Sutton comedy star's tips on how to survive working from home

Coronavirus has impacted all of our lives, writes Steve N Allen.
Steve N Allen knows all about working from home.Steve N Allen knows all about working from home.
Steve N Allen knows all about working from home.

Not too long ago most of us couldn’t wait to get home, kick off our shoes and have a nice glass of wine.

These days all we want is to get home, wash our hands and give our faces a darn good touch.

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I had no idea I enjoyed touching my face so much, I don’t know why it feels so good.

I’d give it some thought but that would lead to chin stroking and that’ll be outlawed soon.

In fact I have started to boycott KFC because of the fears of finger licking.

All of us will see some changes in our day to day lives and if that can help this pandemic then we should be happy to sacrifice some things.

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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak said of the Covid-19 crisis, 'we will get through this together', which rather makes it look like he doesn’t understand what self-isolating is.

If you are working from home because of this virus, let me help.

As a freelance writer I have worked from home for many years.

There are some simple things you can do to make it easier.

Make home feel like a day in the office.

Getting dressed will feel unnecessary but if you sit around in your PJs all day it puts you in the mindset to watch daytime TV.

As a bare minimum put clothes on your top half.

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You’ll be in a mood to work and you’ll look passable on a Skype call as long as you don’t stand up to reach for something.

Another big problem when you are at home is you own everything in the nearest fridge and it can be tempting to pop to it for regular snacks.

Make your fridge more like one you’d find in an office - go and spill some milk in it now.

By the time the coronavirus infection rate peaks in ten to 14 weeks time, your fridge will have the cheesy whiff of an office fridge and it will put you off eating every time you open the door.

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Don’t let people know you’re working from home because if they do, they will treat you as available to help.

You’ll be asked to nip to the shops, sign for post, do their bidding.

They think, 'you’ve been at home all day, why couldn’t you help', but you’re at work.

If you really want working at home to feel like going into the office take an hour or so every morning and evening to go and sit in the car and swear at people.