Your Brain Thinks Your Whole Home Is One Room

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it constantly in work-from-home, burnout and procrastination threads as practical advice for separating work from life at home.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

CGP Grey

Topic

working from home

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

17

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• If you can setup a dedicated work area, even if it's temporary, do it and restrict work to that space. That means you only use that space for work, and don't use the rest of your home. Your sofa is for relaxing, don't let work …

• I'm doing well. Ironically I think I'm doing better now than I would have been if the pandemic didn't happen; but still not in a particularly good position. Optimistic, though! If you're struggling, it's probably because the systems that you put in place at the …

• "Spaceship You" by CGP Grey has been a really powerful re-calibration tool for me whenever I feel unbalanced: [VIDEO]