Organising,your,workspace,when DIY Organising your workspace when working from home
When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in
Working from home can be a blessing and acurse. On one hand, there is no commuting and you get to be in charge on howyou schedule your day. The down sides are you have to be extremely diligent inyour work, splitting the place you live in as a place to relax and a place towork hard. On top of that, because there is no one regulating your work, youneed to be incredibly diligent and stick to the task at hand, which can bedifficult with the distractions home life can bring. Being a student andfreelancer over the years has meant at times I have had to work for a longperiod of time at home and thankfully have mastered the art.It is true; everybody has a different wayof thinking and therefore a different flow of working. Although for most,cutting out distractions by keeping your workspace tidy and organised willprove beneficial for productivity. Treat your workspace like you would anoffice you share with colleagues. It is always ideal if you have an additionalroom in your house that can be transformed into an office. The bedroom andlounge are notorious places for being unproductive, as the mind has wired thesespaces as a place to relax. Sometimes this cannot be helped, which isunderstandable. Just make sure that if you are working from home, that you donot get in the habit of working on a sofa or bed.If you have to work in your bedroom orlounge, do make sure you keep a space that is purely for work, whether it is atable or corner of a room Main thing is to keep it tidy. This goes for yourcomputer files as well. Again you do not want the mind to grab a hold of anyoutside distractions. Storage such as shelves and boxes are useful to keep thisup, as does regular filing that needs to be completed diligently too.But make sure it is not all blank walls andlinear lines. Try and bring a little bit of fun with home comforts into yourworkspace. If you cannot afford do buy a super ergonomic chair, then how aboutusing a lounge chair? They are comfortable and will add a nice touch to yourroom. Not to mention that lounge chairs are made to be super comfortable,therefore you will always be itching to use it. Along with incorporating a few homecomforts, have a few items that will help to inspire and give your spacecharacter. After all, if you find most offices boring and bland, why would youwant to correlate this to any space of your home? You want to make work fun notboring. Art pieces, mood boards, candles, they are just a few items that helpto bring life into your workspace.Unless you happen to be in a photographydark room, a room that has an abundance of natural light and fresh air, isalways a great way to keep the mind refreshed. It will make you feel lesslethargic and keep the motivation levels up. How about facing the work desktowards a window, so the mind is able to drift off every now and then? Speakingof fresh air, for those pressed on time, make sure you take breaks orexperience the world a little bit by going for a walk or visiting eating spotsor parks. These power breaks were always useful during my time as a freelancerbecause every now and then the brain needs to look away from the screen andhave a break. So the main rule to stick to is beingfocused, keep your space organised, but make sure you incorporate somecharacter into your work place. Distractions are easy to find in the house, sotake the TV plug out of the power socket and stick to radio or music and mostof all, make sure you have fun what you do, (although with most occupations, itis easier said than done!).
Organising,your,workspace,when