How To Be Productive While Working From Home
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Kyle from Web Dev Simplified offers practical tips for boosting productivity while working remotely. He emphasizes the importance of treating remote work like an office job, setting up a dedicated workspace, taking regular breaks, maintaining social interactions through video chats, and establishing clear boundaries between work and leisure. These strategies aim to help viewers enjoy the benefits of remote work without sacrificing efficiency.
Takeaways
- 😀 Treat remote work as you would an office job by getting fully ready in the morning to enter a work mindset.
- 🏠 Create a dedicated workspace at home that is separate from leisure areas to avoid mental conflict between work and relaxation.
- 🛋️ Avoid working from places typically associated with relaxation, like the living room, to maintain a clear boundary between work and leisure.
- 🕒 Take regular breaks to emulate the natural interruptions that occur in an office environment, which can help maintain productivity and mental well-being.
- 🍽️ Do not eat lunch at your work area; instead, eat elsewhere to create a mental break from work and allow for a reboot of your focus.
- 🚶♂️ Incorporate physical activity, like walking, into your day to revitalize your mind and maintain productivity.
- 🗣️ Engage in video chats with coworkers to maintain social interaction and mental stimulation, which is often lacking in remote work.
- ⏰ Set clear boundaries for work hours to prevent work from spilling over into personal time and to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
- 👪 Communicate with those you live with about your work schedule and the need for uninterrupted work time to establish boundaries and avoid distractions.
- 📱 Use tools like Slack or email for written communication, but also prioritize video calls for a more personal and effective communication method.
- 🔄 Continuously assess and adjust your remote work setup and habits to find what works best for maintaining productivity and enjoying the remote work lifestyle.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is about providing tips and tricks for working remotely to maintain productivity and a healthy work-life balance.
Why might remote work seem unproductive to some people?
-Remote work might seem unproductive because people can struggle with distractions, lack of a structured work environment, and the blurred lines between work and leisure time.
What is the first tip given by Kyle for someone new to remote work?
-The first tip is to treat remote work just like working in an office by getting fully ready in the morning, including dressing up, to get into the work mindset.
Why is it important to have a dedicated workspace at home?
-A dedicated workspace is important to separate work from leisure activities and to create an environment that signals to your mind that it's time to work, enhancing productivity and focus.
What is the issue with working from the living room according to the video?
-Working from the living room can create a conflict in your mind because it's normally associated with relaxation and leisure, which can make it difficult to be productive.
What is the recommendation for taking breaks while working remotely?
-The recommendation is to incorporate regular breaks, such as walking around the house, getting a glass of water, or going for a walk outside, to prevent mental fatigue and maintain productivity.
Why is it suggested to not eat lunch at the workspace when working from home?
-Eating lunch at the workspace can blur the lines between work and relaxation, making it harder to mentally disengage from work during leisure time.
What is the role of video chats in maintaining communication with coworkers while working remotely?
-Video chats help to replicate the social interaction and personal communication that is often lost in written communication, providing mental stimulation and a sense of connection with the team.
What boundaries are suggested to set when working from home to avoid overworking?
-Setting boundaries includes establishing specific work hours and communicating your need for uninterrupted work time to family members or roommates.
How can setting boundaries improve the overall experience of working from home?
-Setting boundaries helps to prevent work from spilling over into leisure time, ensuring a balance between productivity and personal life, and reducing the risk of burnout.
What does Kyle encourage viewers to do if they feel he missed any tips in the video?
-Kyle encourages viewers to share their thoughts and additional tips in the comments section to help others and for him to learn from their experiences.
Outlines
🏠 Embracing the Remote Work Lifestyle
This paragraph introduces the topic of remote work and the common misconceptions about its ease and benefits. It highlights the challenges many face when transitioning to a remote work environment, such as decreased productivity and the struggle to maintain a work-life balance. The speaker, Kyle from Web Dev Simplified, promises to share valuable tips and tricks to enhance productivity while working remotely, ensuring viewers can enjoy the perks of remote work without sacrificing efficiency. The paragraph also addresses the current situation where many people have been forced into remote work and the impact it has on those who are new to this setup or are surrounded by less productive remote workers.
🛠️ Setting Up for Remote Work Success
The second paragraph delves into the importance of setting up the right mindset and environment for successful remote work. It emphasizes the need to treat remote workdays like regular office days, including getting fully ready in the morning to enter a work mindset. The speaker advises against working from leisure areas of the home to prevent mental conflict between work and relaxation. Establishing a dedicated workspace, even if it's a simple desk in an unused corner, is recommended to create a clear boundary between work and personal life. This separation helps in switching off work mode after the workday ends, which is crucial for maintaining a healthy work-life balance while working from home.
