Where do You Work? | Freelance Business Chat | Writing Forum

We've mentioned freelance offices a couple of times here recently. First LaToya Irby, a regular contributor to our blog, mentioned that dedicated work space can be a common sacrifice when you move from full-time work to freelancing. And here on the forums, I mentioned some changes I made to my own office and how little changes in my work space have a huge impact on the work I do. 

So today let's talk about your work space. Are you fortunate enough to have an office where you can close yourself off to focus on work? Do you have a work space set up in another room -- dedicated space even if not a whole room? Do you work at the kitchen table or some other temporary location where you have to work around the rest of the family? Do you work in different places depending on the day, the weather, or your mood?

Tell us where you work now, and what you would change if you could.

Jenn

I don't even know if I could handle sharing office space occasionally. I've gotten so used to working alone. Last night I was sitting in my office and the hubby was curled up in a chair in the room. Every little noise was driving me crazy -- from his stomach grumbling to the cat kneading a blanket because he was petting her. And I wasn't even working! I think I was just born to be a hermit. 

One of my laptop batteries was crap too. I got a relatively inexpensive replacement online with twice the advertised life. And I went from under two hours of life to over four, and that's with lousy settings (I keep my monitor bright on that machine because the maximum brightness isn't all that much). Not only did it help with battery life, but those are larger batteries. So they lift the back of the laptop as if you put it on a laptop stand. And that's more ergonomic. Much more comfortable to type. Close to the best $30 or so I've spent on office stuff. Might be worth looking around.

That's what my hubby does too, and he's hoping to eventually work from home full-time. Out of curiosity, do you collaborate on any projects? We're working on a small one for now. But I'm hoping we get to do that a bit more.

lol Definitely. We'll have the opposite here. He's working on Wordpress plugins for now, and mostly for my business until he has a good portfolio (he's also new to that, so he's learning as he goes). And I've already started spreading the word among my clients (big Wordpress users), so we're hoping that will help him get started. It's just tough because he's on a limited schedule while he has his full-time job, and he can't work in his current industry as long as he has that job. 

It's nice seeing other couples work in a similar way though. Gives me hope it'll work out well.

Jenn