Unless you're a work from home entrepreneur, the reality of working from home may be feeling VERY different from what you see entrepreneurs post on the gram! In fact, you may be missing the traffic, your commute and even your grumpy co-worker right now!
In five years of working from home, four of them with kids and the first one with NO help while running three businesses, I had to fail forward often to figure out the tips I'm going to share with you!
At work, you get distracted in the lunch room or by people popping by your office. You might be surprised how efficient you can be if you can use this pattern interrupt time to make new habits!
- Set expectations + boundaries
- When you are working, work. When you aren't, don't.
- Communicate, communicate, communicate. With your partners, your family + your boss!
- Release perfectionism! It doesn't need to look pretty. Results are what is important.
- Understand each day is different, especially with kids (some days you get the nap, some you don't)!
- Your Office Space
- Your bedroom is fine to use! Just make it a space where you can get a little privacy (if possible)!
- Don't multi task with phone calls and laundry (I know, it's tempting). Do squats instead to keep your energy level high!
- Go into your office with a BIG water bottle and some snacks, so you don't leave it and get distracted!
- Put your phone away unless urgent. Connect your imessage to your computer so you don't pick up the phone and end up on Instagram.
- Your Office Hours
- If possible, begin work at the same time you normally do!! And get dressed!
- When you are working, work. When you aren't, don't.
- Be ready to go 100% for 50% of the time.
- Use your lunch hour for connecting with your family/doing household tasks.
- WITH KIDS
- If you have kids, be willing to get creative. Wake up an hour earlier. Use nap time to be SUPER focused!!!
- If you give your kids screen time, use that time! Forgo the glass of wine at dinner for another 1-2 hours of productive time!
- The Warm Up + Cool Down
- Spend 10-15 minutes at the beginning of the day prioritizing what you'll work on! Do the most important thing first!
- Brain Dump General Tasks
- Prioritize by Importance and Urgency
- Schedule Your Tasks + Priorities
- You can always answer non-urgent emails later in the day.
- At the end of the day, do a quick wrap up. Look at what you accomplished, see what works and didn't and tweak for the next day!
- Set up your game plan for the next day!
- Own Your Time
- Own Your Time!! Power Sessions + Time Blocking!
- Timers!!!! Do 30-60 minutes of deep work (the stuff you must concentrate on) during a power session!
- Focus on 2-3 of these sessions in the morning, then save the less important tasks (phone calls, returning emails) for the afternoon when your energy might not be as high (unless phone calls are the most important part of your business).
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