I believe that a new way of working requires a new routine. Up until the past couple of months most people that worked 9-5 office jobs spent most of their days in the office. However, that has now changed we are (pretty much) all working from home.
One of the things that many have overlooked is implementing a routine for working at home. Most of us have a particular routine for days in the office, whether it’s the time we get up in the morning, preparations we do the night before, the time we start working and the time we log off.
You need that sort of routine for working at home too. It doesn’t need to be exactly the same, but you can’t expect to work at home the same way you do in the office if your day has no sense of structure.
Something as simple as starting and ending your day at the same time each day can work wonders.
It may not seem important to implement this and maybe you want home to be more fluid and free. However, it turns out that without some structure to your day you’ll be more likely to work longer hours and you’ll probably be much less productive.
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