Home office: 5 tips to help you with remote work

In recent years, many companies have made their HR policies more flexible, giving employees more freedom in terms of time and place of work. This has resulted in new productivity paradigms, and one of them has been gaining more and more followers: the practice of home office. Mainly because It offers a number of benefits such as greater comfort, less travel expenses and no dress code.

But there are also those who don’t like this flexibility. For some people, the home office means reduced productivity, lack of contact with colleagues and difficulty separating personal and professional life. So, to you minimize these effects and make the most of your work at home, we have prepared some surefire tips!

1. Make a routine

Our brain usually associates the environment at home with situations of comfort. And this is great! But for the home office, it may not be as productive. So it is important that you make it clear to yourself that you are getting ready to work and not to rest. Therefore, it is necessary that, upon waking up, you have breakfast, a bath, change clothes, make your bed and prepare yourself as if you were going to the office.

That way, with the exchange of air, your body will understand that it is time to start a new day and you will have more energy to carry out your tasks.

2. Organize your space 

Working in bed is not a good strategy to “wake up” the body, is it? So, separate a quiet room from the house to dedicate yourself to work. This will help you to be more productive and make the most of your rest time.

And, if there is no adequate space in your home, there are other alternatives. You can test a coworking space, for example. After all, despite the term being “home office”, remote work can take place anywhere.

3. Set limits for the home office

Discipline is a central point of success in remote work, so it is very important that you limit your daily tasks. Then plan your routine, distributing activities according to the days of the week – and, if possible, the month. Thus, in addition to establishing a better work pace, becoming more productive, you will know when to stop, avoiding mental strain.

And you also need to limit your distractions, after all, it is very tempting to check social media or watch an interesting video at the home office. You need to make clear what time is for work! And if it is interrupted frequently, your flow of thoughts will be broken and, consequently, your productivity will be reduced. So, seek an environment with the least possible distractions and leave to check the phone in your breaks.

4. Test productivity models

If you are new to the home office and have not yet found an efficient way to work, a good strategy is to test some productivity models. They are tactics already validated by several professionals and can inspire your division of labor and time management. With a quick search on the internet, you can find them and thus discover what works best for your day to day work.

One of these models is the “Workstation Popcorn”, which proposes to divide your work into three large blocks and carry them out in different places, to keep your mind in “work mode” more times in the day and, thus, to increase the focus. Another example is the “Two Minutes Rule”: if you remember an activity and it can be performed in less than two minutes, you must perform it at that moment, in this way you not let your tasks accumulate.

5. Invest in you!

In the home office, you are your own company and, therefore, you need to invest in everything that can help you work with more comfort and fluidity, delivering better results. So, a comfortable chair, a good computer and a quality internet, for example, are great investments.

But none of this works if you are not well enough to work. And perhaps this is the best productivity tip: take care of your physical and mental health! In remote work, it is common to have more unstable habits and less concern with health. So, remember to do physical activities, get a good night’s sleep, eat healthy foods and leave the house to clear your mind and exchange ideas with friends.

Following these guidelines will put you in the way  to be a more productive professional at the home office! Thus, you will have no difficulties in following this new market trend – which is growing more and more in Brazil and in the world – and will be able to better enjoy your free time, without stress and with a better quality of life.