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Re: Working from Bed

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Post by nickelcitymario »

wpm wrote: post #49
nickelcitymario wrote: post #35

I've wanted to work full-time from home for as long as I can remember. It took about a month in lockdown for me to realize I hated it. Turns out, my mental health is much better when I have an office to go to. 1h20 in commute (round-trip), no privacy, tons of distractions, and still I'm happier when I get to leave the house to go to work. I suspect it's mostly just a matter of getting out of the house. Those 4 walls…

Yeah working from home full time for me is like cheating on a diet. It sounds great at first, and for a few weeks you eat whatever you want and you don't notice much change. Then all your clothes stop fitting. Working from bed is like eating ice cream for breakfast. Sounds great, nice maybe once as a treat, then becomes horrible. I need structure, routine, and not having to go into work makes enforcing that routine s…

100% agreement

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by FpUser »

Was working from home for the last 20 years except for occasional visits to clients / shareholders meetings. So far enjoying the freedom of not being stuck in the office environment that I do not appreciate at all and not wasting my time on commute.

With that I can't even remotely imagine myself working from bed. I do exactly 2 things in bed - 1) sleep, 2) wild guess here

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by saagarjha »

diveanon wrote: post #11

Author is fairly young. This will destroy your back after even a short amount of time.

I'm 21 and enjoy working from bed. I did it for a week or two when I was at my parent's house for break once and it totally destroyed my back. These days I only do it when it's especially cold out.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by nickelcitymario »

tolbish wrote: post #45
nickelcitymario wrote: post #35

I've wanted to work full-time from home for as long as I can remember. It took about a month in lockdown for me to realize I hated it. Turns out, my mental health is much better when I have an office to go to. 1h20 in commute (round-trip), no privacy, tons of distractions, and still I'm happier when I get to leave the house to go to work. I suspect it's mostly just a matter of getting out of the house. Those 4 walls…

Your post sounds more like an endorsement of walkable communities and dog ownership than an endorsement of commuting.

I didn't consider that I was endorsing commuting. Point well taken.

If I had a nice weather-protected path to walk to work (like the underground networks in some major cities), walking would be far preferable to driving.

My argument, nay, my observation, is that some type of transition between work and home appears to be vital to my well-being. I suspect that the time component for that transition is just as important.

For example: What if I built an office in my garage? That would give me a physically different space, but I'd be deprived of that transition time to switch mindsets.

What I don't know is how much time is needed for the same effect. Would a 5 minute walk suffice? Could it be even better? Who knows?

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by devilduck »

wpm wrote: post #49
nickelcitymario wrote: post #35

I've wanted to work full-time from home for as long as I can remember. It took about a month in lockdown for me to realize I hated it. Turns out, my mental health is much better when I have an office to go to. 1h20 in commute (round-trip), no privacy, tons of distractions, and still I'm happier when I get to leave the house to go to work. I suspect it's mostly just a matter of getting out of the house. Those 4 walls…

Yeah working from home full time for me is like cheating on a diet. It sounds great at first, and for a few weeks you eat whatever you want and you don't notice much change. Then all your clothes stop fitting. Working from bed is like eating ice cream for breakfast. Sounds great, nice maybe once as a treat, then becomes horrible. I need structure, routine, and not having to go into work makes enforcing that routine s…

If I never have to go back into an office routine again, my life will be much, much better for it. To each their own.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by Toutouxc »

My WFH desk is in my bedroom because of space constraints. The fact that it's there doesn't bother me one bit and I have no desire to work from bed, curled around the 14" laptop I do my coding on, instead of the 43" 4K screen I have on the desk.

But there are moments (once or twice a day) when I need to work on a specific piece of code that I don't mind center stage on the laptop display and I unplug everything and move to the bed for 20 minutes just for the calm, cozy feeling and a little bit of extra concentration.

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by devilduck »

It would be really nice if everyone in this thread would stop trying to turn their personal feelings about this into universal truth. How many times to we have to hear about the negative effects of this from someone who misses going into an office?

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by devilduck »

Raphmedia wrote: post #25

On the opposite, I'd say it's a great way to destroy your sleep routine and habits. As a rule of thumb, your bed should be dedicated to sleep and cuddles with your significant other. "This study indicates that the use of computers and mobile telephones in the bedroom are related to poor sleep habits" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2869... "Computer use, TV viewing, and the presence of media i…

All those references and that stuff still isn't true for everyone. How can this be?

Re: Working from Bed

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Post by sfteus »

I've been WFH for nearly 6 years now. The one constant I've found that hampers my productivity is working from a "shared" space. Working out of a space like the living room or bed room, where you would normally relax, tends to make me slack off, get distracted easily, etc.

I have noticed though that your work space doesn't need to be fully dedicated though, it just needs to not be a leisure room. We adopted a Belgian Mal mix in February that needed supervision throughout the day, so I transitioned from my office to my dining room. We don't use that outside of the occasional game night or other gathering, and the table makes a nice makeshift desk with a laptop. I found working from there comparable to working from my office.

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