I was hired to my current (remote) job literally the week my son was born; he and my job are both 6.5 years old. I worked from home (with headphones) until he

I was hired to my current (remote) job literally the week my son was born; he and my job are both 6.5 years old. I worked from home (with headphones) until he started walking, at which point my job paid for a spot in a local coworking space. He's now in kindergarten and has a great afterschool program, so I'm mostly back at home now. My wife also works from home, and we go to a local coffeehouse a couple times a week. When my son comes home from school he plays with the other kids in the apartment and I put on my headphones. I do all of my work in Emacs, Terminator, and browsers in Debian with OpenBox on a Thinkpad x220. I've tried multi-monitor setups but I always go back to the laptop screen. Partly this is because I work in multiple locations, but also because I prefer switching windows or workspaces to navigating among windows in a huge screen, though I do often split the screen into halves. I do much of my typing on a mechanical keyboard - a Happy Hacking Pro 2. I have a simple Ubiquiti firewall and wifi setup hooked up to basic DSL, which is the only option in our building. This works unless I need to upload something, in which case I either exercise patience or go to the coworking space or a coffeehouse. For voice comms, I can't count on apps working with Linux but there's always an app for my Android phone. At home my physical setup is an Ikea Fredrik desk and an Aeron chair in a corner of the living room. The desk is highly configurable; initially a standing desk it's now readjusted for sitting. I don't recommend this desk unless you have short legs - an Ikea Jerker would be better for my physique - and lately I've been moving my Aeron to the kitchen table. I have a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50x studio headphones for when I need to focus. I get exercise by walking my son to school, taking occasional walks, and I have a set of small weights. I get up at least once an hour to walk around the room, get a glass of water, whatever. I could definitely exercise more. Regarding focus, I deal with this by having multiple workspaces and browsers for different tasks. Workspace 1 is personal mail/chat/news/blogs in Firefox. Workspace 2 is personal projects. Workspace 3 is work mail/Slack and GitHub Issues in Chromium. I spent most of my time in Workspace 4 with Terminator, Emacs, and Chromium. Having personal stuff several workspaces away is a mild deterrant to looking at it. If it's really distracting to I'll "pkill firefox", which removes the distraction for now; I can go back to those tabs next time I start Firefox. Certain types of music help me focus: Bach, 60s cool jazz, 1970s Steve Reich, techno and electronica, and Radiohead. I accept that my mind is going to drift sometimes. I find that I often have useful thoughts and ideas when I step away from my computer for a bit. My setup is very basic and simple. I don't need a whole lot in order to do my work and I like that I can do my work in different places.