Working from your kitchen table

Key Lessons

• Create routines that work
• Catch yourself procrastinating
• Break up your day with meetings outside the home

Many years ago working at home and from your spare room or kitchen table was seen negatively almost like you had to be in an office space to be actually working. People working at home used to even pretend they were working from the office. All is good until the dog barks! Thankfully these days working at home is much more accepted. However it comes with its challenges.
You can feel isolated – so how do you make sure you don’t get cabin fever?
You can find it difficult to switch off from work and end up working longer hours. So how do you stop working at a reasonable time?
You can end up procrastinating because you have extra time in the day because you don’t need to travel to an office. And then you end up working in the evening playing catch up. So how do you avoid this procrastination?
A good idea is to create a routine where you plan when you are at your desk – it could be 9am-5pm or it could be different hours according to what works best for you. It’s also a great idea to get in the routine of doing things at set times – for example; social media 8am-10am, meetings 10am-2pm, creative work 2pm-4pm.

Working at home can be isolating so why not break up the day with meetings outside the home. This could be lunch / coffee meetings with others or just a meeting with yourself. Just breaking up the day into different activities can really help.

Key Lessons

• Create routines that work
• Catch yourself procrastinating
• Break up your day with meetings outside the home

What do you do to make sure you are most productive when working at home?
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