Managing your time when youre at home.
How to schedule your day working from home. Give yourself two hours of project work in the morning then a walk to a coffee shop and an hour of project work then back to the home office for an hour of admin and two. You also want to be at a desk rather than working from bed or your couch when your working day begins. About 25 of the workforce in France is working from home up from 3 in 2017.
Take a shower drink coffee meditate stretch check your most important apps Gmail Slack whatever they are for you to see if theres anything you need to address first thing. Another idea is to choose a split shift schedule. A simple pen and paper method will suffice.
Give yourself two hours of project work in the morning then a walk to a coffee shop and an hour of project work then back to the home office for an. There are lots of potential distractions at home TV shows begging to be watched washing that needs to be done dogs to walk but there are simple ways to manage the constant call of distraction. Dont skip the routine however short.
This might look like working for 46 hours in the morningafternoon and then putting in an additional hour or two later on in the evening. You need to clearly define your work hours as well as chore hours and family time if you plan on having a successful work from home schedule. Write a daily to do list in the morning and then identify your top three tasks.
In this video well walk through how to make usefu. Ideally you want to track your days for around a month to get a more accurate picture. Block out time in your day.
Kick off that morning routine. Use the right tools. As more of us continue to work solely from home especially as COVID variants become more prevalent there are a couple of shifts that you can start making today if finding the right schedule for you has felt impossible.