A FIELD GUIDE FOR LIFE & WORK ON PLANET HOME
BY INNA MAKOTERSKA & MASHA SHARLAYHouston,
we work
from home.
Finding your feet when the world feels upside down? A little space wisdom can help.
Meet your survival guideTake a peek inside ↓51° OF UNCERTAINTY
New mission.YOUR CO-PILOT, THE COSMIC PUG
You didn’t train
for this mission.
One day, you’re at the office. The next, you’ve been launched into the unfamiliar universe of working from home. Your crew is on a screen. Your kitchen is mission control.
Meet Homestranaut: an illustrated guide to staying connected, building useful routines, and working together when normal life goes off-script.
Small, practical lessons. Human advice. A reassuringly unqualified space pug.
02 / CHECK YOUR EQUIPMENT
A little less lost.
A lot more equipped.
Inspired by astronauts’ one-pagers:
essential knowledge, ready when you need it.
Understand sudden change, reset your focus, and give your team a direction when the old map stops making sense.
CHANGE · FOCUS · GROWTH MINDSETBuild a shared information space, agree on availability, and make check-ins and meetings useful to the people in them.
COMMUNICATION · TEAM CHARTERS · MEETINGSGive your day a shape. Explore practical ways to prioritize, protect focused time, and leave a clear record of your work.
SELF-ORGANIZATION · GOALS · FOCUS TIMEPractice feedback, make space for honest conversations, and keep the human connections that help a remote team feel like a team.
TRUST · FEEDBACK · CONNECTIONTRY THIS BEFORE YOUR NEXT CALL
Less “Are you there?”
More “Here’s the plan.”
Agree on a simple team charter: when you’re available, where updates live, and which channel is for what. Write it down. Let everyone help shape it.
03 / MEET THE HUMANS
Made on Earth.
With care, from Ukraine.
We’re Inna and Masha. We wrote and illustrated Homestranaut during COVID, when everyday life suddenly felt like a space mission nobody had signed up for.
The book grew out of a simple wish: to make useful knowledge easier to reach, and difficult days a little less lonely.
Today, we’re bringing that spirit forward—for people working remotely through uncertainty, disruption, and the very real demands of life.
Read the original introduction ↗
DIFFERENT ORBITS. ONE CREW.
YOUR NEXT SMALL STEP
Bring a little
space wisdom
back to Earth.
A practical, illustrated companion for remote work.
Keep it close. Share the ideas with your crew.