‘I share a house with five others. Some of them are not at home during the day, or they work in their rooms. I like to work at the kitchen table with one of my housemates. I notice that I can concentrate better if someone else is working in the room. And we can take a break for a chat now and then. That variation is important. If I’m on my own, I get distracted more easily.
Yesterday afternoon I worked in the garden with my housemates
As a PhD student I can carry on my work reasonably well at home. I’m working on my laptop now but I do miss my big screen and if I want to print something I go to the photocopying shop. Tomorrow I’ve got to supervise a digital computer practical in the virtual classroom, so I’m just going to figure out how you do that. One advantage is that I can decide for myself how I use my time. So yesterday afternoon I worked in the garden with my housemates and then in the evening I can get back to my work refreshed.’
This is the fifth part of a series on working from home during the corona crisis. The editorial staff calls a WUR colleague every day to find out how things are going. The illustration is (of course) a selfie or a snapshot taken by a housemate. Would you like to participate? Mail resource@wur.nl or share via #WURkfromHOME.