The working from home thread: tips and advice

I'm freelance so I WFH and set my own hours. My experience and tips are slightly different. Having to deal with kids at home significantly changes things.

1. I work around the home. Some time at my small desk, some at the kitchen table, some work on the settee.
   
2. I can't have music when I'm working, even instrumental. That's just me.
   
3. Agree on the getting dressed thing.
   
4. At the start of a day, I'll split my day up by hours and give myself tasks to complete/work on in that hour. That might be a piece of work or could be a home chore or errand out of the house.
   
5. One of the reasons I went freelance is it gives me time to work on other things that are not work.
   
6. Because my in-laws look after my son at home Mon/Tues, I have found a shared workspace to go to on those days. The commute focuses me and contact with others helps. Working in cafes becomes very expensive very quickly, and concentrating is hard.
   
7. I have had to set myself limits on social media. I get distracted too easily.
   
8. I could never imagine going back to full time now either.
   
9. I don't bother with video on calls ever. I think one person has queried it and I just said my wifi's not up to it.