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WFH? How to Maintain WORK-LIFE BALANCE
I've been working from home full-time since the end of March.
I live in a small, 1 bedroom apartment with my partner, cat + dog
I have found it to be the most productive + pleasant period of my career so far.
Here's what I did:
I've been working from home full-time since the end of March.
I live in a small, 1 bedroom apartment with my partner, cat + dog
I have found it to be the most productive + pleasant period of my career so far.
Here's what I did:
1. Keep a Routine
Wake up + go to bed at roughly the same time each day.
Shower + Dress before work, even if nobody can see you.
Consciously take lunch away from your desk + relax.
Put a hard stop on the end of your work day.
Wake up + go to bed at roughly the same time each day.
Shower + Dress before work, even if nobody can see you.
Consciously take lunch away from your desk + relax.
Put a hard stop on the end of your work day.
2. Move Before you Work
Exercise of any kind before you work helps you make a break between sleeping + working
People who walk or cycle to work are HAPPIER than people who drive
Exercise replicates this when you're WFH
Exercise of any kind before you work helps you make a break between sleeping + working
People who walk or cycle to work are HAPPIER than people who drive
Exercise replicates this when you're WFH
3. Dedicate a space as your workspace.
It doesn't have to be lush or fancy. Just has to be yours.
I don't live in a spacious place.
I use a small desk in the bedroom.
It doesn't have to be lush or fancy. Just has to be yours.
I don't live in a spacious place.
I use a small desk in the bedroom.
4. Focus on Controllable Inputs
Don't over-load yourselves with targets
@joserosado recommends that you set three goals for the day that are repeatable
They need to be leading - based on actions, not results
Do them until they're a habit
Don't over-load yourselves with targets
@joserosado recommends that you set three goals for the day that are repeatable
They need to be leading - based on actions, not results
Do them until they're a habit
5. Be Conscious of the Extra Time you Have
Don't let your extra time go to waste as extra work time.
Don't let it go to waste in a blob of Netflix or gaming.
Spend it on an active hobby: cook interesting foods, learn a language, read a book.
Don't let your extra time go to waste as extra work time.
Don't let it go to waste in a blob of Netflix or gaming.
Spend it on an active hobby: cook interesting foods, learn a language, read a book.
6. Accept That You Need to Take Breaks
Acknowledge that you need to take breaks.
If you struggle to take breaks:
Use the Pomodoro technique
25 minutes of work followed by
5 minutes of break
Acknowledge that you need to take breaks.
If you struggle to take breaks:
Use the Pomodoro technique
25 minutes of work followed by
5 minutes of break
7. Take Stock Each Day
Spend 10 Minutes at the end of each day reflecting
Reflect on your achievements
Re-align your goals for the next day
Then LOG OFF - completely disconnect if you can - and call your mother, she misses you.
Spend 10 Minutes at the end of each day reflecting
Reflect on your achievements
Re-align your goals for the next day
Then LOG OFF - completely disconnect if you can - and call your mother, she misses you.
