In March 2020, the bug forced me to start working exclusively from home.

1 year later, I’m still doing homework.

This is a photo journal of that experience.

WFH 1

Day 01 — Last minute desk setup in my apartment

WFH 2

Day 01 — First digital Zoom meeting with my design team

WFH 3

03.17 — Warm enough to work outside 🌞

WFH 4

03.26 — Still figuring out how Zoom works

WFH 5

03.19 — First (and maybe last) digital happy hour. Zoom is tiring

WFH 6

03.20 — Nice Background!

WFH 7

03.18 — Working from a nearby park with my partner. I brought a seat cushion 😊

WFH 8

03.20 — I was missing my office coffee, so I got a new espresso maker

WFH 9

03.24 — Achieved the perfect 6x6 Zoom grid during a team meeting

WFH 10

03.26 — Work from bed

WFH 11

04.16 — Figured out how to make oat milk lattes

WFH 12

04.27 — Sharing a desk with these beauties

WFH 13

04.27 — WFH vibe is flowers & candles

WFH 14

04.24 — First interview with a chainsaw

WFH 15

04.29 — Sharing quarantine hobbies such as painting

WFH 16

05.07 — First meeting via phone, taken from a park.

WFH 17

05.08 — Multi-tasking looks like this. BBQ-ing dogs and QA-ing Jira tickets.

WFH 18

04.16 — First retrospective from my patio

WFH 19

05.15 — New office with more natural light

WFH 20

04.03 — We used to do team lunch breaks at Deacon's Diner, but now I just pretend

WFH 21

04.08 — Gang gang has aggregated

WFH 22

04.30 — Copped my first face mask. Reformation

WFH 23

04.23 — Caught on camera cutting a cantaloupe

WFH 24

04.17 — Caught on camera chopping heirloom tomatoes

WFH 25

05.15 — You can't see my screen, but I'm working on my tan

WFH 26

05.22 — Finally warm enough to drink iced lattes. I replicated my in-office recipe perfectly.

WFH 27

05.27 — Claiming this desk for the day

WFH 28

05.27 — Direct sunlight finally hits my patio, so I rearranged things for my morning meetings

WFH 29

06.02 — My partner working from our freshly acquired patio furniture

WFH 30

06.03 — Meeting the team's super pups 🐶

WFH 31

06.04 — Cooler summer morning on the patio, but candles make it cozy.

WFH 32

06.11 — Perfect oat milk latte this morning

WFH 33

06.15 — This guy's basket looks just like him

WFH 34

06.11 — A delicious park picnic after a long day of meetings

WFH 35

06.15 — Blankies :)

WFH 36

06.16 — Finishing up my sprint while ferrying to the Sunshine Coast

WFH 37

06.16 — POV: Making a prototype while sitting on a ferry

WFH 38

06.17 — Found an office with an ocean view. Powell River, BC

WFH 39

06.25 — Relocated to an even better patio. Taking a meeting in Gibsons, BC

WFH 40

07.07 — Someone screenshared their Zoom screen. I'm very tired of meetings.

WFH 41

07.06 — Patio hopping. Morning meeting from my front yard in Creston, BC

WFH 42

07.06 — Zoom with a view

WFH 43

07.07 — Rainy morning, so it's my first indoor workday in weeks

WFH 44

07.16 — Pep talk before the design team pitches to the CEO

WFH 45

07.16 — Presenting to the CEO. Also the only meeting where everyone turns their camera on

WFH 46

07.13 — Watching a User Research presentation. In real life, I would rather die than wear shorts into the office

WFH 47

07.15 — The glare from the summer sun required some scrappy solutions

WFH 48

07.18 — Sending one last email from the campsite. Shushwap Lake, BC.

WFH 49

07.28 — Taking 'team standup' literally

WFH 50

08.12 — After avoiding software updates for 6 months, my computer is finally unusable.

WFH 51

07.30 — Laughing it up in our morning meeting

WFH 52

08.12 — Lunch fits & team meetings. Pan con tomate & side salad

WFH 53

08.14 — Covid restrictions were loosened so the team had happy hour at the beach

WFH 54

08.16 — Another day, another picnic bench park desk

WFH 55

08.17 — Relocated to Powell River. My corner office for a morning of meetings.

WFH 56

08.19 — Actual photo of me after 2.5 hours of sprint planning

WFH 57

08.24 — Live streaming my coworker make bacon. Unofficial lunch and learn

WFH 58

08.26 — Accidentally twinning with the design team

WFH 59

09.23 — Cold day at the office

WFH 60

10.13 — Official lunch & Learn. This lady is teaching us about smoothie ratios

WFH 61

10.07 — Everyone realizing I am a great Zoom background

WFH 62

10.29 — The resemblance is out of this universe

WFH 63

10.29 — Trying to sketch our 'feelings' in a team retrospective

WFH 64

11.06 — Synergy 🍌🍌🍌

WFH 65

11.09 — Field trip to the office for the day. We had a seance with a Byredo candle

WFH 66

11.12 — It's a little late, but I finally started baking

WFH 67

01.27 — Waiting for the CEO to finish a phone call so I can show him the pictures I drew :)

WFH 68

01.28 — Taking a Zoom call on my phone in a field 😂

WFH 69

02.01 — Cat sitting. This little fella's name is Aspen 😻

WFH 70

02.11 — Hard to work when your coworker is asleep on the job

WFH 71

02.12 — The seldom seen 3x3 grid

WFH 72

02.19 — Team uniform

WFH 73

03.11. Working almost a year from home. First day of warm sun, so I'm back outside for my meetings ☀️

Three of the most important lessons I learned this year:

1. Don’t take the little things for granted.

2. Habits are powerful life hacks. Form good ones.

3. You can have fun in any situation with the right attitude.

‘The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.’
— Leon Battista Alberti