Tips for Effectively Working from Home

{1} Define Your Work Space - set aside a space to work where you can completely focus on work.

{2} Stay Organized - it can be hard to separate work life from home life, but with these three tips you can make this easier. Keep an Up-To-Date Calendar, be it digital or paper to keep track of your upcoming tasks and events. Use a To Do List- create a daily, weekly, or hourly to do list to help keep track of the variety of things you need to get done. Everything has a Place- make sure that you keep all your different papers and projects neat and organizes don't complicate your space by putting household items in the mix of your work space

{3} Understand Your Expectations - you have to trust yourself that you can get a job done from home. You must know yourself in order to know how you can work from home

{4} Take Breaks - it's important to remember to take time for yourself to breathe and step away from your work. You still need to eat meals and give your brain some time to pause and relax for a little while.

{5} Define Work Hours - try to set certain hours that you're going to work from home so that you continue to maintain some sort of schedule. Maintaining balance is important so that you don't burn out and end up driving yourself mad

{6} Don’t Isolate Yourself, But Also Set Boundaries - it's important to stay connected with your co-worker, or if you work by yourself, to try and stay connected with the outside world in some way. But remember it's also important to set boundaries with your friends and family. Make sure the people in your life know that you have a job and you have to get work done, even if you're working from home

{7} If Possible, Go Into the Office- sometimes its goes to go in to the office and actually get people to see your face in real life. It will make a big impression and show a lot if you make the little bit of extra effort to be present and show your face to the company

The Final Word - working from home is a privilege, you just want to make sure that you don't let your work life completely consume your home life. Be sure to take breaks, find balance between working and having a healthy personal life