I think coworking spaces are overrated for actual productivity

I tried the whole coworking desk thing for 3 months in Chiang Mai and honestly it did nothing for my focus. The constant background chatter and people walking past made it hard to get into a flow state. What actually worked for me was renting a cheap studio apartment with a separate desk area for $250 a month instead of paying $150 for a hot desk. I get more done in 4 hours at home than I did in 8 hours at a coworking spot. Has anyone else ditched the coworking trend and found better results working from their rental?

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blairwhite14d ago

Honestly the social pressure to network there kinda kills deep work for me.

emery96514d ago

Whoa wait, you spent $250 on a whole studio apartment with a separate desk area? That's actually wild to me because I've been paying $200 a month for a hot desk in a coworking spot in Bali and now I feel like I'm getting ripped off. I mean, for just $50 more you got your own private space with zero distractions and probably way better internet. I'm genuinely shocked people are still paying those coworking prices when you can just rent a whole place to yourself for barely more. The constant chatter and people walking by really does mess with your head, I never could get anything done with that going on either. Maybe I need to look into this studio apartment idea instead of throwing money at these coworking places.