How to Avoid Killing Your Partner When You Both Work From Home
Divorce and homicide are messy and best avoided, yet can appear as increasingly attractive options when you and your significant other both work from home.
If you’re fed up of having your flow interrupted by your partner’s loud conference calls, or sick of squabbling over whose turn it is to use the non-wobbly desk, it’s time to review your set-up.
As more and more people work from home some or all the time, the number of households with both partners working from home is also on the rise.
What could sound ideal on paper — more couple time! Daytime sex breaks! Less commuting! — can in reality quickly become bogged down in irritation and resentment as your needs and schedules clash.
All is not lost though — investing a bit of time and effort to figure out ways you can work alongside each other more harmoniously will reap handsome rewards for your relationship, your work and, frankly, your sanity.
Defining Your Needs
As with so much in life, successful co-homeworking relies on good communication and a bit of compromise.
You need to agree ground rules — for things like workspaces, office hours, noise, interruptions — and review these periodically to make sure they’re still…
