Monday 24 June 2013

How to : motivate yourself to work from home.

Hiya guys and girls!
This is the first in my upcoming series of 'how to' posts - a series which will probably consist of mainly lifestyle/advice posts but maybe some tutorials or something too. Who knows! Anyway, I got the idea for this post earlier today when talking to a friend. As you may know, I am currently doing a PR internship and today I had to work from home. So, I had to wake up at 8:30 and get ready for work but not actually leave the house... My friend said that she would find this pretty difficult, but I think one thing I've picked up at uni is how to motivate myself to do work without actually going to work! So here is what works for me:

  1. Get dressed - I know this sounds stupid, but what I mean is, don't be tempted to just work in bed in your pyjamas. If you actually get up and get dressed, you will feel ready to start your day of revision or work.
  2. Don't open Facebook/ Twitter/ whatever when you start up your laptop - treat it the same as if you were at work, you wouldn't sit there checking your personal newsfeed for half the morning would you? Obviously if your job involved social media then do open up your business ones, just avoid your personal ones!
  3. Have a tea break - you may as well make the most of the fact that you are at home and make yourself your favourite drink without having to pay millions for a Starbucks one.
  4. Do sit at a desk - when on the laptop I tend to lounge on the sofa, but sitting at a desk with my laptop, notebook and cup of tea really makes me feel like I'm ready for work!
  5. Finish on time! - because you are at home, it's very easy to work for longer than you usually would, so make sure you finish any work or revision related emails or reading by the time you would usually finish work or uni. I cannot count the number of times I've carried on revision until waaaay past an acceptable hour.

So that's what helps me, have you got any tips?

xxx

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9 comments:

  1. his is a really useful post i think it owuld actally help me with my uni work too. I often fall into the trap of curling up on the sofa in my PJ's trying to work on my laptop haha

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  3. Definitely all good tips!i used to do that when I was at uni too!it worked for me

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  4. Great tips, I'm also currently doing an internship from home and I agree it's best to treat it like a day a work - though no one can judge the amount of time I spend on a tea break ha! I also find it useful to keep a diary of what I got done that day/ any feedback I got to encourage and motivate me! x

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  5. I could actually do with taking tips from this when I start my next set of exams - thankyou very much! :) xx

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  6. Great post! I like: "Don't open the Facebook" :D

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  7. This post is great so so useful as ive just started and am gonna have to do alot more revision and work from home!great post xo
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  8. currently revising for my GCSE mocks, thank you for this!!!! Made me get on and do some work!! Would you like to follow each other? let me know xx

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  9. Great post, If I work from home I hardly get anything done because I usually dont leave bed or get dressed and your so right, once your dressed you feel like you just need to get on with the day!

    Kirsty x Rockit Style

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