What's your best advice for working from home?

• Create the right work environment and that includes making sure your workspace is ergonomic (being hunched over a laptop all day is terrible for your posture!)
• Start the day as you mean to go on and get dressed
• Stick to a routine that best suits you
• Work in 90 minute spurts and take regular breaks to help with critical and creative thinking
• Write to-do lists and tune into your own productivity levels
• Stay in touch with your teammates and don't be afraid to pick up the phone (communication doesn't just have to rely on instant messaging)
• Set boundaries to keep work/life balance and stick to your working hours
• Resist the 'work from home' guilt and let people know when you're online so you don't feel pressured to constantly prove you're working
• And enjoy it! Use the opportunity to find out how you work best.

If you'd like to read more, I wrote an article about the topic: https://blog.emailoctopus.com/how-to-successfully-work-from-home/

• Get into "the office" (wherever that is for you) at a reasonable time every day (e.g. 8am)
• Get dressed for work
• Maintain a good prioritized to-do list so it's clear what you need to work on
• I have a separate cell phone dedicated to work: email, social media, etc. When I'm done working for the day I put it on silent and leave it charging on my desk. I think a work/personal life separation is important.
• Get out to go to lunch or happy hour with friends and old colleagues regularly. Working from home can feel isolating.

Don't be so structured that you miss out on the benefits of working from home!

• If you are feeling really uninspired at 2pm, go for a walk. If you're feeling really inspired at 10 pm, go ahead and work!
• If you're sleepy, take a nap. You'll feel better and be a lot more productive afterward
• Work from somewhere else (e.g. a coffee shop) now and then for a change of scenery

I wrote about this on my blog: www.jwbaldwin.com/blog/3-ways-i-improved-my-remote-work/

Though there are tons of things I think are worth doing, here is a TLDR of the 3 I picked:

1. Transition In/Out of Work
2. Take Breaks
3. Make Time for Focus

Making a to do list for the next day helps get your mind off work when you go to bed. Cleaning your work space when you're done for the day can help you feel more motivated to start the next day.

I heard this advice months ago, "when you work from home, work"
get things done, that's the essential thing
feel free to wear as you want
stand, sit, sleep
it doesn't matter
what matter is that you focus and get work done

Remotehour enables you to connect with your coworkers/clients seamlessly. It's a call app for not a meeting, but for coworking.

Like you work in the same office with them even if you work from home :)

I cant survive without focusmate.com. Structures my time and removes distractions.