Do You Have These Tools in Your Home Office?

Columnist Steve Brewer enumerated some items that one with a home office should always be with:

A thermal mug, which will reduce the number of times you must run to the kitchen for more coffee. A mug with a lid can prevent expensive spills into the computer.

A set of screwdrivers. For making adjustments to your ancient swivel chair, repairing your eyeglasses or opening your computer tower, so you can do some real damage to what's inside.

Duct tape has a thousand uses, including emergency hair removal and securing the occasional splint.

Nail clippers. With no co-workers around, you can do your personal grooming right at your desk. Avoid letting the flying shards land in your keyboard.

A lobster bib. We work-at-home types tend to eat at our desks.

A threadbare bathrobe, for pulling on in a hurry when the FedEx driver rings the doorbell.

A yo-yo, paddle-ball or other time-wasting toy. Because nobody's watching.

Earplugs, for those times when children are in the house.

Solitaire, "Tetris" or other computer games. Everybody needs to take a break occasionally, right? Even if those "breaks" last for hours.

A calendar and/or a "to-do" list. You need organization and goal-setting in a home office. Otherwise, you waste all day watching old episodes of "The Munsters."

A box of tissues. Using your sleeve is gross, even if no one's watching.

Notepads, for doodling.

A music delivery system of some sort, in case you feel like dancing.

A sharp knife for opening packages. Also handy for slitting your wrists when you realize you've missed yet another deadline.

Finally, the most important device of all. Your home office needs a door so you can shut out your family and the rest of the world.

As for me, I can't live without these.

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