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WFH Distractions - Hern - Oct 15, 2026
For those that work from home, how do you stay locked in?
I am not at home often but when I am it is difficult to have my cats not start meowing while on a call and if I close the door so they don't come in, they just paw at it nonstop the whole day.
There has to be a solution I have not thought of yet but I am sure there are some interesting setups you all have on solving this or if you just work around your pets or distractions like outside lawn care work things.
RE: WFH Distractions - Bastille - Oct 15, 2026
Take breaks, work from a room you'll do nothing in (such as an office, avoid rooms where you usually do something else), put your phone away from you if you can and if you're easily distracted by notifions and go with doom-scrolling, use a computer or an OS dedicated to working (so you don't have discord, youtube, ...). When starting at morning, define which tasks you want to complete during the day.
RE: WFH Distractions - spiral - Oct 16, 2026
(24 hours ago)Hern Wrote: For those that work from home, how do you stay locked in?
I am not at home often but when I am it is difficult to have my cats not start meowing while on a call and if I close the door so they don't come in, they just paw at it nonstop the whole day.
There has to be a solution I have not thought of yet but I am sure there are some interesting setups you all have on solving this or if you just work around your pets or distractions like outside lawn care work things.
I get distracted in the office nothing new
RE: WFH Distractions - Hern - Oct 16, 2026
(8 hours ago)spiral Wrote: I get distracted in the office nothing new
Yeah I suppose I am over paranoid and if its common in office it should be OK at home too...
RE: WFH Distractions - spiral - Oct 16, 2026
(3 hours ago)Hern Wrote: Yeah I suppose I am over paranoid and if its common in office it should be OK at home too...
If your work gets done I don’t see an issue but I know some managers are odd
RE: WFH Distractions - Yin Yang - Oct 16, 2026
Got to have a quiet place. I have a cat myself, so I get it
RE: WFH Distractions - Hern - Oct 16, 2026
(3 hours ago)spiral Wrote: If your work gets done I don’t see an issue but I know some managers are odd
Old school managers could care less if the work gets done. If they cannot micromanage and see what you are doing 24/7 and working on something that matters then they get upset LOL