hey ambitious professionals it's Linda
Rainer of Linda Rainer calm guiding you
to a career in life you'll truly enjoy
and today I'm going to be talking all
about how to work from home effectively
and productively so that you can stay
focused even though you're in your
comfortable home environment I have six
tips for you so let's get started
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now as a career strategist I have had
the opportunity to work with many many
ambitious corporate professionals and to
help them land their dream job offers so
if this is something that you're
interested in working with me one-on-one
I can give you details about that at the
end of this video now at the time of
filming this video I and the rest of the
world is currently in a situation called
the coronavirus situation where many of
us are stuck at home and as a result are
having to work from home now for some of
you this is not a new situation for
example for me I've been working from
home for the last several years so I
have some key tips that I know will be
helpful in making sure that you're
effective when working at home but even
still with this coronavirus situation
we're not allowed to really go outside
anytime we want and so even for the most
seasoned work from home professional it
can be difficult to stay focused and
stay productive but hopefully the six
tips that I have for you are going to
help you whether you are new at working
from home or you've been doing this for
a while my first work from home tip is
to go to bed and wake up at a consistent
time so what I'm saying here is that
when we are working from home living at
home staying at home all day everyday
it's really easy to forget what day
we're in what time we're in and to have
the day's kind of blend over into the
next day and that is not really what you
want because it creates this sense of
endlessness that comes with every day
and that can bring on senses of anxiety
and frustration so what you want to do
is you want to have a set time period
for when you decide that you're going to
have a bedtime routine wind yourself
down and go to bed so that when you're
in bed and you can fall asleep you end
up waking up at the same time every day
every morning so that cuts off your day
going to bed and then waking up starts a
fresh new day if you end up staying up
too late and then sleeping in and then
rushing your
through the next day because you're
behind on your schedule or whatever it
can create that anxiety and it really
doesn't help you with being productive
second tip I have for you is to start
your day off with a clear head what I
mean by this is that you don't want to
be running out of bed and then
immediately going to your laptop that's
the last thing that you want because
that's just going to start your day off
with a bit of stress anxiety it's not
going to start your day off as fresh and
clear minded as it could potentially be
so what I suggest is have a bit of a
morning routine where before you go
straight to your laptop and get to work
give yourself a bit of time after you've
woken up to refresh yourself whether
it's to do some exercise to do some yoga
some meditation step outside for a
little bit whatever it may be do
something for you clear your mind get
yourself centered even if it's only 5 to
10 minutes it's going to help you to set
your day in a more positive way now my
third tip is to have goals as to what
you want to achieve in that particular
day the last thing that you want to do
when you're starting your workday is to
have an unclear mind to feel murky and
to just dive right in and just work work
work and not really know what you're
working towards and what you're hoping
to achieve by the time the day ends
ideally you want to have maybe let's say
if it's two reports that you want to get
done that day or two many assignments or
three mini assignments or four specific
tasks that you know you can get done by
the end of the day then have that
clearly written out in front of you so
that you can work towards that goal and
that's going to keep you motivated as
you're stuck at home working because
it's going to make sure that you're on
track rather than you just spending your
whole day answering emails and not being
able to get what you actually wanted to
get done tip number four is schedule
your meals it's all about eating so if
you are a breakfast person which I
definitely am then you want to schedule
a time in your morning where your
actually have breakfast enjoy your
breakfast dedicate time for that and
then on top of that also schedule when
you're going to have lunch you should
have breakfast and lunch at the same
time every day just like when you have a
specific time for when you go to bed and
when you wake up because that helps to
bring structure to your day and it helps
to force you to take a break
part of being productive is not about
just working endlessly being productive
means that you have the right energy to
be able to do the work that you need to
do and if you don't have fuel to feed
your body during breakfast and lunch you
won't be able to get very far now if
you're anything like me I have
definitely been in a situation in the
past many situations where I get drowned
in the work that I do I get really
focused and I forget to eat and then I
end up crawling out of my work feeling
like a zombie starving looking for
anything and then I end up overeating so
you don't want to do that to yourself
schedule breakfast scheduled lunch tip
number five is to have a designated
space to do your work what I've noticed
is that when I intend to do my work in a
space that I've set aside in my home for
just doing that work where there are
minimal distractions I'm just simply
more productive even if that space is to
be sitting on your couch as long as
that's comfortable for you and you feel
that you can get your work done that's
great whatever works for you just have a
designated space the last thing that you
want is to not know where to do your
work to not know where you're going to
set yourself up because that's going to
create anxiety in the morning you just
want to have one or two places that you
know you're gonna go to to set up to do
your work and where you're gonna feel
comfortable and be able to stay there
the rest of the day and finally my last
tip tip number six is to look out the
window from time to time it's important
to incorporate nature into your everyday
if you can so that means look out the
window hopefully you have a view that
you can look at hopefully there are
trees that you can look at or birds or
even just crack open the window to let
some fresh
in the reason why I say this is because
you don't want to confine yourself in a
way where you feel like you're a
prisoner in your own home you want to
still have access to that outside world
and if that means that you just open a
window to get in some fresh air or you
look outside the window just to change
your perspective then by all means do it
all of that's going to create a
structure to your day and it's going to
help you to have more energy to do what
it is that you need to do so there you
have it those are my six tips on how to
productively and effectively work from
home I really hope those helped you now
if you're someone who is currently on
the market for a new position and you
realize that you need one-on-one
professional guidance from me then feel
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