When working from home, my first impulse 10 years ago was to make it "more comfy": working naked, no fixed time table, available for a chat if needed, etc.
It was a mistake.
You do need a schedule. That doesn't mean you can't break it if you need to, that's the perk, but it should be exceptional.
You do need to shower, dress up and be on time. Yeah you can have a few productive days without it. But you'll notice that after a while, the days you get back to the social conventions, you have more focus.
You do need to keep up your habitual defenses against distractions (for me, disabling all notifications and putting a lock on the door as my SO cannot integrate the concept of WFH).
Because humans are creatures of habit. Anything that is an habit is easy to keep up. Everything that is not is an effort. Everything that goes against an habit is a fight.
So working from home means less commute. A more cozy environment. The possibility of going off schedule from time to time.
> putting a lock on the door as my SO cannot integrate the concept of WFH
I basically had to give up WFH because of this. My family just did not understand at all. And putting a lock on the door is not socially acceptable. If you have a family, especially one of the age to be at home during the workday, it is very difficult to WFH unless they really understand it. A nearby office would have been so much better if I could have managed that.
When working from home, my first impulse 10 years ago was to make it "more comfy": working naked, no fixed time table, available for a chat if needed, etc.
It was a mistake.
You do need a schedule. That doesn't mean you can't break it if you need to, that's the perk, but it should be exceptional.
You do need to shower, dress up and be on time. Yeah you can have a few productive days without it. But you'll notice that after a while, the days you get back to the social conventions, you have more focus.
You do need to keep up your habitual defenses against distractions (for me, disabling all notifications and putting a lock on the door as my SO cannot integrate the concept of WFH).
Because humans are creatures of habit. Anything that is an habit is easy to keep up. Everything that is not is an effort. Everything that goes against an habit is a fight.
So working from home means less commute. A more cozy environment. The possibility of going off schedule from time to time.
But that's it.
Work should still look like work.
At least for me if I want to get things done.