Starting a new job on Wednesday after being laid off 9 months ago! The company is sending me a laptop. I have the basics: pens, pencils, highlighters, notebooks, sticky notes, stapler, paper clips, mouse...what other supplies would you guys recommend being useful during your time WFH? Thanks!

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Desk. Desk light for Zoom calls. Headphones for Zoom calls. Comfortable chair. Eight hours a day on a dining chair will break your spine like Batman.

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Get a good desk chair! Super important to have good lumbar support.

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second this. chair. I don’t mind sitting at the dining room table but I do want an ergo chair. when the dog isn’t sleeping in it.

look at autonomous myo

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Extrenal monitor... ideally 2. Congrats!

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Headphones

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Second monitor, keyboard, mouse, good chair, laptop raiser so both screens can be at eye level.

Congrats on your new job! 🎉

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Whiskey 🥃

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Congratulations! Get a desk or a work station of some sort... and get realllll comfortable

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A second monitor is super helpful.

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Sweatpants, sick ass snacks, house shoes, basically everything you wanted but couldn’t afford all pandemic.

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Congrats on the new job!

I treated myself to an IKEA standing desk and also a Flexispot desk bike and laptop stand. Game changer! I also have one of those standing boards so you don’t get foot fatigue (yup, that’s a thing).

I think a nice pair of sweatpants is also necessary. No one will be seeing you from the waist down so you can get comfortable.

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Clip on ring light for zooms, a good chair or cushion that will help your spine, and something to elevate your laptop to a more ergonomic angle. Could be a laptop riser and external keyboard, a standing desk, or just a laptop stand.

I’ve been getting by great with this thing, and it was cheap (OMD didn’t reimburse any WFH supplies 😭): https://www.walmart.com/ip/Aluminum-Alloy-Adjustable-Laptop-Stand-Metal-Laptop-Support-Holder-Mount-Desktop-Bracket-Rose-Gold/559189345?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=16214&&adid=22222222228380507704&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=473222995437&wl4=pla-982953392057&wl5=9021670&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=120798572&wl11=online&wl12=559189345&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAiAwrf-BRA9EiwAUWwKXoDo4BNNxPV43YxAOfmO9ZNaM0OlFq0eFaAQ4JY75v86ghqgHwt2lBoC7AkQAvD_BwE

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Congratulations! All the above. I also got a docking station so monitors/keyboard/mouse/ can plug into one thing and all into the computer. It’s been great when I want a change of scenery and I don’t want to have to unplug 5 different things.

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Depending on your living situation, it’s nice to have a space divider to put up during meetings. I got one from Home Depot. Congrats on the job.

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Resume is pretty strong!
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I would greatly appreciate any recommendations or referrals.
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