Stephen Berkley - Work From Home: How to be Efficient, Energized, & Focused When Working from Home

By Stephen Berkley

Copyright 2019

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Contents

Many companies are executing mandatory or voluntary homework policies in the middle of the new coronavirus outbreak. This implies most of us are going through a particular issue: working full time from home in a manner that we have never seen before.

Although we may have previously done this, working from home due to the coronavirus outbreak may seem like an entirely different world: it probably happened suddenly. It could last for a more extended period instead of just a short-term outbreak (and you are not sure when it will stop). Your entire company is affected. And you are unable to meet with other people who are not co-workers.

The following information will help you succeed in effectively performing your official work at home and keeping your psychological health:

This could appear like an easy thing to do, but it is essential. Before I got to work in my current position, I worked eight months from home when my full-time regular office work turned into a remote role without much warning. I was tempted to spend the entire day in my pajamas, but the days that I yielded to temptation, I started my work much slower, and my overall productivity was low.

There is no need to dress like you were going to work formally; however, the simple act of switching your clothes is an indicator that this is the time to get out of bed and work. Do not overlook the influence of putting on good looking clothes appropriate for public situations.

The clothes give you human feelings and boost your confidence and draws the important line between working tasks and staying at home, explained Heather Yurovsky, the career coach for Muse and the founding owner of Shatter & Shine.

Feeling human could look like a strange thing to be thinking actively of; however, at times like this, it is crucial, as the intricacies of your daily routines appear to cut you off your typical life as well as the actual world.

Dressing up also applies to various other tasks that help enhance your appearance: Take your shower, get your hair brushed, and even get makeup on your face, if thats your thing. You need not complete every task like you were going to the office; however, leaving the bed and maintaining your look can help you feel the good mood that accompanies self-care.

Apart from that, because you have to work from home does not mean that nobody will get to see you. It is 2020, and people everywhere are having numerous video meetings.

Among the most crucial challenges of working from a distance is differentiating between your home and work lives. For several people, it gets blurry, explained Lynn Berger, a career coach with Muse that specializes in assisting people in making a change in their careers. If you are not disconnected from work, you will have low work productivity, and your life at home will also suffer.

If you are accustomed to rushing to work every day, the distinction between home and work is physical, and you must recreate this as fast as you can with a particular physical work area in your home. You may not welcome the thought of a different room for your home office, for someone like me who live in a little apartment. Currently, I am writing this post from my room, which is my office, living room, dining room, and kitchen all rolled into one. Your work area does not have to be a particular room at my apartment, it is just an ordinary corner however, this should as much as possible be different from the rest of the home.

Try making your work area comfortable by having a chair that will allow you to work for about eight hours per day. You could have around too, few decorations. Look for a location that is adequately lit with natural sunlight. Despite when you do not stay outdoors for a long time, adjusting to life without some time outdoors like when going to and coming back from work can start affecting you adversely, and this may occur pretty rapidly if you have no access to natural light.

Entering your place of work will enable you to turn on early in the day and swiftly begin working. On the other side, exiting your area of work will still help you to turn off after the days work and tune out. This is the reason; it is crucial to not extend your workspace all over the house - while it could be a great idea to take your work to the bed, by the time that you take your laptop to somewhere you use for relaxing, separating your work life from home becomes quite challenging.

If you use working on a table that you usually use for home activities or a room that you stay in most of the time, get your work packed up every evening to put an end to your work activities. In my previous job, I had to work with my computer; therefore, I had ensured that I close all programs and tabs that have to do with my work at the end of the day. The main takeaway here is to do the things that you can to exit your work area.

The way you create and distinguish your physical work area, you should set precise working and non-working hours. You shall get the best out of you in terms of work and be well-prepared to go back to the routine when you maintain the standard working period. Additionally, if you have a collaborative role, when you are on a similar schedule like your colleague, everything seems much more straightforward.

The most crucial difference between the real office work and working from your home is that you get to control your environment while acting as an office worker, Yurovsky explains. This ensures that you become accountable while recognizing the time to stop, the way a great manager may do. When you seem to be increasing your work time since just because you are not busy in the evening let yourself know that you have to stop work, refresh and begin all over with a new mind. You can still get to do the work the next morning.

When living with other people in the home, it becomes crucial to enforce this separation. Talk to the other people you live with to create boundaries to minimize distractions when working in the day and pull out of it and focus on the people at home entirely. Creating a different space and time for work will enable you to perform more of your home life routines.