If you are working at home, if at all possible try to set yourself a regular timetable – even if due to childcare or other reasons this is not your normal one.  It can be very tempting to work long hours or at random hours, even in your pyjamas if you want to catch up or capture some ideas late at night or early morning.  This can lead to mental health or muscular-skeletal problems.

It is unlikely that the equipment you have at home will be as good as the equipment in the office.  If this is, or becomes, a problem you should work in the office if at all possible.

For health and safety tips – see here.

For mental health tips – it can be very helpful to identify ways you can mark a transition from home to work time and back to home time again – e.g. keeping your laptop in a room that you shut when you are not working, or if this is not possible putting it away and out of sight. 

At the end of your day, identify something you can do that signals to your mind that your work is finished if you are able to do so.  This could be your daily exercise (e.g. an evening walk), a game of football with your child; or it could be a cup of coffee or tea with a family member (virtually if you are living alone and cannot go out), a regular episode of a television series, or a hot bath.  Whatever it is the important thing is that you do it every day so you sub-consciously recognise the transition to a wind-down time – even for those people who may still need to pick up an important email or phone call.  

You can find some mental health and overall wellbeing tips here.