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Really enjoyed reading this! It’s very informative reading about the effectiveness of each measure you took. I’ve had a room dedicated as my office since moving

by xp84 3y ago

Really enjoyed reading this! It’s very informative reading about the effectiveness of each measure you took. I’ve had a room dedicated as my office since moving into our house, but it’s on the main level of our home which means, ahem, a great deal of child noise. I’ve often wondered if a corner of a bedroom, unused as is the rest of upstairs during the day, wouldn’t offer a far more sound-isolated environment. Probably with solid core doors it would be a much better option. It’s funny how most of us feel like we “need” a dedicated room, but really, a bedroom is in many ways an ideal space to give a second, daytime use to, unless you have a partner at home who takes naps or something. Anyway, for now I bought a WeWork subscription!

JohnFen 3y ago
> It’s funny how most of us feel like we “need” a dedicated room, but really, a bedroom is in many ways an ideal space to give a second, daytime use to From many years of experimentation and experience, I can say with a high degree of confidence that I really do need a dedicated room. It's not an issue of practicality, it's an issue of mindset. I need a room that is used only for working and nothing else, so that when I'm in there, my brain is triggered to be in "work mode". Also, if I'm sharing a workspace with other uses, that means I can't leave things sprawled out in between work sessions. > for now I bought a WeWork subscription! Ahh, this indicates that we have very different needs indeed! Hotdesking/shared workspaces -- WeWork or otherwise -- don't actually work for me at all.
- xp84 3y ago
  First, I completely acknowledge the usefulness of putting yourself in a dedicated space for the task of work, helping you to train your mind to focus on work things at work time, and hopefully only at work time. Don't get me wrong, coworking (without an expensive private office) has major downsides, I would love to not have to set up my workspace and tear it down (complete with portable monitor, and keyboard and mouse), and also to not have to lug all this heavy stuff with me daily, but my move was out of sheer necessity because of how loud and disruptive little kids are in the afternoon. The setup/teardown waste 5 minutes daily, but interruptions wasted hours. What I've learned is just that we've each got to find a way to work within the options available to us. With an infinite budget I'd build a super nice 10x20 office in my backyard, but tbh the proximity to a well-meaning little kid who craves my attention would still limit the effectiveness of that plan.
tetromino_ 3y ago
> a bedroom is in many ways an ideal space to give a second, daytime use to, unless you have a partner at home who takes naps or something Or, as is fairly common among tech workers, your partner's sleep schedule differs from yours (one of you needs to work late nights or early mornings due cross-timezone meetings, on-calls, deadlines, performing childcare during part of normal business hours, etc.) Or, as is fairly common among parents with young children, the bedroom routinely sleeps 3+ people.

by xp84 3y ago

JohnFen 3y ago

> It’s funny how most of us feel like we “need” a dedicated room, but really, a bedroom is in many ways an ideal space to give a second, daytime use to From many years of experimentation and experience, I can say with a high degree of confidence that I really do need a dedicated room. It's not an issue of practicality, it's an issue of mindset. I need a room that is used only for working and nothing else, so that when I'm in there, my brain is triggered to be in "work mode". Also, if I'm sharing a workspace with other uses, that means I can't leave things sprawled out in between work sessions. > for now I bought a WeWork subscription! Ahh, this indicates that we have very different needs indeed! Hotdesking/shared workspaces -- WeWork or otherwise -- don't actually work for me at all.

xp84 3y ago
First, I completely acknowledge the usefulness of putting yourself in a dedicated space for the task of work, helping you to train your mind to focus on work things at work time, and hopefully only at work time. Don't get me wrong, coworking (without an expensive private office) has major downsides, I would love to not have to set up my workspace and tear it down (complete with portable monitor, and keyboard and mouse), and also to not have to lug all this heavy stuff with me daily, but my move was out of sheer necessity because of how loud and disruptive little kids are in the afternoon. The setup/teardown waste 5 minutes daily, but interruptions wasted hours. What I've learned is just that we've each got to find a way to work within the options available to us. With an infinite budget I'd build a super nice 10x20 office in my backyard, but tbh the proximity to a well-meaning little kid who craves my attention would still limit the effectiveness of that plan.

tetromino_ 3y ago

> a bedroom is in many ways an ideal space to give a second, daytime use to, unless you have a partner at home who takes naps or something Or, as is fairly common among tech workers, your partner's sleep schedule differs from yours (one of you needs to work late nights or early mornings due cross-timezone meetings, on-calls, deadlines, performing childcare during part of normal business hours, etc.) Or, as is fairly common among parents with young children, the bedroom routinely sleeps 3+ people.