What are you guys doing to maintain WFH balance?

We recently moved from hybrid to full time remote. Some people still go into the office to maintain some balance, if I was a smidge closer I would likely continue to commute as well.

We went from 5x/week to 100% WFH 2020-2022, then hybrid 2022-2026, now permanently WFH – I declined in both productivity & balance from ’20-’22. I never found anything that worked for me. I’m distracted here and it makes me hate being home because home is my career 100% of the time. Plus, home is where everything I love is haha. It’s a fun & relaxing place-the last thing I ever want to think about here is work.

I’ve been trying to come up with routines to stick to and stay in “work mode” – my job is stressful, so it’s not one where working from home provides any type of benefit other than the lack of commute. There’s no downtime (of note, I love my job & the pay compensates the stress adequately), I’m not getting ahead on any chores.

I have a spare room that I’m trying to transform into an office and nothing more, keeping the door shut and off limits unless I’m working. I know that people enjoy being comfortable during work in sweats etc., but the idea of getting dressed for work is the only separation I can think of in the morning. I’ve been considered packing a lunch the same as I would for work, and trying to focus on having the whole “5-9 before my 9-5” routine.

I’m closer to losing my mind with WFH, so if anyone has any tips I’m all ears. Also have ADHD for any sort of context.