Pajamas in the Afternoon

Last week, the ASAE & The Center Communication Section Council had its monthly conference call, which is always at 2 pm eastern time. On our agenda, we always ask if anyone has any updates.

 

Someone on the Council announced that she was very pleased to have switched her full-time position to a part-time one! We all congratulated her, and then the Chair jokingly asked if she was still in her pajamas – turns out she was wearing actual clothes so the Chair thanked her for dressing up for the call.

 

While I laughed along with everyone else, it was because I was the only one who knew that I was still in my pajamas at 2 pm.

 

Now, in my defense, I injured my back about two weeks ago and I’m having trouble walking and bending. So, pajamas are the best choice when you have a bad back. However . . .

 

It reminded me that the image “outsiders” have of those who work at home is sometimes true: Sometimes, since we work at home, we don’t put on actual clothes. We don’t always wear pajamas, but I bet you would catch most of us in sweatpants or jeans most of the time – when we aren’t attending meetings, of course.

 

There’s been many a time that I’ve bemoaned the fact with a fellow consultant about not having brushed teeth at 1 pm in the afternoon. Not because we are anti-hygiene and dental health, but because we get up and start working right away in the morning and next thing you know, four or five hours have passed.

 

The ability to roll out of bed and start working is an excellent benefit of working for yourself despite the occasional day of pajamas in the afternoon. So, I say, “vive les pajamas” if it leads to higher productivity!