What You Need To Know When Working From Home
How to synchronize your biological clock using light
Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.
Douglas Horton
The pandemic has changed the working habits of millions of people around the globe. For many, remote work has quickly turned from an emergency solution to the new status quo, with many companies offering their employees much more permanent flexibility when it comes to the question of the workplace.
Getting up in the morning and facing a long and potentially traffic-jammed drive or a walk through cold and rain makes it tempting to just stay at home, to remain in the cozy confines of your bed for a little longer, and then sit down at the desk straight away.
But as much as we all appreciate the ancient technology of having a roof over our heads, this roof is tremendously effective at blocking out light, light that science shows our brains desperately need every morning. And while we have invented a lot of artificial ways of illuminating the world, there is nothing quite like the sun shining into our eyes.
Our brains need light to figure out what time it is, and our brains need to figure out what time it is to set our biological clocks. We are creatures of rhythm, of routine. We are born into a world of…
