Are you enjoying your work-from-home lifestyle? This is indeed an attractive option for many traditional employees and entrepreneurs. You can wear anything you want, set your own hours, and maximize your skillset and time.
The thing is, working from the comforts of your home carries tons of risks. It’s filled with hundreds of distractions, from pets and family members to errands, chores and television. It’s almost impossible to enjoy a nap. Once those distractions dominate your productivity, energy and time, you’re in some real trouble.
How can you help yourself? Here are some ways to stay productive and focused.
- Come up with your own space.
Working on the couch and toting a laptop around is part of the freedom of working from your own home. However, when you scatter your tasks around, your ideas, papers and thoughts get scattered, too. It’s okay to move around, but select a spot that will house your tools, files and technology. It should be accessed easily.
- Make it pretty.
Bring your work space to life with the help of some artwork, organizational tools and favorite photos. Consider this workstation as your lifeline, since you will be spending many hours there every day.
- Stick to a strict schedule.
The wonder of working at home is that you can maximize your time, and choose when you work. When are you most creative and productive? Determine your best and worst hours and work with them consistently.
- Use an iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard.
Many people use a Bluetooth keyboard with a tablet to be more productive. How? Simple. Because it’s so hard to have 20 million tabs open while working on a mobile gadget.
- Make a calendar.
How do you know what to focus on each day? Things may get overwhelming. It’s highly recommended to start a calendar to remind you of every important thing. If you’re a digital marketer, it can be a social media calendar or a content creation one. If you’re an author, it can be an editorial calendar. To make it even more helpful, put more structure around it.
- Stay human.
It’s fine to move away from the screens, sometimes. Start an interesting hobby. You can also hit up online networking events or work at co-working spaces. Focus on work, but maintain a healthy balance.
- Work while listening to background music.
Finding your house to be too quiet? If you’re used to listening to background noise in the office, look for some playlists that will help you focus. The best ones are on Spotify!
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