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LOVE THIS POST: re: "however, my x-wife was a nightmare"
Been there too. Helluva set-up you've got....you should market it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marc miller [mailto:marcmiller@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:20 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx; Randy
> Subject: Re: Home office too homely
>
>
> As an S&P/US equity trader, I found it acceptable to sit in front of the
> computer from
> 9:30 to 4:15- but since trading 24hour forex- I just about lost my mind.
> (and any
> semblance of a normal life)
> To gain back my life (along with the companionship of my
> significant other)
> I went out and purchased a 5.1 sound card, and a Klipsch promedia
> GMX D-5.1 sound system. Comes with 5 little speakers and a bass/woofer.
> Has then a total of 6 speakers, with a nice controller for your desk.
> Then I went out and got 300 ft of
> shielded RCA 18 gauge speaker wire, and hardwired speakers to
> the bedroom, kitchen, living room, workshop. (wireless speakers hissed and
> lost tuning)
> Then I programmed Alerts to all my signals, or approach of
> indicators to all
> my signals,
> for buyside/sellside. You can have any wave file designated to play upon
> whatever condition is met.
> Now I can spend time in the Kitchen cooking breakfasts, lunches
> and dinners,
> do woodworking/jewelry in the workshop, and even visit the other
> part of the
> house...
> All during trading hours. And, I only take the best signals. And
> boy, do I
> know when they happen.
> The whole house starts dinging. And I don't have to even look at the
> computer if nothing is going on.
> When the weather gets better, I plan on setting the one in the kitchen to
> blast out the window,
> so I may be found outside sunning, watering plants and such.
> Working smarter and not harder.
> Present girlfriend respects my boundary of the door to my office, and
> instantly disappears if asked to do so. (however, my x-wife was a
> nightmare)
> Educate your wife as to the need for concentration. Ask her this
> question:
> "if I were a brain surgeon, working on some patient in an
> operating room, do
> you think that you
> could just come on in and start up a conversation any time you wanted to?"
> This solution has broken the chain
> that had me attached to the computer and made life ALOT different for all
> involved.
>
> Best,
> Marc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy" <rdsmith5@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "RB" <rhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Home office too homely
>
>
> > I would say RB has it about right . Trading out of a home office has
> > many challenges and is very dependent on personality type for success. I
> > have traded out of my home for the last seven years during that time I
> > have also built an addition to our house and landscaped the entire
> > property. point being sitting in front of a pc constantly is boring
> > for me, so I trade equities at the close and carry overnight , most days
> > I'm out by noon if not sooner.
> >
> > regards
> > randy smith
> >
> > RB wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >> I would say, if you are at home, help do the work around the house
> > >> and don't spend all day at a computer.
> > >> The answers are not on a site, forum, or on your computer at all.
> > >> The answer is, forget the computer and spend time with your family.
> > >> And of course, working from home almost never works, unless you can
> > >> really seperate the work from the home time. Most can't.
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C" <camacazi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:27 AM
> > >> Subject: Home office too homely
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Hi all
> > >>>
> > >>> Has anybody got a site or forum where i can get some
> ideas/answers to
> > >>> questions/problems about 'working from home and the family'?
> > >>>
> > >>> Basically i have only about 100 problems.
> > >>>
> > >>> Mostly its their perception on what i do and how much time
> it takes...
> > >>>
> > >>> the top 3 is stuff like ummmmmm
> > >>>
> > >>> Spouce thinks i have done a lot of work when the lawn is
> mowed and the
> > >>> washing is done and i should be real tired[2hours work], but doesnt
> > >>> understand if i spend a full day at the pc that i would be tired.
> > >>>
> > >>> and ummmm
> > >>>
> > >>> Spouce thinks cause i work from home i can do everything at home as
> > >>> well and
> > >>> i have been doing nothing all day because i didnt pack the
> dishwasher.
> > >>>
> > >>> and ummm
> > >>>
> > >>> Spouce/children think i can be interupted with meaningless stuff
> > >>> because i
> > >>> am at home.
> > >>>
> > >>> I wish i had enough money for an office ,but i only have a
> tiny house
> > >>> without an office/spare room.....i am considering headphones now
> > >>> with noise
> > >>> cancelling technology.... any ideas? i dont want to move to a bigger
> > >>> house ,
> > >>> or travel to another place to work. :O(
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>> Cameron
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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