The standing desk folded out of the van — the office is wherever you make it.
I bolted a standing desk to the side of my van. It folds out, holds a laptop, and turns a parking lot into a conference room.
The point isn't the desk. The point is what it says: the office is wherever you make it.
/ Remote Work Wasn't About the House
Remote work was sold as "work from home." What it actually unlocked was "work from anywhere" — and "anywhere" turns out to be a van, a standing desk, and a view that changes every day.
The part people get wrong is which half matters. The location is easy. The setup is the hard part. A real desk, a real chair, a real routine — those are what make remote work sustainable, not just possible. Without them, "work from anywhere" becomes "work badly, everywhere."
/ The Setup Is the Discipline
The desk is a small thing, but it's a commitment. It says: even when I'm parked somewhere with no walls, the work still gets a dedicated surface. The same rule applies to a real office — the environment is a promise you make to the work.
The van is the office now. And the office, it turns out, was always a state of mind.
Until the next run out — work hard, play hard.