Tips to be more productive by telecommuting

 

Tips to be more productive by telecommuting

How to organize your telecommuting?

When you work from home, the physical space in which you will spend hours concentrated, is of critical importance to your productivity. Your work results and comfort depends on following 5 simple tips.

I'm sure you know the feeling of having been active all day, but having achieved nothing. That's called an unproductive day and it reveals an inefficient organization of work. How to solve it?

 

1.         The order of things does alter the product.

Are you tidy or is your table always full of papers, notes, post-its, and no space even for a cup of coffee? This is precisely where you should start to change your working environment. Anecdotal as it may seem, it's not. A messy table guarantees a messy schedule, a messy day. . . and a messy mind!

The order of your table will facilitate your comfort and the profitability of the work you do.

 

2.         Sunlight makes ideas grow

The next question is the amount of natural light. Your goal should be to work in an environment with as much indirect sunlight as possible. If this is difficult or impossible, put a table lamp for when you need to concentrate on a document and a floor lamp for ambient light and if they have energy-saving bulbs, your pocket will appreciate it too. But try to have a break from time to time and go to have sunlight to a window or a balcony if you have the chance. It will help you to recover energy.

Install curtains on the windows that allow for clarity and avoid annoying glare, especially if you work with the computer or screens. Moreover, try to organize your day, not only your working day but also your mandatory chores at home, according to the sun. Does that sound weird? Humanity has been doing this since the beginning of time and it has given good results, making us the most productive species. When the sun rises, work begins. When the sun goes down, it stops.

This way you will be able to impose a schedule on yourself, something especially useful and healthy when working from home. Although being at home, don't forget to separate work from your life and have either funny and relaxing moments with your love ones.

 

3.         Neither hot nor cold, efficient

The temperature of your working environment is an important factor. If you turn the heating up too high, you will suffer from dry mucous membranes, irritable skin and even headaches, not to mention the waste of energy. If you set the air conditioning too high you will also suffer negative consequences on your health and your pocket.

The solution is that the room should be well insulated and you should get used to working in these recommended temperatures:

- With the heating on: 21ºC at the most, it is advisable to keep warm and go down to 20ºC. Your pocket will notice this.

- With the air conditioning on: never below 25ºC.

- With everything off: this is the ideal situation for energy efficiency and you should take advantage of the autumn and spring times when your house manages to stand on its own between 19ºC and 26ºC, a range of temperatures that you should be able to work at pleasantly if you adapt your clothing to the circumstances.

 

4.         Less paper, more technology

These days it no longer makes sense to rely on paper and pen.

You can still use them for certain moments of inspiration or to tackle specific, differentiated tasks or for brainstorming, but ideally, you should move to the digital.

Cloud storage, the introduction of technology into all facets of working life, scanning, electronic document management. . . All of this enables the creation of smarter and more efficient workplaces, in the office or outside.

The technology also allows you to communicate perfectly with your co-workers and bosses. There are increasingly efficient applications that guarantee fluid dialogues, remote meetings, working together on online documents. . . The fruit of all this will be more productivity! Make the most of it!

 

 

5.         Your home is not your job

The last tip but possibly the most important for your mental health. You can work from home, but you can't live at work. You must differentiate your workspace from the rest of your home. Otherwise, your living space and workspace will start to merge dangerously.

If you can't dedicate an entire room to your work environment, choose a perfectly equipped corner and decorate it efficiently.

- Only the furniture strictly necessary for work.

- Cheerful but very simple decoration, without stridencies.

- Minimize interruptions: if you live with someone, let them know you're working and they can't bother you with any little thing.