Kits and Mortar

In a nice bit of circuitousness, I discover that today is National Work From Home Day. This is both apt, as I’m here in Lausanne to talk at Going Solo about what freelances can do to keep a healthy balance between work and non-work, and ironic as I spent all day travelling and definitely not working from home. Mind you, I do it all the time and the novelty wore off, oh, about ten years ago.

I used to use half my lounge as my office, with a proper desk, chair and filing cabinet. I even had in-trays. But now I’m relegated to a coffee table, and it’s really not great. There’s no doubt in my mind that my new house, whenever it gets built, will have to have an office space in it somewhere. Whether it’s hidden away in the attic or integrated into the main living space I don’t know. Either plan has advantages and drawbacks, but so long as I have somewhere to hide away my clutter, I think either would work.

Meantime, I wonder if they’re going to start a National Work From Airports, Hotels and Conferences Day…