From My Home Office Hacks readers
Letters from My HOH readers and my favorite pair of readers. For paying folks, how much working from home decreases your carbon footprint.
Some great emails from My HOH readers. The best one from Michael Donldson, Ph.D. In addition to a very touching response to my article on playing catch, he shared something he’s been working in his efforts as a health coach to help fight Type 2 Diabetes. Check out his short ebook entitled: Beat Type 2 Diabetes: Six Nutrients You Need Now.
For more on Michael’s work, visit https://enddiabetesnow.info/.
Another Covid eye-opener
Last week’s My HOH talked about changes that came about because of Covid. As one of our readers shared, it forced families closer together. In some cases, multiple generations working remotely under the same roof. Here’s the note:
For those of us with adult children: Having our kids stay with us for various periods of time so that we could provide daycare. This allowed us to observe their work habits and demeanor. Some of my kids regularly worked 18–20-hour days, even taking calls in the middle of watching family movies. This included two of my otherwise shy daughters-in-law shouting or berating their colleagues while online. Lete’s just say there was a lot of behavior my wife and I would not have been exposed to without the Covid opportunity! We can't unsee this.
CONFIDENT Blue Light Readers
Full disclosure: I was the first to poo-poo computer glasses. I thought it was BS. Then I bought a pair of gry mattr’s Confident Blue Light Readers.
Why did I buy?
Contact lens wearers know my pain. As the day wears on, the contacts develop a build-up. Then you face the frustrating choice of putting on your glasses or squinting. I had tried gry mattr’s Blue Light Readers at Staples. Sure enough, I could read my phone screen clear as a bell with a very low-level reader.
How are they different than other readers?
More eye coverage for starters. So you have better peripheral vision.
Mostly, these are more comfortable and look better on me should I need them during a Zoom call. Check them out.
Monday morning vibe: Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
Your WFH carbon footprint
According to a study by Microsoft and Cornell University,
Remote workers can have a 54% lower carbon footprint compared with onsite workers.
The study, which came out in September 2023, also shares that:
Hybrid workers who work from home two to four days per week can reduce their carbon footprint by 11% to 29%.
The impact of people who work from home one day a week was negligible.
For more findings from the article in the Cornell Chronicle.