Hi, everyone.
Welcome back to another video.
I hope you're all doing well.
In today's video, I wanna share five things
that I've learned over the last few years
that really helped me when working from home.
I'm assuming for a lot of you guys
working on your online businesses,
whether you're starting them or growing them,
you're going to be doing quite a bit of working from home.
And you're probably starting to learn
how hard it can be to work from home.
Now, over the last few years,
I have worked from home a ton,
and I've learned a few things that really helped me
when working from home.
They come out to be five things,
and those are what I'm gonna share with you today.
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otherwise let's get right into these five tips.
Now, these five tips are not in any specific order.
All of them are important enough
for me to put in this video.
And as I go through them,
I'll tell you what they are,
and then I'll break them down individually.
The very first one, number one,
is don't get hung up on these small things.
As you're working from home, working on a task,
it can be very easy to just let your mind
just start wandering as you're scrolling through,
doing whatever you're doing.
Now, don't get lost in the task.
Make sure that you're not getting hung up on something
really small and spending a lot of time on it
because it's going to slow down your day
and throw off what you're trying to accomplish that day.
So if you get hung up on something,
just skip it and make a note of it and come back to it
at the end of the day, maybe tomorrow.
Do it another time.
One of the best pieces of advice
I can give you in general for working from home
is make sure that you're staying efficient,
you're doing tasks quickly,
and you're moving from one to the next.
Number two, this is make sure
that you're setting goals for the day,
and the second part of this is making sure
that you have a prioritized to-do list.
Now, when you go into a traditional job,
you're going to be having people
telling you what to do all the time.
On the contrary, when you're working from home,
you don't have anyone telling you what to do ever.
So you have to be aware of what your goal should be
for that day, what you set out to accomplish,
and then have a prioritized to-do list
of what you need to do in order to accomplish those goals.
Now, in a lot of my videos,
I mentioned the prioritized to-do list,
and what that prioritized to-do list is,
is putting down the things that you need to do that day,
but having them in order of priority.
So in order to achieve that goal for the day,
you need to do these things first
'cause they have the most priority,
followed by these, and then these, and then these.
So at any point, if you don't know
what you need to be working on at that given moment,
you can look at your prioritized to-do lists.
Look at the thing at the top.
That will have the most priority.
Number three, this is a little bit difficult,
but it is very important,
that is to make sure that you are eating
as healthy as possible.
As you're going throughout the day,
first, just remember to eat.
If you're working hard that day,
it can be easy to forget meals,
but your brain's not going to work as well,
and you are definitely not going to be in as good of a mood
if you don't eat.
Now, with that being said,
you wanna make sure that you're not eating a meal
that's going to slow you down.
So try to go through your refrigerator or pantry
and look for things that are clean,
that are going to give you energy,
and you're not going to go into a slump
or need a nap after you eat.
If you can have the willpower to eat healthy things,
then you'll have clean energy throughout the day.
Now, on the contrary,
if you fall into eating unhealthy things,
you will find yourself needing a nap
20 to 30 minutes after you eat,
and that kind of ruins your productivity that day.
Now another big part of this,
of eating healthy throughout the day,
is making sure that you're drinking enough water.
Try not to drink sugary drinks or anything
that's unnecessary.
If you can stick to just water and maybe coffee,
if you need some caffeine,
that is going to help you the most,
because it'll keep you hydrated
without putting anything extra in your body.
Number four, this is to make sure
that you are taking breaks throughout the day.
You can only work for so long
until your brain needs just a minute to decompress.
So typically for me,
this is in blocks of one to three hours,
and then I need to take a break.
So don't be afraid to step away from the computer,
step away from your work, for a couple of minutes,
maybe even a half hour or an hour
to take a break and really gather yourself
before you go back and start working again.
Now during these breaks,
there's a few things that I find are really important to do.
One of them is making sure that you're getting sunlight
or vitamin D one way or another.
Another one is to make sure that you are properly breathing.
Make sure that you're not doing shallow breaths
throughout the day.
Do a breathing ladder, in for one second,
out for one second,
in for two seconds, out for two seconds,
go all the way up to as high as you can.
Typically for me, that's 20 to 25 seconds of in,
20 to 25 seconds of out.
This just makes sure that you have enough oxygen
throughout your body.
You're not doing shallow breaths throughout the whole day.
Now, if you can get fresh air, that's even better,
so opening up a window or going for a walk if you can.
That's only going to help you even more.
You'll find that once you do this,
and you've gotten sunlight,
and you're breathing, and you've gone for a walk if you can,
or opened the window to get fresh air,
whether this is 20, 30 minutes or an hour later,
your body is more ready to go back to work.
You're not going to be pushing yourself
and just grinding through the workday,
but it's going to feel more natural
because you've taken breaks,
and you're ready to go back,
and you take breaks, and you're ready to go back.
So I highly recommend that.
Now we're already on tip number five,
and this is to find a comfortable place to work.
Now I do need to elaborate on this one a little bit,
because it is important.
Now, finding a comfortable place to work
means that you're finding a balance of comfort.
So you're not working in a wooden chair, for example,
because you can only work there so long
until your body really hurts from sitting on a wooden chair.
That's just an example,
but if you find somewhere that's too comfortable,
like you're laying in bed,
you may find yourself just wanting to fall asleep,
and you've gone too far on the comfort scale.
So find somewhere in the middle,
it can be anywhere in your house.
It might be something, a piece of furniture that you buy,
or just a spot that you like,
but just make sure that it has a balance of comfort
and something that works well for you.
Now further, I definitely recommend
making sure that this place is not somewhere
where you're going to get interrupted often,
or at least trying to limit that as much as possible.
This will make sure that you can stay
in the flow state of working very productively
for a longer period of time,
without being interrupted and pulled out of that flow.
The last thing on this point is a big tip,
and that is find good music
that keeps you in that flow state.
For me personally, this is lofi.
If you've seen lofi on YouTube before,
I highly recommend it.
There are a bunch of different playlists and live radio.
The best way that I can explain lofi
or the type of music I recommend searching for,
is something that is instrumental,
that's going to kind of keep you in that flow,
and the biggest part, at least for me,
is that it doesn't have words or lyrics.
I find that if I listen to music that has words or lyrics,
it distracts me and pulls my brain away
from focusing on the task at hand.
So for all of you guys who already know about lofi
and listen to it, let me know down in the comments.
I wanna see who you guys are
and make sure that I'm not the only one listening to lofi.
So with all that being said,
just make sure that you're not working too late at night.
Make sure you're getting proper sleep as well.
So the next day you are energized,
you can set your goals, and get right to work.
So guys, that is all for this video.
I hope this five tips I can pass on to you guys,
and you can put them to use.
I hope they really help you guys.
If you have any questions,
let me know down in the comments.
If you have any personal tips that you use that work well,
please share them with me. Leave them down in the comments.
I'd like to try them myself.
All right guys, well, that's it for this one.
I will be seeing you all in the next video.