What you do in the mornings, before starting work, matters. We can talk endlessly about the exact details of a morning routine (or ritual, if you like), but regardless of what you do, my suggestion is that it’s best not to launch straight into work. Sometimes you may have to, or that may suit you just fine, in which case no problem. It’s more likely, however, that you’ll want to find a good way of easing yourself into the working day. In particular, for the days you are working from home, you need something to replace the commute, which used to be the clear separator between home life and work life.
