I worked completely remote for 2 years and anywhere from 1-4 days a week for the past year or two. - Get out of the house. I'd set the goal of getting out twic

I worked completely remote for 2 years and anywhere from 1-4 days a week for the past year or two. - Get out of the house. I'd set the goal of getting out twice a week. Worst case, go eat and work somewhere with wifi. If you can meet with friends it's much better. Look for techie meetups and other events (or start one) if you need to make more local techie friends. - Remember that you can work from other places. I love getting to the library, bookstore, cafe, bar, etc. once in a while for a couple of hours of work. - Set "office hours". This has been my biggest problem. It's very easy to roll out of bed, start working and not stop until well into the evening. - Use video chat when you can. Some of my team hated it, but it's much more effective to see a face. - I like to keep an open group chat room (we used Skype most) with the whole team. If you can do that without letting it interrupt your workflow, it's much better than people having 1-on-1 chats and the rest of the team never knowing about issues. A group chat room is more like being physically together without big long email chains. - Don't be afraid to walk away from the computer to get things done. It feels hard to be disconnected while working remote, but I had to do it at times. - I know others don't like it, but I'm fine with doing chores and running errands while working remote. Short breaks are good and occasional long breaks are ok too.