Who is not used to working full-time from home, can overwhelm the Home Office at the beginning of something. Finally, the boundaries between Private and Professional are fluent, the pajama pants don’t want to be pulled out, and breaks are not really. Even more important is to have a Routine set and stick to these. The only way to be productive, to revise without. In addition, a structured daily routine helps in the evening head to unlock, and leave the work behind, at least until the next Morning.
Work-from-home: The ideal Routine, if you in the Home Office
The following daily routine works is of course just a suggestion and a typical 9-to-five Job with a beginning to work from 9 in the morning and one hour lunch break. Whether you prefer to be in the Morning or in the evening, sports or cooking, or when delivery service is ordered, of course, is up to you.
7.30 am: get Up and ready
has a 9 at the first Meeting, should set an alarm clock, and every day at the same time, Wake up, this makes for a structured Start to the day. Directly after getting Up it goes off to the bathroom – because Yes, brushing your teeth and showering are also a Must in a home office is an absolute must. But also on the Home-Office-Outfit, you should make sure thoughts: The Look should be comfortable, but still professional, so that spontaneous Video conferences are no reason to panic.
8.15 am: Breakfast
To be full of energy and without a rumbling stomach to start the day, a delicious Breakfast. Whether Avocado-bread, cereal, or Smoothie Bowl doesn’t matter – main thing is that you consciously taking time for Breakfast and enjoy it stress-free (by the way, Mails a No-Go check!). Extra tip: a place to eat at the search window.
8.45 am: To-Do-list, write to
What Meetings are scheduled for today? What-To-Dos need to be done? What has absolute Priority? Before the daily Work begins the madness that gives you a small Overview and writes a To-Do list with important tasks. At this time, you can sit in the ideal case, already in his work-room or at the Desk, to in the work flow to get in.
9.00 am: Work, work, work
Then it can go properly with the work – check your mail, and answer, presentations, build, concepts to consider, to reporting, to create telephone calls with customers and/or colleagues to lead, to virtual Meetings, participate & co. is The most Important thing is that it is not possible to be distracted, especially at the start of the working day – constantly of WhatsApp, Instagram & co. Therefore, the (private) Smartphone only once, put it down and concentrate on work. But: have A short break aware of the appeal – around 11 a.m. to get a Cup of tea or coffee – is absolutely sensible and even desirable.
12.30 PM: lunch break
Within five minutes, a toast of bread on the Laptop, devour, by the way, emails to write and then continue to work? Please don’t! Especially in the Home Office – if one spends a lot of time alone, and it is difficult to separate leisure from work time, it is important to take advantage of his lunch break, really. This is not to say, incidentally, that you must always look the same: one day there’s Pasta, salad, today you are sitting at the kitchen table, in the morning on the balcony, and the next day you make a walk to his favorite restaurant, and a Lunch to go get.
13.30 PM: Back to the Desk
After the lunch break, it’s back to the workplace to complete the remaining tasks of the day. Also in the afternoon, the following applies: anyone Who has after a couple of hours, a Deep and a little bit of energy needs – for example, in the Form of coffee, chocolate, or simply fresh air – can and should treat yourself to a short break. In order to remain in the Workflow, should not take such a break longer than five to ten minutes.
18.00: day exit
If there is no urgent project is pending and one is in his “normal” work life, one should adopt just in time to 18 hrs. of his colleagues a short message on Slack or Hangouts is the Laptop closing and, if necessary, Push notifications, have to do with work, on the phone to turn off.
18.15: Sport
Who was not in the lunch break in the fresh air, this should catch up in the evening necessarily. The world health organization (WHO) recommends that, to move at least five times per week for 30 minutes. So how about – if the weather cooperates reasonably with an After-Work Stretching and Jogging Session in the open? Of course, there are also a lot of Home Workouts that you can do just in his own four walls and what you only need is a Mat and nothing else. Who saves the Commute to work every day and, in addition, due to the current location of his apartment almost does not leave, you should anyway pay more attention to it, to make Sport regularly.
19.00: cooking and dinner
If there is an advantage to spend currently, so a lot of time at home, then that one has more time to cook and also something to experiment in the kitchen can be. And no matter whether you live alone, in a shared apartment or with his Partner: There is nothing Better than to cook in the evening, something Tasty, set the table nicely and enjoy the food really.
20.30 PM: Relax
After a long day of work, sports, and cooked one has made yet! – it is finally time to Relax. How, exactly, are you relaxed, is different for everyone. While reading one of his favorite series on Netflix binged, or a book in the bath, chatting to the next with his BFFs via FaceTime or conjures up a DIY face mask. But no matter how you spend your Me-Time: The most Important thing is that you can switch off and not on the Job thinks.
This article was written by (Larissa White)
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