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Watch Your Productivity, Health, and Happiness Soar With These 5 Home Office Upgrades

It’s time to take your office space seriously

Robin Konie
Better Humans
8 min readSep 14, 2021

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Man sitting at a desk with his hands behind his head.
Photo by Jason Strull on Unsplash

My productivity had sunk to an all-time low.

I hate to admit it, as I’ve always prided myself on my ability to get stuff done. I’ve built businesses and websites, written books, and published hundreds of articles. For years I’ve been able to juggle multiple big projects without cutting into my sleep or family life.

But I couldn’t seem to squeeze out more than an hour or two of quality effort before I wanted to throw in the towel.

So what changed? My environment.

I’ve been working from home for more than ten years. And during that time, I’ve lived in 8 different houses. While I’ve never had a magazine-perfect office space, I’ve always been able to create an environment that generally works.

But two months ago, my little family of four moved out of our rental home and into my parent’s basement while we wait for our new home to be built. I’m grateful for their invitation as we won’t have to worry about getting out of a lease when it comes time to move. Unfortunately, it also means I’m now working from a small desk inside my mom’s laundry room.

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Robin Konie
Robin Konie

Written by Robin Konie

Author & Freelance Editor. Making stuff up for forty years. robinkonie.com

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