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by astrobase_go 3478 days ago
Agreed, also anecdotally. I'm a sub-30 with a dedicated workspace, and I find that it mentally partitions leisure from work--something I find important while working in a space that's usually devoted to leisure.

I would be interested to hear from others here who do not maintain this distinction yet also successfully work from home. What strategies do you employ for maintaining this separation despite the "death of the home office"?
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phkahler 3478 days ago
>> and I find that it mentally partitions leisure from work

This is very important in my opinion. More employers are offering "flexibility" so employees are tempted to bring laptops home, use the VPN, and generally work outside of work. Even though I have a laptop, I leave it at work when I go home at the end of the day. I do not remotely access email or anything else. If you work at home it makes sense to have a firm boundary between your life and your job. A home office would seem to help with that.

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sundarurfriend 3478 days ago
> I find that it mentally partitions leisure from work--something I find important while working in a space that's usually devoted to leisure.

It's important not only for working well, but also for the leisure part: before my sleeping space and the working space got properly partitioned, I found it much harder to fall asleep, much harder to let go of work issues when trying to relax and rest.

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