A timer for the breaks is probably quite a good thing as I can imagine wandering away and getting caught up in a million things and 'forgettting' to come back!
I think you are right that a lot of creative folk end up doing the old barista thing. In the old days it used to be working behind a bar but I think defo more are doing coffee shop work. I can imagine it being more fun that being chained to a desk.
I think it will last for a while but it is killing the inner cities as they have lost masses of foot fall and loads of companies are ditching their office space. I am hoping to do no more than 50% in the office as I quite like sitting in my underwear Hive'ing whilst working :OD
I don't blame you, I enjoy that too, tho minus the underware...no wait that didn't come out right, let's say many more layers on top of that haha...New England Winters are more about heavy dressing gowns and wooly slippers for lounging haha. Tho, honestly, I have to be 'dressed for the day' as I learned a long time ago as a 'work at home' if I confuse 'work' part of day with 'lounge' it gets blurred and stuff doesn't get done, ah well.
Good luck with that 50percent at home!
Cities are in for a big Redo , one I don't entirely approve of, but the future comes at us whether we like it or not I suppose.
I do agree with the old dressing for work. At least in something that is different from normal lounge about wear or pyjamas!! Otherwise everything fries get too blurred and you just pay about in your pants doing nothing all day!!