Home is a Haven. Work needs to leave the home.

The best decision I've made for 2026 is leaving remote work behind. Home is home. Work is work. Remote work made sense during the pandemic. It doesn't anymore. I thought it would be more efficient and flexible. It wasn't. Like most people in California, I don't have space for a dedicated home office. The office invaded my bedroom. The cost became clear: blurring home and work wasn't healthy. Without separation, everything runs together.

Work never fully stops. Rest never fully starts.

Keeping them separate isn't avoidance—it's necessary. Home should be a place to recover and connect. Nothing there needs to be optimized. Work needs focus and intention. It needs a space that says: you're here to build. When the spaces are distinct, the work is clearer and home feels like home again.

This isn't about productivity. It's about respecting boundaries. Different spaces. Different purposes. Clean transitions.

Home becomes a haven. Work gets to be work.

And I can show up fully to both.