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I met a guy that was in your situation.

He would wake up with an alarm clock, shower, get dressed "properly", eat etc. Then leave the house and walk in a predetermined path around the block to arrive back at his house for "work". When work was over (at a set time) he would get up, leave the house again, walk the path in reverse, and arrive "home".

ymmv.

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Did this for a while. For anyone trying this, make sure the path is decently long (15min is nice in my experience), and that you build it into your morning routine - for me, I was not allowed to take my coffee before going for the walk.

Lol same idea... except that the morning commute was getting coffee. There were 2-3 places near me, and a 4th that is kinda far, so I'd throw in an extra around-the-block if I went to a closer one.

But yeah, get out, get moving. Inertia, man.

One other thing that can help is if you have a badge, lanyard or work clothes you put them on when you start work and take them off when you finish as you might in the office as normal. Assuming you work in an office that is.

lanyard

Hah! I just realized, I haven't seen my lanyard / "dork badge" in like 4 months. If/when we are asked to return to the office, I'll probably never find the darn thing.

Funny, I've not even used my work backpack in months now. Last I remember I put my badge in one of the pockets. I assume it's still there...

I follow the same routine. Make sure to hug the kids and never let them in the room. I realized the walk makes quite a big difference, especially with cabin fever in quarantine.

This is fantastic, going to try it out tomorrow

If you can, use a bike instead of walking for the same amount of time - you might love the long-term results.

I was going to suggest to take a walk, but this is even better.

Very good way to avoid burnouts

this is actually a nice idea, I'll try that.

I love this.

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