My roommate and I both work from home now and we've never established boundaries about noise, calls, or shared spaces during work hours. We're both trying to be considerate but we're also both getting frustrated in ways we haven't talked about, and I can feel tension building over small things that probably aren't actually about those small things.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people sharing space are discovering that good intentions aren't enough without explicit agreements about needs and limits.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.