MARCH 16, 2022 • VOL. 20 ISSUE 11

Hi John,

Enjoying the luxurious freedom of working from home?

Or are you caught in the chaos of kids, dogs, dinner, the doorbell, and a Zoom meeting with your director? Author David Allen shares a few tips in today’s Q&A on working from home.

You’ll also find our latest ebook on the cost of poor communication.

BALANCING WORK AND LIFE AT HOME

by David Allen

Since I started working from home, I can’t seem to separate work and home life. I have a home office and I do my best to stay off my computer after hours, and yet my nine-to-five now feels like it's 24-7. I used to leave work at work. But now that my job is at my house, it never seems to go away. Any tips on how I might better separate the two?

Signed,
24/7

Don’t feel like the lone stranger—this is now a familiar situation for many people. Though you may not need to go to the office, the structures and boundaries it provides are familiar and comfortable.

This is also true of your home. You have ways of acting in each context—whether around the office coffee machine, at your office desk, or at home with the kids and the dog and dinner. But because your context has changed, your behavior has been affected.
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