The 16th March was my last day in the physical office, meaning I have been working from home for 12 days now. Its weird, I have become sort of accustomed to it now, but i’m not sure how long I will last without going mad.

As I mentioned before I am down in east Sussex at my parents house which I must say has made me far calmer than I was when I was WFH in London. I think having the extra space and family around me has really helped. There is currently 4 of us in the house in full time employment so working normal hours, my brother was at university and is doing bits and bobs, and my mum is looking after us and keeping us all fed and watered. (While also buying and delivering food to my grandparents who are too old to go out.)

I am very lucky that my job is the sort that I am very able to carry on, almost ‘business as usual’ from my laptop. We have teamviewer which means we can access all the files and everything from work, we use slack to chat in our teams and as a whole business, and then we use Zoom for any meetings. I have found Zoom to be really helpful as it gives you that bit of client face-time – although I still haven’t managed to brush my hair for a meeting!

I have also been trying to keep on top of my mental and physical well being by exercising, talking to my friends, taking breaks and generally listening to my body – which has been hard. I definitely don’t feel like I am getting a good enough workout in each day – I miss the weights at the gym – but its something and its good to keep it up.

Here are my top tips for WFH:

• Have breaks – lots of little ones or a few big ones. As long as you are getting your work done it’s important to have breaks
• Talk to people – family, friends, anyone really!
• Be kind to yourself and listen to your body – workout if you feel like it, drink gin if you feel like it

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