Take This Quiz To Find Out What You Need to Change About Your Work-From-Home Setup

By now, those who have switched from office to remote life have most likely carved out a place (or several) where they hunker down and work from home. However, as creatures of habit, you might not realize that the workspace design you’ve cultivated is actually harming your productivity and health—and that’s where this work from home ergonomic assessment comes in. 

Furniture company Herman Miller has created a quiz that helps you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your current workspace. By asking a series of questions bucketed into various categories—Environment, Physical Support, and Ways of Working—the quiz will tell give you suggestions on ways to change it to maximize your focus and wellbeing.

The first part is about the environment you work in, asking questions about your current surroundings. It asks you to pick what description best fits your workspace, who you share it with, what kind of light you get, what noises surrounded you throughout the day, if you have any plants, if you have dedicated work furniture, and how stable your tech/WiFi network is.

Next is all about the support that is linked to your physical wellbeing. The questions range from describing your keyboard situation to your sitting style and any discomfort you’ve taken note of while working. It also asks you things related to screen time, such as how close you sit to your screen, how many monitors you use, and if you wear glasses. 

Last but not least is the “Ways of Working” section, which tackles what your current challenges of your work from home situation is and how you tell yourself when it’s time to move around in your space (if you do). 

Then, its results time. The quiz calculates a score out of 100 percent to determine how healthy and productive your setup is for you. And below your percentage, it lists out expert-approved recommendations on how to improve each category—whether you need a little change or a whole lot of it.

My personal takeaways: find a consistent work surface and chair, and also schedule times for breaks so I don’t forget. Oh, and apparently I need to add more plants, which I’m not mad about.