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How to improve efficiency when working at home？

Distinguish between work and home mode

One of the biggest merits about working from home-slowly moving from bed to the sofa five minutes before you start-can also be your biggest challenge, says Eyre-White.

Don't forget that you are there to work-- 1 .“Switch from home to work mode，she says, by having something you physically do to“flip the switch".Maybe it's walking round the block, making a special kind of tea, or lighting a candle at your desk. It doesn't matter what it is but do it without fail to create a strong association in your mind，”she says.

Be realistic about what you can achieve

“A wide, open day working from home can feel full of possibilities. l45 things on the to do list？No problem！Don't fall into the trap of being over-ambitious，”says Eyre-White. Instead, she recommends being realistic and then possibly achieving more than you set out to；and feeling satisfied, rather than feeling disappointed you didn't do everything.

She suggests choosing three to five things to do and aim to get the majority done before lunch.“ 2 .”she recommends.

Work in short bursts

In the office your day is broken up by everything from meetings to water-cooler chats, lunch breaks and even toilet breaks, but when you are sat at home on your own with no face-to-face interaction planned it can be easy to just work for long, unbroken periods.

“ 3 . Although this can be frustrating，they divide the day up and create natural chunks of time，explains Eyre-White. “In contrast, a day at home can be very unstructured.” In order to be productive, she recommends imposing stricture on yourself. For example, working in 45-60 minute chunks of focused work followed by a short break.“This can be an effective way to break the day up and maintain your concentration levels，”she says.

Manage distractions

Being in an office gives us a limited number of ways to get distracted but when you start working in a new environment（especially a very familiar one）it can be easy to let yourself get distracted.

“ 4 .” says Byre-White. “So proactively manage things which might interrupt your focus.” She explains：“Keep them limited to short breaks in between chunks of focused work.A change of scene is all we need to give our brain a break, and it’s the perfect time to put a load of washing on or empty the dishwasher.”

A．Unless you're self-isolating，working from home shouldn't mean that you don't leave the house at all or don't see anyone for two weeks.

B．Leave your desk for lunch and take advantage of being at home to walk the dog and blow the cobwebs away for half an hour in the afternoon.

C．There are a lot of potential distractions when we work from home.

D．We all slow down in the mid-afternoon and having a lot of your list under your belt will give you the motivation to power through.

E．When we're in the office our day is normally broken up with meetings.

F．So set yourself up the right way，get dressed and brush your teeth at the start of the day rather than sitting in your pajamas for eight hours.

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