If you find yourself working from home, it can be sometimes distracting and staying productive isn’t always easy. Here are some essential tips to maintaining your well-being and keeping productivity high while away from the office:
Get ready for the day as if you’re heading to the office. This means setting the alarm, getting dressed, making a cup of coffee and others things you would normally do in your morning ritual.
By keeping your work and home life separate, even if that means working from home, you set yourself up for a much more efficient working day and eliminate distractions. This is why a designated working space is imperative to sustained focus. Schedule your separate work/life times and keep that space for working hours only to boost overall morale.
Create a daily schedule that highlights your routine. There are lots of apps designed to act as little personal assistants to help you with appointments, habit tracking and optimising schedules. Alternatively, you can keep it old fashioned and put it into writing.
Manage work-life balance by thinking of them as two complementary states of mind. Wrap up the day by putting work materials aside and make time to wind down after working hours. It’s important to recognise that everyone is on the same boat as you but by setting reasonable boundaries, you set up the work transition to finding balance.
