Must haves to work from home?

[Piero]

What are your WFH essentials, came across this reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/WFH/comments/olaawe/what_are_your_workfromhome_essentials/) which is a bit old but it has some goodies.  

Personally, I love my standing desk, another monitor, and AirPods as a must-have.

What are your choices?

[Natis_Jimm]

Big big water bottle is a must, monitor, and good healthy snacks to avoid temptations in kitchen 😛 

[Gabriele]

• Natural light
• A full battery
• Headphones
• The option to move around (from work desk to kitchen table, to couch, to balcony, for example...)

[Daisy81]

ohhh, lots of great lists already here! +1 to a big water bottle, standing desk and natural light! I just started this work-from-home lifestyle, so this is super helpful to me, too! 

I'd say something that I didn't think I'd really use but that I reach for often are ear plugs. I do have noise cancelling air pods, but sometimes when I need to be in deep focus and music feels distracting, I pop in the ear plugs and it just helps me zen out/focus. 

If anyone has home exercise equipment they're really into, I'd love to know what it is! I've been thinking about those under the desk cycling or walking machines but I worry I'll get bored of it lol 

[robin]

What earplugs do you use? I got fancy loop earplugs but hear way too much inwards (? if that makes sense). Like I hear my mouth move and such.

[Daisy81]

ohhh i use the Loop Quiet ones, but I never really noticed hearing my mouth. I mostly use them when I'm working at a cafe, so it dulls the noise and that helps me a lot. When I'm home, I don't often use them (because I have an irrational fear that someone will break in and I won't hear it?? is that weird?). Does changing the plug size help at all? 

[robin]

> Does changing the plug size help at all? 

This actually did help lol. The default medium silicon tips fitted alright so I never bothered to try the other sizes/materials. Thanks!

> is that weird?

Nah. You do you.

[StefanaZ]

For me, it's a water bottle (otherwise I probably wouldn't remember to drink water at all), a laptop stand, and a desk planner (because I always have something to write down as a reminder).

Btw, does anyone else find it easier to focus with headphones? Even if I'm not playing anything... 🤣

[MarkAP]

Lights. I have three lights on to stay awake, coffee doesnt do it for me anymore LOL. 

[kayleighcarter]

standing desk & walking pad! I've found that it's so easy for me to just sit all day, the walking pad allows me to get a lot of steps in and keep me moving. I love walking on it while I'm getting some work done, or sometimes when I'm in a meeting (it helps me focus).

[daryldy]

Which walking pad would you recommend? I've been shopping around 😛

[DonPablitoV]

Wi-Fi, Mate and a pair of headsets. That might work

[Daisy81]

haha yes I'd agree having a good wifi connection is truly what makes WFH possible 😂

[zerocool4u2]

For me, noise-cancelling headphones are a must-have. I got the Bose 700 a couple of years ago, and it really helped to reduce my stress levels. Best investment I done.

[Daisy81]

oh! this is great to know @zerocool4u2 - my air pod pros recently starting going crazy (like, a ton of static in just one bud), so I've been looking to see what else is out there for solid noise cancelling headphones. Thanks for the recco

[zerocool4u2]

around that time the best value for money were the bose 700 together with the sony 1000xm4(or something like that). The sony was supposed to have a little better noise cancelling support, but in the end I just liked the bose's design more.
There have to be better options these days, but I have to say that I'm pretty happy with them overall 

[burtondean]

Laptop stand

Good headphones

Footrest

A good 2nd monitor if you need it! 

[dagasonhackason]

Awesome 😁