Whether we go out for work or walking, these days many of us are spending a lot of time in the same place, with the same people — the people we live with, and our own chattering minds. Pam B. wrote from Bethlehem, Penn., to ask:
My husband is retiring at the end of January. My company offices remain closed, probably until June or July, so I am working from home. How do you stay focused working in the house when your spouse/significant other/children are NOT working and doing whatever they like?
It’s essential, if you are to get anything done at all in a coworking-from-home situation, to set boundaries with your cohabitants. Claim a space as your office, whether an actual room or a corner of one. Since Pam is concerned about distractions coming from her soon-to-be-retired husband and not, say, from small children, she can set work hours and request not to be bothered during them.
Of course, scheduling time for breaks is important too: “I’m working from 9 to noon,” Pam might tell her husband to keep him from interrupting her work to ask where the flour is (he’ll no doubt be in the sourdough stage for a month or two). If you establish a clear break time, everyone knows that at 12 p.m. it’s time to step away from the screens and eat turkey sandwiches, take a walk or siesta.
And if you need to block out sounds while you’re working, there are many wonderful white noise apps available for creating the illusion of a room of one’s own. (Noise-cancelling headphones are useful but can be pricey, and you might not feel like investing in more stuff right now.)
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