Essential Kit for Working From Home

After working from home for more than 30 years, here are the essentials I’ve come to rely on

Sheryl Garratt
The Startup

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Photo by Nathan Riley on Unsplash

More of us are working from home than ever before.

And increasing numbers of employers are saying they never expect their staff to come back into the office full-time.

So it’s worth now examining where you work, how you work — and investing a little to do it more easily. If you are in full-time employment, your company might help with this. If you’re not, set yourself up to work as healthily as possible, investing bit by bit.

You don’t need the perfect set-up. Although I now have a room of my own to work in (absolute bliss!), my study certainly doesn’t look like those mood boards on Pinterest. Always optimise for comfort over style.

Everyone’s job — your tools, and your preferred working style — will be different, of course. But over 30 years of working from home, this is the essential kit I’ve grown to rely on.

1. The best work chair you can afford

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Sheryl Garratt
The Startup

Writer; editor; coach, supporting creatives to step up and do their best work — and get paid for it! Find me at www.thecreativelife.net