How to be more productive working remotely? 👩🏼‍💻

I work from my home. Some people see it as an idyllic vision, but frankly it is not a pice of cake. Working from home, as every other kind of employment, has benefits and disadvantages. Today I want to share with you my tips to be more productive when you work remotely.

Write your 'to do list'

List is a base of everything. Without it you'll lose yourself in magnitude of duties and tasks. So before you start working, you should sit and note everything you have got to do this day. You can do it on piece of paper using pen, but if you prefer digital way you can use any application to planning. I frankly recommend you Trello. It's so simple and intuitive tool to making 'to do list'. When you have all points wrote down, you should prioritize them. It gives you sure, that the most important projects will be done firstly. Moreover, with a list exist lower probability, that you miss something or forget it.

Care for yourself and your workplace

It is not excuse that you work at your home. Before you start doing stuff, you should do all things which do people who every morning go to office. Take shower, do hair and change clothes. You don't have to wear uniform, but care about yourself even at the minimum. It helps you start your day better and you'll feel higher comfort during work. Pay attention also at your workspace. Air the room, and let the sunlight get into. If it's possible organize your home office. Make it comfortable and fit all elements to your needs. You don’t have to limit yourself only to essentials. I've got on my desk scent candles, which smell so good and I like light it during work. It helps me focus at tasks, because aromateraphy has a good influence not only for a body, but also on mind. And of course I don't worry about it disturb somebody. It's one of the biggest advantages of working without other people around.

Create your own working routine

Routine is a very important element of human live. It helps to keep everything in right order, and gives a people feeling of control. Also at work you should create kind of routine. Working remotely let you do your duties at every time of night and day, but you shouldn’t to misuse this opportunity. Irregular mode of work has a bad influence to your productivity. If you can, you should try to wake up at the same time every day and start your work at similar hour. Plan also your breaks. If you won't do this, your day can become in one never ending break.

Join to group and motivate each other

Do you know other people who work remotely? Great! You can create a group, motivate and support to each other. If you don't have friends who working mode is similar to your, it's also not a problem. Use power of Internet and find them. Why I recommend it to you? Contact with other people is very important. It introduce an element of healthy rivarly. When you'll hear that your buddy just have finished task, I'm pretty sure that will fire up your ambition, and your engagement in your own project will rise. As a result you will do it faster than you ever thought. Isn't it beautiful perspective?

Keep work life balance

Remember about work life balance. It is very important thing, but nowadays we often forget about it. How to care about this? After work you try don't spend time in the corner where your home office is. Turn off all applications which you usually use in your work time, and try to limit you contact with computer and phone after work. It helps you clear your mind, and leave all business stuff behind. Following this instruction, you can be sure that next day you'll go back to your duties gladlier and more rested.

Those are my proven ways to be more productive. If you are your own, share them! Write all your ideas at the comment below my post.