Working from home – things no one talks about
There are so many of these work from home how-to articles because they&#x27;re trendy, but almost never useful.<p>I worked from home for ten years, then back to the office for three, now back at home.  I can tell you that what works for one person does not work for everyone.<p>For example, I am most productive in the morning, and wake up motivated and ready to work.  For that reason, I don&#x27;t take a shower until lunch, then use the afternoons to sort of wind-down with less productive things like meetings, reports, and such.<p>My father worked from home in the 80&#x27;s.  He was the opposite.  He was better in the afternoon.  Because of that, he had to force himself to take the mornings seriously.  He did that by getting up every morning at 6am, doing the full getting-ready-for-the-office thing, and even went down to the corner store for coffee every day as a sort of &quot;commute.&quot;<p>He would end up at 8am sitting in his home office in the laundry room in a full suit and tie ready for for the day, while I&#x27;m still in my sweatpants until after noon.<p>(Equipment-wise, from working home in the 80&#x27;s was very different than it is today.  Think a big desk with three rotary telephones, filing cabinets, a VFD calculator, and a Telex machine.)