Hello, friends! Welcome back for month 3 of my new monthly series where I will be interviewing other remote/digital nomad/work from home workers. Whether you already work remotely or are hoping to in the future, it’s great to learn from people who are doing it well.
Today I have my third guest, Amy Lo. Amy is a blogging friend of mine and has a great Personal Development blog where she shares about Productivity, Mental Health, Relationships, and Career. Meet Amy…
First + Last Name
Amy Lo
Hometown + Current Location
Los Angeles
How long have you worked remotely?
6 months
What did your life look like before you worked remotely?
9-5 accounts payable job in a cubicle, was bored to death and not satisfied.
How did you learn about or decide to work remotely?
I actually got let go because I wasn’t putting my heart into my work and it showed. When I was at work I’d constantly check my phone to take care of responding to messages and other things related to my blog/side hustle, so clearly that’s what I really wanted to do.
Describe your current work/side projects?
I have a personal development blog for millennials, but I am in the process of redirecting my focus to specifically help young women who are Type A but also struggle with depression.
How many hours do you work in a typical day/week?
4
Do you have a set work schedule or does it change daily or weekly?
I mainly work Wednesday mornings (I have a few hours blocked out), but I also work on my blog whenever I have small gaps of time on other days. I also have a part time tutoring job that I have to drive to in the afternoons, so that also helps give me a more set structure to my schedule.
Do you have any favorite apps, tools, etc. to stay organized?
iCal + High Performance Planner
What do you like most about working remotely?
The flexibility, working my work around my personal plans. But my “work” never really feels like work, because I enjoy it so much.
What do you wish you had known before you started out?
I still need a lot of (in person) human interaction. It would’ve helped for me to schedule times throughout the week to hang out with friends.
How do you build community or avoid loneliness while working remotely?
I’ve joined different Facebook groups where there are other like-minded women entrepreneurs, and through one of the groups I made two very good friends. Turns out one of them lives 5 minutes away from me, so now we spend a lot of quality time together in person. I also am fairly active in my church community, and enjoy spending time with church friends as well.
Favorite hobbies or ways to relax?
I really appreciate good aesthetics, so when I have downtime I like to organize/rearrange things in my room, browse online for affordable things to add to my room (e.g. I just got new curtains). It makes me feel happy and relaxed when I spend time in my room, especially after coming home at the end of the day.
Biggest struggle of working remotely?
Avoiding things I need to work on when they seem very challenging (in my mind).
Favorite books or podcasts?
Podcasts:
- Online Marketing Made Easy (Amy Porterfield)
- The Influencer Podcast (Julie Solomon)
- The Perfectionism Project (Sam Laura Brown)
- The Life Coach School Podcast (Brooke Castillo)
Books:
- Shoe Dog (Phil Knight)
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
- The Defining Decade (Meg Jay)
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