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Feb 23
A Remote Worker’s Guide for Maintaining a Healthy and Mature Relationship With Everyone Around Them

A Remote Worker’s Guide for Maintaining a Healthy and Mature Relationship With Everyone Around Them

  • February 23, 2023
  • Herschel Lili
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  • Family and Relationships

Balancing relationships and a full-time remote job takes a lot of work. Think about it, you most likely have to consider different types of relationships—with your partner, children (if you have any), friends, and coworkers.

It can be exhausting to keep up.

Further, you need to exert time and effort to maintain a healthy and mature relationship within your immediate circle.

How do you achieve this?

Check out our guide for helping you manage your relationships.

How Does Remote Work Affect Couples?

How Does Remote Work Affect Couples?

One would think that having a work-from-home (WFH) job is a superb setup. And it is, especially for couples since it means being able to spend more time with their partners.

However, when work is added to the equation, drawing boundaries can be hard.

Where do you draw the line between your personal and professional life?

You will also probably have a separate work schedule from your spouse. Apart from that, you might have other needs due to the nature of your job or just out of plain preference. (Like a well-lit room or a quiet area.)

These differences might cause many disagreements and thus lead to tensions in the household.

But never fear. Here’s what you can do in case of a strained marital relationship in a remote work set-up.

Nourishing Your Relationship With Your Spouse

Nourishing Your Relationship With Your Spouse

Okay, you have understood and accepted the fact that perhaps working remotely can affect your romantic relationship.

After all, being around anyone for 24 hours straight, seven days a week can be overwhelming.

So, what else can you do about it?

How do you maintain some semblance of personal space while working from home with a spouse?

Fortunately, we have gathered a few practical tips to help you maintain a healthy and mature relationship with your partner.

Remote Work and Its Effects on Parenting

Remote Work and Its Effects on Parenting

A full-time remote job already takes up so much of your time and energy. What more if you have kids?

In a double-income household, child neglect can be a real issue. You or your partner might be too preoccupied with your jobs that you might forget about your kids.

And while most parents might think that working remotely is a blessing, it is also not always rainbows and sunshine.

Here is how you can balance being a mom or dad while working from home.

Loneliness: A Sad Side Effect of Working Remotely

Loneliness A Sad Side Effect of Working Remotely

A remote job has its advantages and disadvantages.

One advantage is not having to dress up for work every day because you work from home. There’s no pressure to look good if your computer screen is the only thing staring at you the entire day.

However, it can get lonely sometimes.

And the pandemic compounded this feeling even more.

Back then, you couldn’t meet and hang out with your friends or family (if you live alone) due to fear of spreading the virus.

And even if countries have relaxed their restrictions, feelings of despondency or languishing might still linger.

As such, we have a couple of suggestions to help you cope with the loneliness and isolation that comes with working remotely.

Building Good Relationships At Work

Building Good Relationships At Work

With a WFH job, you might have to get used to not (or even never) seeing your coworkers daily.

Sometimes, you and your team might not even be in the same country or continent.

Still, you must try your best to get along with them.

But like that one Drake song that goes, “Harder buildin’ trust from a distance…,” it is indeed hard building and maintaining relationships with people you do not physically interact with.

Regardless, cultivating relationships at work keeps you and everyone else productive.

Thus, we have put together a “cheat sheet” on how to grow closer to your virtual workmates.

Final Word

Having good relationships with others can be a challenging and demanding task.

You need to be mindful of their needs and boundaries, among other things. However, remember to look after your own too. Yet, doing so keeps mutual respect and trust.

Now, if you are ready to take on the challenge of having a remote job and maintaining a healthy and mature relationship with the people around you, check out Remote Staff’s online job listings.

Remote Staff has been a pioneer in the remote staffing industry for 15 years and counting. The company also deeply cares about its employees, providing support even after recruitment so you don’t have to worry about feeling like you’re on your own.

Want to know more? Register today and be part of the team!

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About The Author

Herschel Lili has a collective four years of professional writing experience. She enjoys reading anything under the sun, but in recent years, she has turned her attention to books that leave her feeling profound. At present, she looks forward to learning everything she can about remote working and sharing the knowledge through succinct write-ups.

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