Work Productivity: Successfully Working from Home

We’ve all been in the same boat at one point or another—lugging home the work laptop to tie up some loose ends over the weekend to make the upcoming week less stressful. Many of try to increase our work productivity out of the office, but like many good intentions, there’s rarely a backbone to support them when it means having to give up our personal time.

Here’s how events usually unfold: Friday night you rest. I mean, you already filled your “work quota” for that day anyway, right? Saturday morning you sleep in, since you never get that luxury during the week. Saturday afternoon becomes your “me time,” because you need to recharge. Saturday night you spend with friends. You haven’t seen them in a week! How could you say no? Sunday morning you sleep some more. Humans are chronically sleep deprived, might as well try to remedy that. And Sunday afternoon you finally decide to take a look at that leftover work because your work laptop has been staring you down from the kitchen counter where you left it Friday evening.

So you sit.  You stare.  You write a word.  You erase it.  You write it again.  You erase it again.  The printer gets jammed because it isn't like the one at work.  You get up... you never come back.

Monday morning finds you right where you left off on Friday, and we get it. Working from home is a nearly impossible task. Distractions are everywhere, and they’ll always look more appealing than leftover work. However, there are a couple things you can do to help keep you focused and efficient when you’re working from home. Check ‘em out.

Monday morning finds you right where you left off on Friday, and we get it. Working from home is a nearly impossible task. Distractions are everywhere, and they’ll always look more appealing than leftover work. However, there are a couple things you can do to help keep you focused and efficient when you’re working from home. Check ‘em out.