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Re: Making Remote Work Work

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I really like the article. Numerous tiny things I've never considered, like the switch between headphones and speakers. The weird thing is I started working in my bedroom a while back. Not only have I had the most productive year in my life (and I never had a computer in my bedroom, even as a child) I also have managed to completely eliminate my sleep disorders. The most important things I tell people, including my o…

That runs counter to alot of advice I've seen. Working in the same room as your bed has helped you sleep better?

No, rather I think that the room had nothing to do with sleep -- light control had everything to do with it.

I tried just about all of the other tricks short of sleeping pills, none had any meaningful impact.

Re: Making Remote Work Work

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I feel some of this is based on personality. It's great that you're able to step away from work periodically and then focus again (I do the same thing working from home). A lot of people have trouble getting back into the work mode again after taking that break. That's what the "work account" idea is designed to help.

To be fair, I've had that trouble but I found out that I just wasn't happy doing what I was doing so changed it. You have to want to do it before focus comes naturally.

Telling someone with attention/focus issues "you just have to WANT IT" is like telling someone with depression "first you have to WANT to be not depressed!"

It doesn't work that way.

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