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Paulina: 我得说有人喜欢也有人讨厌在家工作。我绝对是
那些讨厌在家工作的人之一，我每天都到位于多伦多的公
司办公室里工作，即便没人强迫，我选择如此。我曾经历
了一段艰难的在家工作的时间，发现自己不上厕所，也不
吃午饭，对我来说在同一个地方生活和工作是很痛苦的。
就如同 Maggie 说的。我想补充一点，每个人需要温柔地
对待自己，允许自己不够完美，不用所有时候都打鸡血。
我的工作很大一部分是指导，所以我非常乐意与学生们面
对面交流，他们都是有成就的专业人士但每个人也有生活
的一面 。视频会议里能看到他们的猫和狗还有小婴儿突然
出现。所以我的体会要休息好适当运动，允许自己有时力
不从心，因为这对大家都是非常艰难的一年。
还有一件事我想补充：因为我们无法面对面在公司走廊谈
天说地或者快速交换想法讨论工作。现在没有这样自然发
生的场景，所以建议你要和你的同事伙伴保持联系，花时
间用电子邮件，把这件事放入你的日程安排中。
Wei: 那我们可以用什么方式来建立社交网络呢? 我们已
经知道用电子邮件，那些我们不认识的人呢，怎样才能在
这个新的虚拟社交世界中扩展我们的网络和联系呢?
Maggie：人是社交动物，所以我认为社交生活也是虚拟环
境中正常生活的重要组成部分。听上去有点困难，因为你
看不到人们的脸，看不到他们的反应，所以你很难真正感
觉到与他人的联系或建立融洽的关系，但你仍然可以做很
多活动，并因此获得乐趣。例如，你们可以在虚拟的咖啡
会议讨论共同的兴趣爱好，比如猫、运动、习惯、烹饪或
任何话题。我也看到很多人制作短视频来记录他们自己的
生活，你可以与你的新朋友交换这些视频和不同的特定技
能。登录社交网络或加入虚拟团体来参加这些活动。放松
心情、玩得开心、自然地接触人群，并积极主动投入，这
些都很重要。
Paulina：我认为安排会议很重要。如果你认识一个人，就
像你提到的那样给他们发邮件联系会更容易一些，但如果
你不认识那个人，那就像 Maggie 提到的那样，你们可以
找些共同话题聊聊天。即使你对他们一无所知。视频可以
帮助你们接近面对面的交流, 纵然不能看到对方所有的肢
体语言，也比只听到声音更强。你的反应和专注度，在一
对一的社交对话中，做真实的自己。另一个建议是检查你
的网络连接和摄像头，确保你在屏幕上是可见的。
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Paulina: I will say some people love or hate working from home.
I was definitely one of those who would hate working from
home, I was in the office every day at Smith Toronto, even
though I didn't necessarily have to be, so it was by choice and
not even forced on me. I had a really hard time with shifting
online for exactly this reason, the separation between work and
life, we all tend to work harder. Anyways, I find myself not
taking bathroom breaks or lunch breaks, it was hard for me to
be living and working in the same space. So all those struggles
I'd say everything that Maggie said were absolutely right.
I think I would just add to that, be gentle on yourself, give
yourself permission to not feel your best, to not be 100%, to not
feel optimistic all the time. A big part of my job is coaching, so
I have the absolute pleasure of speaking to students in person
and they're professionals and high achievers. Everyone's
struggling. My colleagues are struggling, I find by having
meetings I now know everybody's cats and dog and babies
because they come and interrupt the zoom meetings and all that,
so that's the only thing I would add. Absolutely exercise, breaks,
it's okay give yourself permission to not feel 100%, or even 80
or 70% some of the time, this has been a very tough year for
everybody.
One more thing that I would like to add is to connect with your
colleagues, because it's not naturally going to happen now. You
have to take the time and actually put it in your schedule and
email them to have catch-ups, because what we miss is those
little hallway conversations or I would run into my students and
have like chit chat or exchange a quick idea with a colleague
that would enrich work. Now, it's easy for us to let that go.
Wei: What tips can we use to network virtually? We already
know about emails, how about people who we don't really
know, how can we tackle that to expand our network and
connections in this new virtually socialized world?
Maggie: We are social animals, so I think the social life is also
important part of our normal life in a virtual environment. It
feels a little bit harder because you can't see people's face, you
can't see the reaction, so it is a bit difficult for you to really feel
connected or build rapport, but you still can do a lot of activities
and also have some fun. For example, you can do virtual coffee
sessions to talk, and you can share the common interest which
can be cats, sports, habits, cooking or whatever topics. I also see
a lot of people making short videos to record their own life, you
can exchange those videos and the different certain skills to
your new friend, to reach network or join the virtual groups to
attend some of those activities. It’s important to feel relaxed,
have fun, and reach people naturally, and be proactive to take
those actions.
Paulina: I think scheduling meetings is important. If you know
somebody then it's a little easier to send them an email and ask
them to connect as you mentioned, but when you don't know
have five things in common etc. That could be important even
if you don't know anything else about them. Having video on
can help you get closer to the in-person type of interactions, yes
we're not getting all the cues, we're not picking up the energy,
we can't see all the body language, it's a little bit harder to tell,
but we can still pick up a little bit more than what we could if
we're on a Zoom call with the videos off. It's more likely that
people will talk to you, so even when you're networking in large
events, make sure the camera is on, make sure you're
responding and paying attention. For the one-on-one
networking conversations, put in that time for small talk, and be
genuine, be yourself, be real, be honest. Another tip could be to
check your internet connection and the video camera, and be
aware that you're visible on screen.
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