Remote Work Digest: August 18, 2016

FRESNO, Calif. - Aug. 18, 2016 - PRLog -- 5 Rules To Follow When Working From Home | Spandas Lui, Lifehacker.com.au

Working from home is something that a lot of people desire and small business owners often have the luxury of doing so. But the home is full of traps that can distracts us from getting work done, which is why setting up some ground rules is so important.

Over at small business blog Flying Solo, Emma Heuston-Levack, talked about her experience of working from home for the past 18 months and the commandments that she follows in order to stay disciplined and keep herself in line:

• Separating your workspace
A separate space is important to help you 'leave the office' each day so you're not tempted to work around the clock.
• Set your space up with good equipment
Make sure your home work space is set up with the right things to ensure you can work smoothly and comfortably throughout the day.
• Exercise discipline
Don't just roll out of bed and start working in your pyjamas at noon; get up, get dressed and sit down at your workspace by a certain time each day.
• Ensure you take regular breaks
You won't have office buddies remind you that it's lunchtime, so you should be mindful to take regular breaks or risk burning out.
• Get out of the house
You don't get to interact with people on a daily basis like you do in a real office so make sure you schedule some social catch-ups regularly. Otherwise, you'll end up becoming a hermit.

You can read more about Heuston-Levack's work from home commandments over at Flying Solo.

How to win at working from home | Tracy Ramsden, Marieclaire.co.uk

A new study reveals that over half of UK employees think they are more productive working from home, let's take a moment for the procrastinators and the easily distracted out there. We asked Jason Downes, MD at Powwownow, the company behind the Smarter Working Initiative for his advice on how to make working from home work for all of us.

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