Blending Work with Home

2022-04-13

Today's conversation is with Michelle Gishkowsky, IT Program Manager at Mayo Clinic, to discuss how to blend working and home life. Show Highlights: 0:00 Intro 2:00 What does working and home balance look like for you? 4:10 Taking the time to start a routine is part of the balance for me. How does that come in to play for you? 5:40 You mentioned earlier about setting a boundary, is that signing off at a specific time and not looking back until the next day? How do you do th...

Today's conversation is with Michelle Gishkowsky, IT Program Manager at Mayo Clinic, to discuss how to blend working and home life.

Show Highlights:

0:00 Intro

2:00 What does working and home balance look like for you?

4:10 Taking the time to start a routine is part of the balance for me. How does that come in to play for you?

5:40 You mentioned earlier about setting a boundary, is that signing off at a specific time and not looking back until the next day? How do you do that?

8:00 How important is utilizing your calendar when setting boundaries come in to play?

9:30 What brings you joy outside of the office? What does travel and the "work from anywhere" look like for you, knowing not everyone is able to do that specific part of it?

15:00 When you go on a "workcation" how did you plan or prepare for that? What steps did you need to take?

17:00 What do you feel have been 1-2 takeaways you have found as an advantage from working from home?

20:40 What does blending work/home look like when you are working from your RV?

23:30 Are there any experiences where work/life balance just doesn't exist in your opinion?

24:46 When you first started working what did you plan on pursuing? Did you end up in the area you planned?

28:30 What factors may have drove you to make the career choices you made?

29:30 Who has helped you to get where you are today?

32:06 If you could go back to your first day of working, what is something you wish you could tell yourself?

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