Do you have a dedicated workspace for J1, J2, etc, so you can walk away if you need to shake off a bad experience or end your day?

I find that if I am able to work multiple jobs from one area, it's easier to walk away for a minute or two. Also, it allows me time to separate "work" from rest.

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I've thought about doing something like that, but I don't really have the space to devote to it. What I'll do is take a walk or listen to music for a little while and kind of clear my head and then log into the next job. I'm physically in the same place, but I con myself into thinking it's different, I suppose that's the best way to explain it.

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Make the most of the space you have. Although my house is small and we have a basement, I set up a small area that is just devoted to work. I can walk away and not look back, keeping work and life separate!

I have also thought about doing that but I don't have a dedicated workspace besides my office at home. But sometimes I do need a space where I an walk away and feel like I am away from work.

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I believe that giving yourself a space from which you can walk away helps keep a healthy balance to avoid burnout.

I live alone, so I don't need a dining room. I eat at my little kitchen "window" bar thing that separates my sink/kitchen from my dining room... Or on the couch.

So I use my dining room for my office. It's a little weird having a 90s chandelier and sliding door for my balcony in my zoom background, but whatever.

I have a long 8ft banquet table I use as my desk, with 2 30" monitors on the wall, then below those I have my 2 laptops. I roll between the 2 computers as needed.

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I did that once and BOTH companies focused on "are you at home? did you go on vacation? are you traveling" the whole f$&-!ng meeting. So never again.

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