I've had to balance looking after my young child and doing work from home, so it has been a real challenge so far.

What I have tried to focus on is treating work as normal as possible, as normal as can be when considering I am working from my conservatory with a 10 month-old crawling around me. But what has helped me get in the right working mindset are these really useful tips, I bet they'd work for doing schoolwork too for younger people:

• Wearing staff uniform (including staff badge, might seem daft but it helps!).
• Wearing work shoes.
• Going for a walk before and after work (although your walks may be limited with new measures in places).
• Creating a non-distracting work environment - I found early on that I couldn't really work from my bed.

- Will, 24

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