[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":76},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-working-remotely-2020":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":60,"date":61,"description":62,"draft":63,"extension":64,"locale":65,"meta":66,"navigation":67,"path":68,"seo":69,"stem":70,"tags":71,"__hash__":75},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fworking-remotely-2020.md","From afar: working in 2020",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":53},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,24,30,34,37,40,44,47,50],[10,11,12],"p",{},"A few months ago, remote work was still a nice extra for many people. Today, in the spring\nof 2020, it has suddenly become daily life for most of us. I've worked from Rosenheim with\nclients across Germany for years — and yet this moment feels different. It's as if the whole\nindustry took the same leap overnight.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"focus-is-no-accident","Focus is no accident",[10,19,20],{},"The beautiful thing about distance: no one taps me on the shoulder while I'm deep inside a\nshader or a layout. Deep work needs uninterrupted hours, and I find those more easily at\nhome than in any open-plan office.",[10,22,23],{},"But focus doesn't happen on its own. I've learned to frame my day: clear blocks for creative\nwork in the morning, coordination in the afternoon. Without that structure the day dissolves\n— and with it the energy for the genuinely creative tasks.",[25,26,27],"blockquote",{},[10,28,29],{},"Distance forces clarity. Whatever isn't written down doesn't exist for the team.",[14,31,33],{"id":32},"thinking-asynchronously","Thinking asynchronously",[10,35,36],{},"The biggest shift isn't the tool, it's the mindset. Asynchronous collaboration means I don't\nanswer every message instantly — instead I write things down so the other person still\nunderstands everything three hours later.",[10,38,39],{},"A good screenshot with two sentences of context saves half an hour of video call. A cleanly\ndocumented branch explains itself. This care in writing has sharpened my work overall — even\nwhere no one is reading along.",[14,41,43],{"id":42},"creativity-needs-friction","Creativity needs friction",[10,45,46],{},"What I miss is the accidental encounter. The quick sketch on a sheet of paper that someone\nslides across the table. Ideas often appear in the in-between, and that in-between is harder\nto create online.",[10,48,49],{},"I try to replace it deliberately: an open video call with no agenda, where we simply think\nout loud. A shared moodboard that grows over days. It isn't the same, but it works — if you\ntake it seriously.",[10,51,52],{},"Whether this phase passes or stays, I don't know. But I notice it's making me a more\ndisciplined and, at the same time, more considerate collaborator. Maybe that's the real\nlesson of 2020: that good work doesn't depend on place, but on the attention we give it and\neach other.",{"title":54,"searchDepth":55,"depth":55,"links":56},"",2,[57,58,59],{"id":16,"depth":55,"text":17},{"id":32,"depth":55,"text":33},{"id":42,"depth":55,"text":43},null,"2020-04-15","A personal reflection on how remote work became the norm in 2020 — on focus, asynchronous collaboration, and keeping creativity alive at a distance.",false,"md","en",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fworking-remotely-2020",{"title":5,"description":62},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fworking-remotely-2020",[72,73,74],"Personal","Remote","Work","1xYIvjRfDfQAL5Drt5V7SerwTlg6UAUHu_b3lTxjU-A",1781691288663]