An office switcheroo to help salvage pandemic productivity

I haven’t posted at all since the pandemic began. Like most of us, I have complicated feelings about many things. However, I’ll jump back in with something lighter: how I’ve adapted my physical workspace to our new life.

I used to have exclusive domain over my home office. This didn’t always feel like a blessing, as the office often got messier than the rest of the house. I tended to it last because it was “my room.” Common spaces took priority. But at the end of the day I alone worked there,...