Before the pandemic, I had never worked from home in any meaningful way. Then overnight, I, like many people, became a full-time remote worker – something that has evolved, post-pandemic, into a major shift in my working lifestyle. For that first year, I confined myself completely to working in my home office, a space that we’d recently redecorated and installed a desk in, despite rarely needing this facility before.
Fast forward to 2023 and the way I work from home has changed. My approach is much more f luid to where I call a work space – often, the dining table, a spell on an armchair, the sofa, or standing at kitchen worktops while I make coffee. From my colleagues’ shifting video backgrounds, they’re doing the