How to Get Work Done in a Home Office
Establish your work hours and stick to them., Refrain from scheduling personal appointments during your work hours so that you can devote all of your work hours solely to working. , Setup a business login and a personal login for your laptop to keep...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Establish your work hours and stick to them.
Notify your family members of the hours you choose.
Ask your family members to respect your work hours and to avoid distracting you during that time. -
Step 2: Refrain from scheduling personal appointments during your work hours so that you can devote all of your work hours solely to working.
, This will help you to avoid checking emails on your personal time or playing StarCraft in the middle of a teleconference. , Talk to your family about staying out of that space or borrowing supplies from it. ,, You don't have to put on a suit if you are working from home, but you will feel more professional if you get out of your pajamas.
This feeling will carry over into your work product. , Only allow work related items to be kept in your office.
Anything else will become a distraction. , If you do not have what you need to conduct your business, you may go searching in the house and become distracted by the growing laundry pile, or the high grass in the back yard.
Running out of the correct supplies can lead to a loss of productivity. , Looking at your schedule will help to keep you focused.
Try to stick to this schedule to ensure that you meet your daily requirements. , At the end of each work day, put away things you have been working on, look at your schedule, and lay out the work which you will do the next day. , Once you leave work for the day, close that home office door and do not go back in.
Do not think about work matters until the next work session. -
Step 3: Setup a business login and a personal login for your laptop to keep programs and bookmarks separate.
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Step 4: Define a specific work space or room that will only be used for work.
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Step 5: Promise yourself that you will not come out of your office
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Step 6: during work hours for the purpose of catching up on any household duties.
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Step 7: Get dressed for work.
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Step 8: Keep your home office clean and decluttered.
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Step 9: Be sure that your home office is well stocked with all of the supplies you need to conduct your business.
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Step 10: Create a daily work schedule and post it some place visible in your home office.
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Step 11: Clear up and plan.
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Step 12: Stay out.
Detailed Guide
Notify your family members of the hours you choose.
Ask your family members to respect your work hours and to avoid distracting you during that time.
, This will help you to avoid checking emails on your personal time or playing StarCraft in the middle of a teleconference. , Talk to your family about staying out of that space or borrowing supplies from it. ,, You don't have to put on a suit if you are working from home, but you will feel more professional if you get out of your pajamas.
This feeling will carry over into your work product. , Only allow work related items to be kept in your office.
Anything else will become a distraction. , If you do not have what you need to conduct your business, you may go searching in the house and become distracted by the growing laundry pile, or the high grass in the back yard.
Running out of the correct supplies can lead to a loss of productivity. , Looking at your schedule will help to keep you focused.
Try to stick to this schedule to ensure that you meet your daily requirements. , At the end of each work day, put away things you have been working on, look at your schedule, and lay out the work which you will do the next day. , Once you leave work for the day, close that home office door and do not go back in.
Do not think about work matters until the next work session.
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