Working from home has its blessing, you don’t have to face bosses, colleagues, and get out of bed just 5 minutes before work and still be on time and work where you want.
As nowadays COVID-19 pandemic spread like the smell and forced to work from home situation. It is good to stay at home and take care of yourselves and your loved ones and work from home.
But it is challenging and wants more adjustment, as distractions and freedom can make you inefficient in your work.
we have got 10 simple things that you can do easily to boost your work from home and make your day easier and your work efficient.
1. SETUP A WORKSPACE:
The biggest mistake people do while working at home is not to set a workspace, and do work on the kitchen table or in the middle of the room where hundreds of distractions disturb you and your work efficiency.
Design the area as a workspace where you are free of distraction. scientifically a window in your working space makes you calm and can boost your brain signals.
2. ERGONOMICS:
Ergonomics means to make your work according to yourself and be comfortable.
if you are uncomfortable and constantly searching for things you want you’ll waste time, tasks,s and energy.
Being comfortable at work is the key to efficiency. Place a comfortable chair and all-important tools on the desk in an organized manner helps you to store time and energy.
3. PLAN A SCHEDULE, A NIGHT BEFORE:
According to research, planning a day the night before helps your brain to work more efficiently and focus for the whole day.
It just takes 15-20 minutes to write a work-to-do list in the priority-wise division and stick it in a visible place. It motivates you toward your work and be competent.
4. SET TIME AND GET READY FOR THE WORK:
You don’t have to work for the whole day or work constantly like in the office.
Set that time when you are more productive like an early bird or a night owl, it’s your choice. you can also split your working hours according to your energy level.
Get ready for the work not to impress others, just like you are going to the office, it makes you feel professional and tells your brain that it’s work time. It’s your own choice of working in a suit or pair of pajamas but be professional.
5. TRUN OFF NOTIFICATIONS OR TRUN ON THE SILENT MODE:
Social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Snapchat, etc are easily waste your time and their notification can disturb your attention in other words disturbance kills attention.
try to avoid these interruptions and make yourself more focused.
6. LIMIT YOUR DISTRACTION:
whether its phone ringing, family gossiping, baby crying, kids fighting or cat yowling easily make you irritable or distract from work and minimize your thought and energy.
After setting up a schedule, sharing it with everyone in the family can limit your distractions. you can also avoid wearing noise-canceling headphones.
7. GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK:
Taking breaks after every 90-120 minutes is essentially increases your work efficiency. A scientist says that a person can’t focus for more than 90 minutes at a time.
you can try this: after every 90-120 minutes take 3 long deep breaths, walk for 2 minutes or stretch your back and neck for 2 minutes and you also can eat healthy fruits of food because the best recovery is active recovery.
8. DEADLINES:
As psychologically proven, Giving yourself deadlines for the task can boost up your brain, as the brain takes it as a challenge and try to give every efficient thought that makes your work best.
deadlines also help you to complete your task in a limited time and save your energy. you can also complete 2 tasks in 1 day if you know your limits and deadlines.
As it is said;” if you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do.”
9. MONITOR YOURSELF:
As Boss monitors the employ, the same way monitors yourself. It will help you to understand yourself and make you more efficient and productive. After completing your task ask yourself;
- How many tasks you can do in 1 day?
- How many times did you take a break?
- How competent you are?
- Do you complete your task before the deadline?
- Are you satisfied with your work from home?
- What you can do more to overcome your distractions?
- How you can be more efficient?
10. TRY TO FINISH WHAT YOU START:
the incomplete task always troubles. leaving the work in half will going to make you stressed. It also affects your progress report and your position in the company.
After completing the project, serotonin is a hormone that releases and feels you happy and relaxed. It gives you pride and motivation for the new task and energizes you. Always finish what you start, make you competent in your dealing and deeds.
NOT TO FORGET MEDITATE AND MOTIVATE YOURSELF:
Meditate means to calm your brain and free your mind from negative thoughts, it helps you to make more attentive and focus better. few minutes every morning make you more motivated to work and increase your attentiveness.
having Goals and Deadlines make you more motivated and always takes these two things in front of your eye.
After implementation, you are more efficient and creative and make you good at working from home. Be flexible not to make glued to your chair for long hours makes you fat and also leads to heart disease, try to walk or exercise in breaks can lower these risks. working from home is not mean working like a clock. Have a safe and healthy quarantine day.