Dealing With Some Of The Home Office’s Most Surprising Distractions

The home office is a room that is designed with a specific intent and purpose: to facilitate your ability to get your work done at home in a productive and stress-free way. However, that can be difficult if there are distractions hanging over your shoulder or just out of the corner of your eye. If you find yourself finding it difficult to focus on your work, these distractions might be at the root of it all. Credit – Pixabay License The importance of a tidy desk One of the biggest factors related to distraction in the workplace is clutter. If we see a mess just outside the corner of our eye, then it can be pretty hard to avoid looking at it and thinking about…

Costs To Start Cutting Now You’re Working From Home

Costs To Start Cutting Now You’re Working From Home

Compared to the average commute, working from home can help you save a ton of money. If you’re running a business from home, then you stand to save even more. However, as a result, you can see certain household bills and other fees starting to skyrocket. It might not be as much as the average commuter’s transport fees, but there are ways to help you cut down those costs. Here, we’re going to look at what you can start saving on. Link – Pixabay License Going paperless A lot of people still prefer having all of their work documents available in physical form, so that they can organize them and simply grab them when they need them. However, the are plenty of Cloud storage options…

It’s Time to Get Organized when Working from Home

It’s Time to Get Organized when Working from Home

Working remotely can be very rewarding to say the least, but it’s so important that you keep your productivity up. It’s important that you keep a good work-life balance and that you also do whatever you can to try and nurture your business relationships too. If you want some help with that then simply take a look below. Maintain Regular Hours It’s super important that you are able to set a schedule and that you stick to it. You need to have clear guidelines for when you work and when you don’t. So many people find it almost impossible to work normal hours when they are remote and this is understandable, but you do need to put in the effort to make sure that you…

Quick Ways To Improve Your Home Office Environment

Quick Ways To Improve Your Home Office Environment

If you work from home (which, let’s face it, is most of us now), you need a killer home office. Creating one that fits the bill, however, is a challenge. Ideally, you want to create a space that allows you to be more productive than if you were in the regular office.  That might sound like a tall order, but the data on the subject is quite rosy. According to a FlexJobs report conducted a couple of months ago, 65 percent of people said that they were more productive at home than at the office.  The question, of course, is “why?” Partly, it has to do with the fact that colleagues can’t just come up to you and interrupt you when you’re at home. (Kids…

5 Things Remote Work Will Teach You About Your Home

5 Things Remote Work Will Teach You About Your Home

Pexels – CC0 Licence If you’re one of the millions of people who have had to work from home for the first time, welcome to the party! As you’re learning how to make the transition, you probably won’t notice much other than the fact that it’s not a walk in the park. Sure, you’re the boss (sort of), but it’s not as if you get to slack off. The atmosphere is less toxic and competitive, yet that’s part of the problem – you’re falling into a false sense of security! Still, needs must at the moment. Plus, the current health crisis isn’t all bad because remote work will teach you a lot about your property. That may seem low on your list of priorities at…

Not Getting Work Done At Home? Here’s Where You Could Be Going Wrong

Not Getting Work Done At Home? Here’s Where You Could Be Going Wrong

If you’re working from home during the lockdown but you don’t seem to be getting anything done, there will likely be a few main reasons for this that are easy to remedy. Working from home is an entirely different kettle of fish when compared to working in an office. For one thing, your mind associates home with a completely different set of tasks and different feelings – so this is why you may often find yourself procrastinating, struggling to motivate yourself, and feeling uninspired. If you need to make sure you get more done from this day forward, read on to find out where you could be going wrong and what you can do to fix it: credit Not Having A Room Dedicated To Working…