If you have read this, you will never want to work from bed again.

Yes, I think: I'll just throw it in right away. Also for myself, because since corona I've been working from bed quite often. It's tempting to pull that laptop onto my lap. But actually, all research points to the same thing: it's an extremely bad idea. Why?

The balance between work and private life is going down the drain

That line becomes blurry when you work from bed. Especially if you are prone to working late into the night, it's not a smart idea for you. According to The Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard, your brain makes a connection between your bed and work, even when it's time to sleep. You get it: there goes your night's rest.

It leads to lower productivity
When your body goes into such a ‘lazy’ mode at work, do you really think you're going to bring up your inner fire during your tasks? No, right?

You're applying for a hernia
I used to joke about it all the time. ‘People, if I don't get bedsores, then I don't know anymore.’ Until I saw what a bedsore was at my grandma's, and people shouldn't make jokes about that at all. Just like about hernias, by the way. Extremely painful. No matter how fluffy and nice your bed is, in the long run, working with such a weird curvature in your back leads to physical complaints. You won't feel much of it in the first few weeks, until it suddenly starts to tingle and feels sore at your tailbone. And then you're further from home.

And it can get worse: it negatively affects your sex life
Sleep experts agree: keep your bedroom as a space for intimacy and sleep. That's it. The more you use your screen in the bedroom, the more your sex life will suffer.

So, also a little note to self: choose wisely, my dear.