Home office: The number one threat to getting things done!
Yeah, your kids!
A new home office is going to be a magnet for the little rascals. All that new furniture to investigate and just what is Mummy/Daddy doing in there all the time?
Even once your office is established and you’ve been working from home for a while, your little one is going to be wanting to pop in all the time to update you on how they’ve managed to stick a whole pencil up their nose and can you guess what Elmo is doing today?
Some rules are needed. Make sure your home office has a door and lay down this simple rule: if the door is open they are allowed in, if it’s shut, they’re not. It works. Make sure the door is open now and again so they can come and see you - having a break with them when it suits you allows you to go undisturbed when you really need to be.
Going one better than just having an open/shut door: why not create a big picture to pin up outside your office to show them when it’s OK to come in? Something like a smiley face for when it’s OK and a sad face when it’s not.