I did.  And it caused me what I now call Mess Stress.  Anxiety even.  I actually couldn’t relax on my time off because I was constantly thinking I should be sorting it out.  It affected my ability to enjoy time with my family.  Because either I tidied – meaning I felt guilty about the time away from my family – or I didn’t do it …

Like no other time, worklife and homelife have merged. A bit like the mullet: business at the front, party at the back. Except that party is probably your kids ‘learning’ in the background while you attempt the team meeting. And even if you don’t have kids, who doesn’t have their kitchen table reconditioned into a workstation? I began Serenely Sorted after I started working from …