Don’t know how to face the challenges of teleworking? Is it impossible for you to maintain your productivity at its highest level while working from home? Don’t worry! Más y Mejor comes to your rescue to give you these proven tips on how to work from home while being 100% productive.
Are you working from home or telecommuting? Are you unsure how to deal with the challenges that come with it or how to forget about daily distractions?
Do you repeat to yourself every day “ I want to work from home ”, “ I need to work from home ”; but you are unable to pay attention to those phrases that resonate in your head because your productivity level is at its lowest?
Calm down and breathe!
More and Better comes to your aid.
We thought of you when writing this post, and that’s why we’re going to share with you 13 tips on how to work from home and still be 100% productive .
Start implementing them today and finally enjoy free hours to dedicate to yourself, your family and your hobbies.
We have been working from home for years and we know what we are talking about when it comes to this topic.
When we decided to leave our office jobs to create More and Better and work from home, we also faced the same challenges that you face today.
We were distracted by a fly, we were poorly organized, and we extended our work days indefinitely.
One of the reasons we are productivity specialists is precisely this: we were also talking nonsense until we decided to take control of our time.
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For this reason, and because we put into practice some of the habits that we are going to share with you below.
By this we mean that each and every one of them is more than proven because we ourselves have incorporated them into our daily lives with complete success.
Pay attention and take note.
13 tips on how to work from home and keep your productivity at its highest level
I know the questions you face every day and every hour while working from home :
- How can I maintain my productivity?
- How can I ensure that my work day does not extend to 12 hours a day?
- How do I avoid the distractions around me?
Each of the tips I am going to give you below addresses all of these questions and puts an end to them in one fell swoop.
Aim!
First tip on how to work from home: Incorporate a morning routine as soon as possible
I’m going to ask you something.
Think about when someone goes to the office to work.
He works, finishes his day and returns home having finished his work for the day.
As you can see, it is a routine that begins and ends within a certain time frame.
If you work from home, you should implement a similar routine as soon as possible to prevent your workday from being delayed and stretching into the late afternoon.
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We’re going to avoid working 12 hours a day from now on.
It is very likely that, without this routine, procrastination will knock on your door and unproductivity will come to visit you .
We’re going to slam the door on them and say goodbye to them forever.
Two: Find “your workplace” at home
We have already told you this before.
Finding a work area that suits your needs is essential to being productive.
Imagine working in the same living room where your kids are playing, or where your roommate is watching your favorite Netflix series.
You are more than likely to get distracted and lose focus within a few minutes, no matter how much you have tried to be productive that day.
Remember that even if you don’t work from a traditional office, you are in the place where you carry out your professional activity, so avoid areas that your brain associates with leisure areas.
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Also, don’t forget that this area must be tidy, clean and must transmit a certain harmony to you so as not to lose focus.
Three: Work only when you have to.
There are times when we are so obsessed with work that we do it at any time and at any moment , without taking into account the people who live with us: partners, friends, children.
If we work only when we have to, we will be able to be aware of every moment in which we are present and, in addition, our personal relationships will continue to flourish.
Fourth tip on how to work from home: be clear about what you have to do
Time, as they say, is money.
So don’t waste it when you’re sitting down and ready to give it your all at work.
Keep in mind that it’s not about finishing things quickly, but about doing more things and finishing them as soon as possible , about being more efficient.
This is only possible if you are clear about which tasks are important, which are urgent and which are secondary tasks, or, in other words, being clear about what you have to do.
The trick is to understand which tasks are going to help you the most to continue growing, evolving or improving your business.
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Fifth: how well, how healthy
At Más y Mejor we are very clear that our diet has a direct impact on how we feel and, therefore, also on our productivity.
Our energy, our willpower and concentration depend, believe it or not, on what we eat.
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To function well, we need to eat good foods.
We discovered that this habit was essential when we were not paying much attention to our diet and we realized that we were not able to make decisions, we did not have a focus on anything in particular and we felt that we were constantly tired.
Take advantage of the fact that you are now working from home and can avoid fast food and restaurants to prepare healthy, homemade meals.
Sixth: rest
When we start working from home , as we tend to mismanage our time and extend our workday until late in the afternoon, we overlook how important it is to work with maximum concentration and to rest when we need to.
So… rest!
One of the keys to getting more done in less time is to take a few minutes to rest.
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When you stop, your brain does a “ reset ” and, when you decide to resume your tasks, it will be easier for you to concentrate and you will be more prepared to get more work done.
If you want to take the leap, take a breath!
Seventh tip on how to work from home: plan your entire day
At Más y Mejor we describe ourselves as organization and planning freaks .
We are often asked if we can be happy with our Google Calendar even when it’s time for the hairdresser, but you can’t imagine how easy it is for us to anticipate unforeseen events, be able to adapt to them and have time for everything .
What we do is as follows.
On Sundays, we plan the entire week.
And, for example, on Monday we review Tuesday’s tasks to leave them well planned and not waste time thinking about what we have to do that day.
Believe me, this is a relief and a relief that you can’t imagine.
Eighth: Be careful with the news
It is very important that you control the time you spend watching or listening to the news, especially in times of crisis, such as the one we are experiencing with the arrival of the Coronavirus.
Not only do they distract you, they will also poison your brain and make you completely unfocused.
We have seen that, especially at the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis, both the team and we were very unfocused.
Our lives had changed and we received up-to-the-minute information about everything that was happening.
As in times like these it is almost impossible to be disconnected from everything that is happening and we understand that we need to have a minimum of information, we advise you:
Create time blocks to get your tasks done efficiently and have someone notify you if something important happens during the time you’re focused on your work.
This way, you can rest easy knowing that anything serious happens and you can stay focused on your own business without getting too intoxicated.
Don’t forget that ” no news is good news .”
Ninth: remember the “face to face”
Working from home can awaken a huge feeling of loneliness in you if you don’t know how to handle it , even more so if you live alone.
At first it may seem great to be on your own and even enjoy being alone, but over time you will surely miss having a friend by your side to have a coffee with.
We are social beings and we need to connect with people, it is something human.
I know you send emails, social media messages, etc. on a daily basis, but it’s important to hear someone’s voice.
We recommend that you make video calls to continue connecting with people and not lose that company that we all need.
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Whenever possible, meet people for a drink and have “face-to-face” contact. Come out of your cave and show your face virtually or in person!
Tenth tip on how to work from home: don’t forget the people who live with you
This tip is related to number 3.
Keep a record of your daily schedule with your partner, roommates, or friends so that they are aware of when they can contact you.
If the people who live with you are not aware of this schedule, they will not know when they can spend their time with you and vice versa, and this will create confusion between you.
Don’t let working from home harm your personal relationships.
Let’s go for number eleven: commit to doing more than you set out to do.
What do we mean by this?
Normally, we estimate a certain amount of time to complete a task, and it also often happens that it takes longer than we had thought.
This can lead us to believe that we have been less productive than we actually were, because we think we are doing less than we had planned.
That’s why it’s a good idea to commit to doing more than you have in mind because you’ll get over that feeling and you’ll likely get more done in the day than you thought you would at the start.
Tip number twelve on how to work from home: get up early
It is important to get up early or wake up an hour earlier than you are used to every morning.
Imagine that you wake up and, almost from bed, you are already sitting at the computer to work.
Even if it’s difficult at first, get to work as soon as you get up.
It’s the best way to avoid prolonging your morning coffee and letting laziness get the better of you.
So getting up early and being productive go hand in hand.