{"id":604,"date":"2021-03-18T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2021-06-15T10:49:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T09:49:14","slug":"keep-motivated-working-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/keep-motivated-working-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stay motivated when working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If everything goes as planned, we&#8217;re currently in the final months of lockdown and we&#8217;ll be back to normal sometime in June. But even if our everyday lives get back to normal, there&#8217;s a good chance that the pandemic will have permanently changed the way many of us work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/category\/work-from-home-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working from home<\/a> was booming across the UK even before lockdown &#8211; around 40% of new companies registered are believed to be run from home.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who&#8217;s had to suddenly work from home for long periods will confirm that it can be tricky staying motivated. And that&#8217;s before you consider the amount of distractions there are around the home.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a home worker suffering from a severe lack of self-discipline, here are some top tips to keep motivated.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How to stay focussed when working from home<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re struggling with focus and motivation while working from home, check out the video below and then read our top tips.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AgIggrkBFcU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Get dressed for work<\/h3>\n<p>This may sound like an arbitrary thing, but even a simple like getting dressed for work &#8211; as opposed to lounging around in your comfy clothes &#8211; can be enough to get you in the right frame of mind.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean putting on a suit &#8211; though if that works for you then go with it &#8211; but getting out of the clothes you&#8217;d normally relax in and into some more business-like casual clothes might just help put get more focussed for a full day&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<h3>Set a work schedule<\/h3>\n<p>If you follow the first step, then the second step should come a whole lot easier &#8211; while the idea of falling out of bed straight on to your laptop is great, working in this way and without a structured routine can really impair your productivity.<\/p>\n<p>So set a daily schedule and stick to it. This means getting up and starting work at a set time, taking breaks as you would in work, and conducting business meetings and conference calls in work time, all of which will help you stay focussed on your job.<\/p>\n<h3>Make a better start to your day<\/h3>\n<p>One of the major benefits of working from home is you can cut out the daily commute, meaning your mornings should be far more relaxed &#8211; but instead of spending an extra hour in bed, why not make the most of the extra time by getting up early, having a healthy breakfast and getting some exercise in?<\/p>\n<p>Not only does this come with the obvious health benefits, it&#8217;ll give you more energy and help you stay more focussed on your work. You really should give it a try,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/exercise-key-better-worklife-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it might even improve that magical work\/life balance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of work\/life balance, if you&#8217;re a parent, you could use the extra time to make better use of the morning with the kids before the madness of the school run.<\/p>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t get distracted<\/h3>\n<p>The internet has revolutionised the way we work, but it also provides an infinite amount of distractions that can severely impair productivity &#8211; so try to steer clear of personal emails, social media (except for business use), newspapers and magazine sites.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and shopping sites, these are not only time-wasters but have the added bonus of sapping your funds!<\/p>\n<p>If you have trouble in the self-discipline department then consider apps such as <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/stayfocusd\/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en\">StayFocused<\/a>, a Google Chrome browser add-on that limits the amount of time you can spend on your favourite sites. If Firefox is your browser of choice then try <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/leechblock\/\">LeechBlock,<\/a> while Safari users should give <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfulbrowsing.com\/\">MindfulBrowsing<\/a> a try.<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you have any more top tips to stay motivated when working from home? Share your thoughts with our work from home community.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/pablo.buffer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pablo <\/a>by Buffer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/conference-call-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If everything goes as planned, we&#8217;re currently in the final months of lockdown and we&#8217;ll be back to normal sometime in June. 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