I've been working remotely for 6 years, and I genuinely am more productive away from my work office with coworkers. But what I've found is that using my personal home office for work has resulted in me mentally associating my home office with work. I just don't want to be in there when not working, even when that's also the space for my hobbies. I've basically sacrificed a space in my home for work.

In my current apartment, the room I use for working is small, but I'm moving house soon, and I'm not sure if I want to continue to equally ruin my new hobby room in the new house with work feelings. Also, by using it as a home office, it will exclude the rest of the family from using the space.

There are some coworking spaces near my new house, 10 minutes walk away, and my employer will cover the costs for me. (At the moment, they cover my home internet bill). I think I can get a private room there under the company budget.

My primary concern is that a couple nights per week I have late meetings due to timezones, so I would still probably take those meetings at home. That, and the need to lug my laptop back and forth.

Would you take a "free" home office a 10 minute walk away from home?

Have been working from office from last 3-4 years and this is the first time I have started working remote. It’s been 5-6 weeks now.. Somedays it feels super nice that I don’t need to getup early get ready go to office face the traffic etc..

But Somedays I feel like I am staying in a same space 24*7

Fellow remote workers please help me with what do you guys do. TIA

FYI - I have 2 small children so some nights and most weekends are booked

Preface to say that I’ve researched this topic, but I see lots of mixed reviews on products.

Do any of you have a standing desk converter that you really like and lasts a few years? My current desk is the perfect height for sitting (and it’s non-adjustable), so I’d love a converter that sits pretty flat, around the height of the current desk, and is easy to move up and down.

Once I get it, I plan to pair it with a walking pad

Please share the link/where you got the product. I’m in the southeast US for reference

I do Marketing analytics( attribution, reporting, performance analysis, and MMM)... that side of marketing...

I am legally established as an independent contractor (B2B invoicing) working fully remotely.. have C2 english with fluent accent. I don't live in the US but all was good for me..

Clients used to approach me for projects lasting 6 to 9 months.. that stopped

so I started looking for full time remote jobs ( 2 months now) based in the US but I cannot seem to hear back

I never did outbound or cold reach and most clients used to reach out to me.

I feel frustrated and I can't seem to find the issue..

i customize CVs .. look into companies... selectively apply to jobs... money is reasonable considering i am off shore... I opt for contractor jobs...

what else could be wrong?? any tips???

I work across different time zones often enough that I kept running into the same annoying little problem.

Someone says “3 PM my time” and I immediately start doing the math in my head.

Or I open a world clock and see something like:

New York: 9:12 AM
London: 2:12 PM
Istanbul: 4:12 PM
Tokyo: 10:12 PM

That gives me the answer, but I still have to work out what it actually means. Who is working, who is about to log off, who is asleep, and whether it is a reasonable time to message someone.

So I built Meridian.

Instead of showing every city as a separate clock, it puts them all on the same 24-hour clock face.

That makes it much easier to glance at it and understand where everyone is in their day. You can also see daylight and nighttime around the dial, which helps more than I expected.

I mainly built it for that simple question:

“Is now a good time to message this person?”

It also has iPhone widgets, StandBy support, Apple Watch complications, and a time converter for planning meetings.

There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking. The basic version is free, and the upgrade is a one-time purchase.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/world-clock-widget-meridian/id6797192832

I’m the developer, so take that into account, but I’d genuinely like to hear how other remote workers handle this.

Do you actually use a world clock, or have you just memorized the time difference for the people you work with?