I have strict rules about how working from home goes in general:
1) Designated workspace with designated work computer. I only work in that space, and my work computer doesn't leave that space. Ever.
I have a "fiddling-around" computer for when I'm feeling froggy and want to code for fun. While it's technically a work-issued computer, I mostly use it for testing. So it doesn't have that mental association as a "work computer". It also means that, if I'm downstairs watching TV and coding, my wife knows that she can interrupt me.
2) A routine. Because of a sleep-disorder (narcolepsy), I take medication that regulates when I'm asleep and when I'm awake. The side effect is that I'm awake at roughly the same time every day.Waking up at the same time every day helps me quit at the same time every day. Doesn't matter when you wake up or quit, just keep it consistent.
3) Those Phillips Hue lights. I have some of those, and they're on a schedule. They turn off at 6:00pm every evening. That's a visual cue that it's "quitting time".
4) Company communications go on company devices only. If my work computer is logged in to Slack (or Skype, because my company communicates like it's 1999), and I leave my work computer in my work space when I leave work, I can't talk to work. I then don't log into skype on my phone or tablets. That makes it a bit more like going to a "real" office, in that they can't talk to me when I'm not "in the office", which I like.
If at all possible, I avoid ever talking to co-workers outside of my office.
5) small breakfast, tiny lunch. I'll eat something, but intentionally not much. That way when 6:00pm rolls around, I'm hungry. Hungry-frank doesn't want to work any more.
6) Work music vs. non-work music. I like to listen to music sometimes while I'm working. But I use different pandora stations during the week than on the weekend. It furthers the distinction between work-mode and non-work mode.
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I've worked from home for 7 years now.
I have strict rules about how working from home goes in general:
1) Designated workspace with designated work computer. I only work in that space, and my work computer doesn't leave that space. Ever.
I have a "fiddling-around" computer for when I'm feeling froggy and want to code for fun. While it's technically a work-issued computer, I mostly use it for testing. So it doesn't have that mental association as a "work computer". It also means that, if I'm downstairs watching TV and coding, my wife knows that she can interrupt me.
2) A routine. Because of a sleep-disorder (narcolepsy), I take medication that regulates when I'm asleep and when I'm awake. The side effect is that I'm awake at roughly the same time every day.Waking up at the same time every day helps me quit at the same time every day. Doesn't matter when you wake up or quit, just keep it consistent.
3) Those Phillips Hue lights. I have some of those, and they're on a schedule. They turn off at 6:00pm every evening. That's a visual cue that it's "quitting time".
4) Company communications go on company devices only. If my work computer is logged in to Slack (or Skype, because my company communicates like it's 1999), and I leave my work computer in my work space when I leave work, I can't talk to work. I then don't log into skype on my phone or tablets. That makes it a bit more like going to a "real" office, in that they can't talk to me when I'm not "in the office", which I like.
If at all possible, I avoid ever talking to co-workers outside of my office.
5) small breakfast, tiny lunch. I'll eat something, but intentionally not much. That way when 6:00pm rolls around, I'm hungry. Hungry-frank doesn't want to work any more.
6) Work music vs. non-work music. I like to listen to music sometimes while I'm working. But I use different pandora stations during the week than on the weekend. It furthers the distinction between work-mode and non-work mode.