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>A desk in a corner that you always work at, and don't use for anything but work? // Hmm, I don't have any friends wealthy enough to have enough room in their

>A desk in a corner that you always work at, and don't use for anything but work? // Hmm, I don't have any friends wealthy enough to have enough room in their house for 2 desk spaces for themselves. Your comment seems like a 'they have no bread? why don't they eat brioche' kinda of comment; ignorant of how most people live. My boss, who makes about 50% more than me, works on a desk in his daughters bedroom; my boss' boss (about twice my wage) works out of her utility room. I had to move the bed to fit one desk in; 'just work in a different area of the room' seems quite myopic.

jrochkind1 6y ago
My friends are definitely not wealthy, many of them are struggling, but I guess my city is cheaper and people have more living space, most (not all) people I know have enough room to put a chair and small desk/table big enough for laptop use in the corner of a bedroom or living room. (I do not live in NYC. It's also true that most of my friends don't have children, which may be relevant to available space. I don't know about OP, or you). I don't know about "two desks", nobody I know uses a home desk for anything BUT work. If you have one desk, you could designate it for work, and not do other things there. Don't do work on the couch or where you eat your meals (if that's somewhere other than a couch), only do it at the desk, and don't do other things there (pay your bills or whatever on the couch or whatever). Is what I was suggesting. I see now that many other comments on this thread also suggest finding a way to have a dedicated workspace, so it's not just me. If you do have room for a desk, but can't avoid using it for things other than work too, perhaps it would be helpful to keep all non-work things off the desk when you are working, and all work things off the desk when you are not, to help separate it. But I'm sorry my ideas were inapplicable to your situation and thus offensive to you.
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  If you're using a computer outside of work hours, in the same room as your work desk, where would you set it up? Surely you need a desk for gaming, even just websurfing for any length of time. No offense, of course. Perhaps the movies are right and minimum wage workers live alone in massive city loft apartments in USA (where I assume you are?). Anyway none of this really helps [the OP]. My neighbour's water got cut off so I'm off to suggest he uses any sparkling, French mineral water his water-sommelier has in stock ;oP Seriously though, as you say, removing or hiding work related items can be sufficient for some people - I've heard people put a bed sheet over the work computer to avoid its stare.

jrochkind1 6y ago

My friends are definitely not wealthy, many of them are struggling, but I guess my city is cheaper and people have more living space, most (not all) people I know have enough room to put a chair and small desk/table big enough for laptop use in the corner of a bedroom or living room. (I do not live in NYC. It's also true that most of my friends don't have children, which may be relevant to available space. I don't know about OP, or you). I don't know about "two desks", nobody I know uses a home desk for anything BUT work. If you have one desk, you could designate it for work, and not do other things there. Don't do work on the couch or where you eat your meals (if that's somewhere other than a couch), only do it at the desk, and don't do other things there (pay your bills or whatever on the couch or whatever). Is what I was suggesting. I see now that many other comments on this thread also suggest finding a way to have a dedicated workspace, so it's not just me. If you do have room for a desk, but can't avoid using it for things other than work too, perhaps it would be helpful to keep all non-work things off the desk when you are working, and all work things off the desk when you are not, to help separate it. But I'm sorry my ideas were inapplicable to your situation and thus offensive to you.

pbhjpbhj 6y ago
If you're using a computer outside of work hours, in the same room as your work desk, where would you set it up? Surely you need a desk for gaming, even just websurfing for any length of time. No offense, of course. Perhaps the movies are right and minimum wage workers live alone in massive city loft apartments in USA (where I assume you are?). Anyway none of this really helps [the OP]. My neighbour's water got cut off so I'm off to suggest he uses any sparkling, French mineral water his water-sommelier has in stock ;oP Seriously though, as you say, removing or hiding work related items can be sufficient for some people - I've heard people put a bed sheet over the work computer to avoid its stare.