Home-Office Life and Its Discontents

nytimes.com
By RALPH GARDNER Jr.
Published: January 3, 2008

BEFORE they were married in September, Nicci Young and Richard Wiese first had to split up. The problem was not romantic, but spatial: Ms. Young Wiese, who organizes community development safaris to Africa, and Mr. Wiese, a writer and explorer, found that their Upper East Side one-bedroom was not big enough for the two of them after both decided to work from home.

“He kept talking to me about his work, which is very interesting, but it was really taking time out of my workday,” Ms. Young Wiese said. “And when I was alone there was a sense of loneliness and procrastination.”

Mr. Wiese, who is writing a how-to book about exploration for teenagers, acknowledged the problem. “Nicci tends to be a lot more intense,” he said. “Especially with lighter work, I can be watching a ballgame. If I saw a funny e-mail coming through I’d want to share it. I’d get these glances from her, like, ‘I’m working!’”
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