Downsides of Working from Home

We all love freedom. Everyone loves freedom. One of the perks of working from home is freedom to do as you please. Working from home gives you the flexibility to work with your own rules and your own time. It saves you the hassles of daily commute and its attendant costs. In addition, it allows you quality time for your family and loved ones. Inspite of all these perks, it is always a struggle to remain organized while working from home.

Here are some of the downsides.

Man by nature is a social animal. He thrives very well through social connectivity and emotional support from other persons. By working from home in social isolation, he is deprived of all these. This can at times affect productivity.
While in isolation and without other persons to interact with, the only way to be motivated to work is by way of self-motivation. If you are incapable of motivating yourself to work, you become less productive. 


 
Working in isolation can be easily stressful because of the social deprivation. "Stress is the experience that happens when the demands in front of us outweigh the resources.” This is easily aggravated in isolation because there are no ready resources outside yourself alone to draw from more so when you are unable to self-motivate. This is one dreadful downside of working in isolation.

The freedom and flexibility of working from home in isolation can be a cost. Excessive freedom is easily abused and it becomes a downside to working in isolation. Just imagine if there is no fixed time for you to report to work and there are no bosses to worry about being late to work. In this kind of scenario, there is a tendency to sleep more and to laze around more without worrying your head about consequences. This affects productivity.

By nature many human beings don’t get to do anything unless they have to. That chips off from self-discipline. Many of us don't do things until we have to. The absolute flexibility that comes with Work From Home culture could hit your discipline. You are more likely to procrastinate by leaving things you can do now for later and it affects your productivity.

You go around these downsides and still remain productive.
 
The first step is to practice self-discipline. You can make your own strict schedule then practice self-discipline by sticking with it till your work is done. That is one great way to be your own effective commander by strictly following your own rules. That is how to avoid unwarranted anxiety, work-related stress and undue self-criticism. You can take care of your stress-induced mental health better by practicing meditation and resilience in some quiet moments of your isolation. If not, negative stress can psychologically hamper your productivity.


 

Essential Tips to Working from Home

Even if you were not running a home business previously, the current threat from Covid-19 pandemic must’ve forced you to work from home somehow. You are not alone. The popular protocols demand that everyone works from home in many parts of the world while this pandemic rages. Even if you are in isolation right now, there are a lot of things you can do to maximize your productivity when working from home. If you have a business of your own to run from home, these here tips will come handy to help you through the forced isolation.

Designate certain times and places to work in your home. This somehow acts as an effective barrier between your private life and work life. Doing so helps to quickly put you in a serious working mood when the time chimes and you move to your home work station. Make sure your work station is tucked away in a quiet corner or balcony with less distraction from TV and noise from family members particularly kids. It may even be in a garden under home trees if you got them in your home and your garden is walled up for privacy.


 
Adjust to working as informally as possible. While working from home, you don’t need to get dressed up as if you are going out. You can work on a business of your own at home dressed up in your pyjamas or even in your underpants. You can be as productive as you want to even in this informal setting working from home.

Because working from home may cramp your style somewhat, it is advisable to you take regular hourly physical and mental breaks to stretch out or take some tea/coffee. As much as practicable, avoid mixing house chores with your normal work from home. House chores can be distracting as well making you to occasionally miss your thought flows. They may even induce forgetfulness. It helps your productivity a great deal if you avoid taking or making personal telephone calls at the times you are working at home.

Be sure to create an account at one of the many popular home business forums online. That helps to get you quickly informed about what is hot in the business world online. You can also get valuable tips/information about “how-to” and “where-to” that can help your work from home. Staying active on these forums enables you to easily compare ideas and suggestions with other people who are also working from home. Besides, you can find a lot of very valuable support from others if you are a member of online forums. On these forums, many proud home business owners willingly and freely give valuable advice and tips just like the ones you are reading now. These can be very helpful to your own work from home.

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