Actually there is some valid advice on dressing up a little because it helps with the work/life separation. I never did it because I like work and life blending (I enjoy teaching and doing research and I have zero decorum anyway) but psychologically, cues like your clothes can help set the mindset.
The same is true for location, too. Don’t work from bed unless you want that shit keeping you up at night.
Kind of similarly, my wife tends to come home from work and get changed right into her pajamas, and I think that kind of flips a mental switch for her saying that she’s done doing stuff for the day, and so she kind of struggles to get any chores done after work or on her days off. She also kind of has trouble sleeping sometimes.
I tend to get dressed and stay that way until it’s time for bed, and I feel that I tend to be a bit more productive at home than her.
And I feel like that kind of helps create more of a mental divide. If I’m up and wearing clothes it’s time to get stuff done, if I’m wearing pajamas it’s time to relax and get ready for bed.
And it doesn’t need to be anything crazy either. When I used to work from home at a previous job, I would just put on one of the company jackets I was issued. Mostly out of convenience for “cameras on” meetings, but it meant I could just wear whatever I wanted underneath. End of day, I take it off, no need to change into any other clothes or do extra laundry.
I have some sweaters that are mentally labeled as “work only”. No idea why, but they feel “professional” in a branch of work where people pretty much show up with dressing discards
Actually there is some valid advice on dressing up a little because it helps with the work/life separation. I never did it because I like work and life blending (I enjoy teaching and doing research and I have zero decorum anyway) but psychologically, cues like your clothes can help set the mindset.
The same is true for location, too. Don’t work from bed unless you want that shit keeping you up at night.
Kind of similarly, my wife tends to come home from work and get changed right into her pajamas, and I think that kind of flips a mental switch for her saying that she’s done doing stuff for the day, and so she kind of struggles to get any chores done after work or on her days off. She also kind of has trouble sleeping sometimes.
I tend to get dressed and stay that way until it’s time for bed, and I feel that I tend to be a bit more productive at home than her.
And I feel like that kind of helps create more of a mental divide. If I’m up and wearing clothes it’s time to get stuff done, if I’m wearing pajamas it’s time to relax and get ready for bed.
I have sorry home t-shirts and better going out and about t-shirts. On work days I put on a better t-shirt.
And it doesn’t need to be anything crazy either. When I used to work from home at a previous job, I would just put on one of the company jackets I was issued. Mostly out of convenience for “cameras on” meetings, but it meant I could just wear whatever I wanted underneath. End of day, I take it off, no need to change into any other clothes or do extra laundry.
I have some sweaters that are mentally labeled as “work only”. No idea why, but they feel “professional” in a branch of work where people pretty much show up with dressing discards