Most weekday mornings, Cate Scott Campbell, who runs her own communications company, logs onto a coworking session from the comfort of her home to kick-start her day. The 50-minute sessions, on a platform called Groove, create a virtual space for her to get her tasks done alongside up to three strangers. The work is bookended by check-ins with the other participants, to talk about goals and then report back on how much was accomplished.

“It’s really helped me understand how long things actually take to get done,” Campbell says. “It’s a good way to catch that momentum in the morning and get the day off and running.”

In her daily Groove session, Campbell typically completes tasks like organizing her to-do lists and replying to emails, helped by the fact that there are other people in the session to hold her accountable in a low-stakes way, which she says was the impetus for her to join the platform. Otherwise, she says, working from home often lacked the structure she needed to get things done.

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