to get to know them a bit, but that night she just didn't shut up...i guess she really likes her job.Mothers are crazy!
@missybear (11391)
• United States
7 Feb 09
That's exactly what I'm talking about.
You don't wanna hear all that stuff when you try to have a good time.