Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily

Stake Out Your Space

Before you can work effectively at home, you should figure out where you will carry out your job. It might be a separate room, if you have one; a defined area in space other people use; or a temporary space you set up and break down each working day.

Tip: If you already defined a space, make sure it’s still meeting your needs. If not, it’s a good time to take stock and re-evaluate what needs to change or what new items would make it better.

It might be tempting to work ad hoc, balancing a laptop on your knees on a couch or working at a dining room table or kitchen counter (Figure 1). But making a space for yourself that you can comfortably spend hours at each day will help you define your work structure.

Figure 1: A convenient ...