061: How To Cope With Stress When Working From Home With Taylor Cashdan

Most of you probably thought that working from home would be easy. The good news is that it can be (we'll get to that!), but for a lot of workers, COVID-19 making businesses go remote has presented a whole new set of challenges and stresses.  As our screen time has increased, human interaction has decreased. At the same time, the lines between work and home lives are blurred more than ever. So I chatted with Taylor Cashdan about how to make working from home work for you.  Taylor is a North Carolina-based multidisciplinary creative and community builder that's passionate about people, design, and all the intersections in between. He has a burning desire to collaborate with others to create exceptional work for people who give a shit. With nearly a decade's worth of experience, Taylor currently spends his workdays as part of Fidelity Investments' design system and digital standards teams, his nights freelancing for a variety of clients, and any time in between building his local design community. Previous roles include a variety of in-house positions within the management consulting realm, ad-tech, and HBO all focusing on brand and marketing maturation.  Tune in to learn how to: Take control of your space for work and play, so your worlds aren't melting together. Control your schedule (Just because your devices are always on, it doesn't mean you should always be working!). Take a practical approach to your well-being and de-escalate stress.