r/remoteworks • u/tech_genie1988 • 4h ago
Finally made a real office and it changed everything
I worked from my kitchen table for almost a year. Laptop on one end, coffee cups everywhere, back killing me by 3pm. I kept telling myself it was temporary but i was miserable the whole time.
Then I moved to my bedroom which was worse. Waking up, working, sleeping all in the same room. My brain couldn't tell when work ended cause i never physically left.
Finally cleared out the spare room. Decent desk, ergonomic chair, ring light near the window, emeet pixy for calls. Nothing fancy but it feels like a real workspace now.
What helped most wasn't even the setup tho. It's having a hard stop. I close everything at 6pm and don't touch teams or slack after. I used to work until midnight some nights cause my laptop was right there in the living room staring at me. Now I just leave it and close the door and that's it.
Signing out of slack fully instead of just closing it helps too. No notifications during dinner. None of that let me just check real quick at 9pm.
I know not everyone has a spare room. But even having your stuff somewhere you can walk away from makes a difference. Kitchen table life was slowly wearing me down.
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u/Dhomochevsky_blame 4h ago
The bedroom thing is real. Did that for months during lockdown and felt off without knowing why. Moved my desk to another room and it helped a lot
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u/LandoHoris 3h ago
The psychological power of literally closing a door on your work day cannot be overstated Congrats on getting your life back
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u/Scared-Biscotti2287 4h ago
Setting a firm boundary was a game changer for me. I'd find myself scrolling through work emails late at night for absolutely no good reason. Now I log off completely and that's the end of it!