Hang the laundry out | It's really not so bad if staff do non-work tasks while working from home - it can benefit their mental health

There’s nothing like the smell of fresh laundry when the washing has been on the line.

Second only to the smell of a roast dinner, or your favourite perfume. And when the weather does allow us a moment of sun this summer, laundry is one of the things I love to do when I’m working from home.

Hanging the washing on the line – and seeing it blow in the breeze from the window by my desk in my home office – is such a simple pleasure but one that I feel actually lowers my heartrate. For you it might be something like dusting the shelves, or perhaps it’s about sorting out a corner of the kitchen while the kettle boils for that mid-morning cuppa and getting lost in a sort out of a drawer of old utensils.

Or perhaps it’s wrapping a birthday present, tidying up an area of your home office space, or making a phone call that needs to be in work hours. (Meh when it’s the bank, yay when it’s to follow up on a hotel booking for that mini break).