Working from home isn’t a magic ticket to happiness, especially if you struggle with getting distracted easily. In the beginning I often felt compelled to check my email or social media accounts at random times. Or a question will pop in my mind and I will jump onto Google to get a quick answer. If you do this a few times every hour, it consumes a good portion of your workday. Unless you can be dedicated toward fighting back against these impulses, you won’t be successful working from home. It definitely took a few weeks for me to acclimate myself to working in my house and not in an office somewhere. One thing that helped a lot was creating a home office that has as few distractions inside as humanly possible. I don’t want my guitars or a large TV in the office if I’m going to feel compelled to indulge in urges to waste time with either. Aside from my desk and chair, I simply have my laptop, an additional computer monitor, and a loveseat off to the side for whenever I get really tired and need to take a quick nap. Another thing that helped me with working from home was creating heating and cooling schedules with my digital HVAC thermostat. You can set the temperatures based on the hour of the day and the day of the week. That way you never have to waste your time getting up and adjusting your HVAC thermostat throughout the day. Since it wastes valuable work time to adjust my thermostat, making the schedules ahead of time is a huge benefit.