Working from Home in Wichita

Remote work suits Wichita. Living costs are reasonable, the commute is whatever you make it, and you can be out of the city and into open country in under half an hour. Working well from an apartment takes a little planning.

Separate work from home, even without a spare room. A desk that faces a wall rather than the sofa, a chair used only for work, a laptop put away at the end of the day. The boundary matters more than the space.

Take the light seriously. A desk near a window beats a bigger desk in a dark corner. Add a lamp for winter afternoons, and put a light behind your screen rather than behind you for video calls.

Leave the building daily. A walk before you start work does the job a commute used to do - it marks the beginning of the day.

Have a second place to work: a coffee shop or library to retreat to when the walls close in.

Check your internet before you commit. If your work depends on video calls, connection quality is worth asking about before signing a lease anywhere.