I've worked from home consistently a few times over the last few years, and my suggestions differ from a few of the others around here. I've found that it's wha

I've worked from home consistently a few times over the last few years, and my suggestions differ from a few of the others around here. I've found that it's what works best for me, so it's what I stick to. - I do work from my normal desk. At my last job, it was a super big no-no to use your own computer, so I switched the input on my monitor and had my keyboard, mouse, and DAC running through a usb hub I could easily swap to my laptop. At my current job, I just supplied a separate SSD and dual boot. Either way, the point is I have good ergonomics and fantastic peripherals and don't need double space or equipment. - Find the morning ritual you need to get your head in the game for work; mine is a shower and painstakingly making coffee or espresso. - House chores are basically off limits. I may load or unload the dishwasher if I get a snack or another coffee, but I do that in our physical office too. It's a 5 minute task at most. - If anything, feel MORE comfortable leaving your workspace and going somewhere else if you can't get in the groove. I have a bad habit of staying in the office and basically staring at the walls because I can't get my brain in the game some days, yet when I WFH I'm far more likely to catch that 15 minutes in, pack some shit up and head to a local coffee shop and see if a change in venue jump starts something. More often than not, it does. - Set a timer. If you start at 8 and don't take a lunch, that means your timer should be going off at 4. Pack it up, you're done. Go for a walk or go to the gym and start your evening. For myself, my partner doesn't bother me during the day; we still chat online even if we're 6 feet apart, but nobody is talking and distracting the other. We don't have kids, so that doesn't factor in for me, but I know some of my coworkers have been struggling badly lately because they don't have a home office and their kids are too young to understand why mommy or daddy can't pay attention to them. I don't envy that struggle; my Bernese Mountain Dog is needy enough as it is.