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HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY WORK FROM HOME by Mark Dollan
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Many of us continue to work from home, or at least work from home much more often in 2020. Likewise, there are a great many of us who have spent years working in an office, or from the road. Working from home is a blessing in many ways. However, more than a couple of months in you may realize that days and hours blur, and there seems to be a lack of structure that can impact mood and productivity. Having spent about two-thirds of my career working from a home office, I thought I would share some of the tips and tricks I’ve discovered over the years to help avoid the subtle challenges of working from home.
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5-Part Plan to Stay Productive While Working from Home Create A Routine And Stick With It One of the biggest challenges with working from home that can lead to burnout is not protecting home life and personal time. And the best way to avoid that is to create a daily routine. For example, start and stop work at the same time every day. This helps create a feeling of separation between work and personal time. Obviously, there may be an occasional need to put in a few extra hours. But, when you live where you work it’s easy to slip into unhealthy patterns of working long hours too often or working random hours. The more you stick to the daily routine you create, the less you’ll feel work bleeding into your personal time.
