7 Best Tips for Working from home.

We are fortunate enough to be living in a time when technology can support business while sitting in your comfort spaces and formulate the concept of work from home.

There is a large chunk of the workforce today, working remotely, which has made possible many arrangements for successfully performing the best output whilst sitting in their private spaces. Work from home culture is most popular in the IT/ITes industry. It is observed that almost 53% of professionals in the US and 70% in The UK are currently a remote workforce. Everyone who works remotely has to figure out when to work, where to work, and how to create boundaries between work life and personal life.

Here is the list of best tips to get you up and moving for working remotely.-

          1. Get in the zone

Working from home can get quite lethargic, and can create a lack of motivation sometimes, so the foremost step to deliver the best while working remotely and being active always is to get in the zone. Getting in the zone refers to small changes like, getting dressed up at the time of starting the work, having a workspace furniture and cultivating office environment in your living space. By doing this, you can ensure that you’re 100% motivated and working proactively always.

      2.     Building a workspace

If working remotely is a long term process for you, or you are someone like a designer, writer, and developer, etc. who works remotely most of the time, so you should build a permanent workspace for yourself, for me, it is one of the best part of working at home, hey, you can create your workspace, literally, whatever you want. I suggest to first install a basic yet comfortable furniture which shall contain a chair and table, varying depending on the type of work you’re doing. You need to find the best place to build your personal workspace in the house, which shall be quiet, well lighted and with no connection issues.

3.      Use technology

While working from home, technology is your best all-time partner. Depending on your work, you must invest in quality necessary technologies such as a high-speed router, a powerful laptop etc. Depending on your core-industry, you may need to purchase and alter some hardware or software upgrades to smoothly run your work, additionally, working from home will also require video conferencing, and team meetings, etc. so you also need to be prepared for that.

4.      Relationship Management

While working remotely, it sometimes becomes very difficult to manage colleagues, your clients or your candidates etc. Working remote comes with many difficulties, out of which building and keeping up with relations with your fellow team and clients is one of them. You should try to work closely with the rest of your time, you can do this by using certain tools such as Google Drive or Slack workspace etc. additionally, only chat to work isn’t quite fruitful when working from home, video conferencing and team meetings should also be scheduled on a timely basis.

5.      Manage your work

You are at your home always, and near your work all the time, so, there is a high risk of work creeping into your personal life or vice-versa. Maintaining your work-life balance is very necessary, you should cultivate a sense of “office hours” and “corporate discipline” in your daily life. Update your to-do-list every morning and keep up to it, also, maintain daily tracker of your work and keep it up to date and available to your team.

6.      Set timing productively

A person cannot be active every time of the day, while working at home you should analyze what time is best for what type of work. Analyze your timings and calibrate your work accordingly, make a full to-do table with timings for a full 9 hours’ work-time, with a dedicated lunchtime too. This method can be one more step closer towards making a “work-environment”

7.      Know your position

In the end, one thing matters the most while working from home, or on the site job is your dedication level, and normally, working remotely can be a bit less dedicated sometimes, you have to avoid this, if not, it can become a habit, and will reflect on your overall career graph. You should be well aware of what is your position in your work, and work 100% at all times, (at least most of the time). This can be better achieved by, keeping yourself busy at all the time, as doing more work gains you the most productivity.

Conclusion-In 2020, a very large percent of the workforce is working remote or at least preferring working remote, which can be very productive in many cases, what according to you can be much productive, and what are the best tips for working at home, comment and let us know?