Remote CONTROL
Forced discipline and internet isolation get Lorraine Mace writing, but at what cost?
Lorraine Mace
NOTES FROM THE MARGIN
Some people are born to be self-employed: disciplined, organised and able to work set hours without going off in a trance. Others need structure, nine to five hours monitored in an office environment. I try to convince myself I fall into the first category, but in truth I am a born procrastinator when left to my own devices. According to my daughter I am more easily distracted than her three-year-old son. Harsh words, but probably true.
I was complaining, yet again, to a close friend about being behind with my workload, when he suggested spending two weeks at his house to catch up. The selling point of that idea was the fact that he didn’t have internet access at home. The only way I’d be able to get online was when he came back from work and switched on his phone hotspot so that I could piggyback his data.