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The first part is great advice but unfortunately not always easy for those in small apartments where that space is precious. One thing that has worked for me is to instead try to detach my work space from being purely work, and give myself time in that space to do "me" things, whether it's reading, video games, creative endeavors...

Also giving myself a specific window of "work time", with an alarm set to tell me its time to stop and switch off. This has helped more than anything else.




The first part is great advice but unfortunately not always easy for those in small apartments where that space is precious.

Yeah, I struggle with that for this very reason. I have one room in my apartment that was already my home-office / library where I would sit to work on my personal projects and what-not. Now with this pandemic inspired WFH situation, it's just the best place in my apartment to carry out my normal work day. It's also still the best place to work on my own projects or just sit and study. Sadly that means that A. I wind up spending way too much time in here, and B. change of room isn't much of an option in terms of demarcating the boundaries between "work time" and "my time".

But if I close down my work laptop, go take a bath (see other comment), and the later come back in this room with my personal laptop, I get a pretty good sense of having transitioned from one mode to the other.

Doesn't help with the sense that I spend too much time in this room though. I gotta get back into bike riding more again or something, to have an excuse to spend more time outdoors.


When I worked in a tiny house next to my bed, I tried several alternatives but the situation was untenable. I had to move to a more distant and cheaper region because that was easier to solve than the lack of space. I hope you can find a space solution because while working at home it is a matter of mental health.


About small apartments, I work on a desk in my bedroom, back to the bed. It's not as having two rooms but almost.


I started taking off my shoes at the office because it's helpful to let your feet breathe.




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