When you’re someone that works from home, you may find that staying focused is difficult to do. When you head out to work each morning and spend the day at an office, it’s so much easier. First of all, you know that you’re heading to your designated place of work, and you’ve only got so many hours in the day to get things done. But not only that, you have colleagues and a boss to hold you accountable too. However, when you run your own home based business, it’s so much harder to keep yourself on track. To help you, here’s what you need to do.
Know What Works For You
Now, it can be tempting to try and work out different ways that you can change your habits and really try to knock some productivity into you. However, this is kind of a way that you’re actually just setting yourself up for failure. So, instead, you need to really work out what is going to work best for you. Do you prefer to work early in the mornings or late at night? Really be honest with what works best for you and what makes you feel most naturally motivated.
Have A Routine
When you’ve worked out what’s going to work out best for you, it’s time to set a routine. You need to structure your day in a way that allows you to focus and maximize your productivity. Don’t just think that you can start and stop your work when you like – because this doesn’t always help you to be productive. Instead, you need to set your working hours in the optimum times that you know you’ll be able to focus on.
Take Breaks
Another really important factor that can help you here, is taking breaks. Make sure that you know when you’re going to plan in coffee and snacks and regular stops to help your attention span from wandering. Once every hour, make sure that you get up and away from your desk. And if you can, take lunch outside or away from your work, so that you can get a bit of headspace.
Avoid Distractions
It’s also important to not get distracted. Don’t start doing chores halfway through the day. It may even help to put a no soliciting sign so you’re not distracted by door knockers – that you wouldn’t get if you weren’t working at home. If you save your chores and errands for set days and times, this also allows you to keep your focus.
Get Out Every So Often
It’s also going to help you if you can get out of the house every so often. Now, this isn’t going to be important for everybody, but you may find that being in the house all day every day will make you a little crazy! So, think about switching things up. Work from cafes, libraries, or even look into a shared working space that you can join or rent for a few hours or a day a week. This could then give you the change of scenery you need to help you to focus more.
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