My Work-From-Home Set-Up

I’ve worked from home on and off for the last decade or so, but this is the first time I’ve done it for such an extended period of time. Since the coronavirus situation started, I’ve taken an interest in other people’s work-from-home set-ups. What is yours like? —HD

On a given work day (that includes Jerx work, other magic work, and other non-magic work), I spend an average of probably 4-6 hours writing. At some points in time, depending on how the projects I’m involved with fall out, those numbers can double.

I’m too antsy to sit at a desk for a long time doing the same thing. I work best with regular changes of scenery. Pre-coronavirus, this might take the form of working for 90 minutes at one coffee shop, going to the library for two hours of work, and then another 90 minute evening session at a different coffee shop.

When everything shut down, that obviously threw me off my game a bit. I tried to work at my main desk in my “office” space of my home, but it was a struggle for me. I felt more distracted than ever.

So—and this may sound dopey—I started creating numerous work stations throughout my house.

I currently have 10 areas where I do work.

Living Room:

1. Couch - I use this laptop table. I can slide the legs under the couch and pull the table in towards me and slouch back like a slob. Or I can do what I’m doing at this moment and actually write from a laying down position with the computer above me and tilted down.

2. Chair - A standard living room chair. I usually sit in it at a weird angle, like a teenage girl, with my legs over the arm of the chair. I guess like this but with a laptop where her cat is.

3. Floor - I use one of these desks.

4. Exercise Bike Desk - This one.

5. Standing Desk - Same thing as above, I just stand on the opposite side from the bike.

Kitchen

6. Dining area table

Bathroom

7. Bathtub

Yup, sometimes I’m writing you buck-ass naked from the tub—cock and balls floating in a sea of bubbles. Those are probably your favorite posts. I use this bath tub desk. Yes, they make such things. From what I can gather, it’s primarily used by ladies to rest their wine, candles, and rose petals on while they bathe.

Bedroom

8. Bed - I use the same desk I use on the floor to work on in bed as well.

Office

9. I have a standard computer desk set-up.

10. I also have a workbench style work station that I work at as well.

So now if I have six hours of work to do, I’ll generally do an hour in one location, then move somewhere else for an hour or so, and then just repeat that throughout the day. This tricks my brain enough so that it doesn’t feel like I’m just stuck in one place doing the same thing all day.

Thankfully, things near me are opening up more and more, so I have more options each week. But this was what worked for me for the past few months.