I have found creating a fake commute is the only way to make it work. Basically I have a walk that I do that gets me 'to' and 'from' the office (a shed in the garden) - which adds up to just under 10k steps a day. I've actually got my colleagues on board and I regularly call into standup whilst on my 'commute'. I found early on that I wasn't very motivated to get out of bed 25 mins early so I have also started making essential chores part of the routine - getting the morning coffee or food for dinner en route. I also experimented with forfits where I would have to jog 2x the commute in the evening if I didn't do the morning, which I haven't actually had to do for some time.
I did something similar for walks and replaced the evening commute back with cycling on Zwift. I finish work then jump on the bike in my office, and it allows me to break up the work day and the start of my evening. It's been very effective for my health over the past two years.
I did try doing more stuff at home, but I also crave that 'decompression' between work mode and home mode. After doing a 'commute' outside the house I was so much less inclined to check if I had any more emails etc.
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I have found creating a fake commute is the only way to make it work. Basically I have a walk that I do that gets me 'to' and 'from' the office (a shed in the garden) - which adds up to just under 10k steps a day. I've actually got my colleagues on board and I regularly call into standup whilst on my 'commute'. I found early on that I wasn't very motivated to get out of bed 25 mins early so I have also started making essential chores part of the routine - getting the morning coffee or food for dinner en route. I also experimented with forfits where I would have to jog 2x the commute in the evening if I didn't do the morning, which I haven't actually had to do for some time.
I did something similar for walks and replaced the evening commute back with cycling on Zwift. I finish work then jump on the bike in my office, and it allows me to break up the work day and the start of my evening. It's been very effective for my health over the past two years.
I did try doing more stuff at home, but I also crave that 'decompression' between work mode and home mode. After doing a 'commute' outside the house I was so much less inclined to check if I had any more emails etc.