⏱️ The Importance of Breaks and Boundaries in Remote Work
This paragraph discusses the significance of taking breaks and setting boundaries to maintain productivity and mental well-being while working remotely. It points out that the absence of natural breaks and social interactions in a remote setting can lead to overworking and burnout. The speaker suggests incorporating regular breaks, such as walking around the house or going for a neighborhood walk, to clear the mind and revitalize for continued productivity. Lunch breaks should be taken away from the work area to signal a mental break. Additionally, maintaining social interactions through video calls with coworkers is recommended to replicate the social aspects of an office environment. The paragraph concludes with advice on setting clear work hours and boundaries with household members to prevent work from spilling over into personal time, ensuring a balanced remote work experience.
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Keywords
💡Remote work
💡Productivity
💡Work mindset
💡Dedicated workspace
💡Breaks
💡Communication
💡Social interaction
💡Boundaries
💡Work-life balance
💡Mental state
💡Routine
Highlights
Working remotely is a dream for many but it comes with challenges such as decreased productivity.
Kyle from Web Dev Simplified shares tips for maintaining productivity while working remotely.
Treat remote work as if going to an office by getting fully ready in the morning to enter work mode.
Avoid working in leisure spaces like the living room to prevent mental conflict between work and relaxation.
Create a dedicated workspace at home to establish a clear boundary between work and personal life.
Take regular breaks to prevent burnout and maintain mental freshness, similar to interruptions in an office.
Do not eat lunch at your work area to ensure a clear mental break from work during meal times.
Engage in short walks or outdoor activities to revitalize the mind and improve productivity.
Maintain social interaction through video chats to replicate office communication and reduce isolation.
Set clear working hours to avoid blending work and leisure time and to prevent overworking.
Communicate your work boundaries to housemates or family to minimize distractions during work hours.
The importance of setting boundaries to distinguish between work and relaxation for mental health.
Kyle promises increased productivity and enjoyment of remote work by applying the shared tips.
Invitation for viewers to share their own remote work experiences and tips in the comments.
Encouragement to subscribe for more videos on simplifying web development and remote work.
The video concludes with a reminder of the value of setting up an effective remote work routine.
Transcripts
having the ability to work remotely is
something many people dream of doing and
if you're watching this video it is most
likely something that you're either
currently doing or something that you're
working towards achieving but remote
work is not as easy and a great as it
sounds well yes you can work in your
pajamas on the beach sipping martinis
all day long really that's not gonna be
the most productive way to work and many
people find that as soon as you start
working remotely you realize your
productivity drops and you struggle with
a lot of things you don't struggle with
when you work in an office so in this
video I'm gonna share with you all the
tips and tricks I've learned over the
last few years working remote so that
way you can enjoy the remote life
without having to sacrifice any
productivity so let's get started now
welcome back to web dev simplified my
name's Kyle and my job is to simplify
the web for you so you can start
building your dream project sooner so if
that sounds interesting make sure you
subscribe to my channel for more videos
just like this one now recently with
everything that's been going on a lot of
people have been forced to work remotely
that maybe have never worked for about
before I'm sure you may be in that
situation or you may be in this
situation where people around you are
working remotely that aren't used to it
and they are just making it more
difficult for you because they aren't as
productive or they're interfering with
your normal remote work life so in this
video I'm going to be sharing all the
tips and tricks that I know so that you
can be the most productive as possible
while working remote and also so you can
help others that are working remotely by
sharing this video with them if you
found it useful and the first tip that I
want to give you if you're just starting
out working remotely maybe you've never
worked remote before is to just treat
life just like normal as if you were
going into the office that means when
you wake up in the morning I want you to
get ready fully put on clothes don't sit
around in your pajamas and wait till
noon to take a shower I want you to get
up shave put on clothes take a shower
treat it as if you're going to work even
dress up nice if you'd normally dress up
nice take that moment to dress up nice
and it'll make you feel like you're
getting
to that work mode a lot of people on the
weekends will lounge around in their
pajamas and not get ready till later and
when you do that same thing on a workday
when you're not used to working remotely
it puts your mind into relaxation mode
weekend mode and you're not really in
that work mindset so by going through
the motions of getting ready getting
dressed showering shaving all of that
stuff that you normally do in the
morning it's gonna put you into your
work mindset which will make it much
easier for you to sit down and start
working without being distracted by all
of that relaxation mindset vibe stayin
in your pajamas and speaking on that
same kind of idea of relaxation mindset
make sure that when you're working from
home you're not working in the same
place that you normally do you release
your activities which means don't go out
into your living room and sit on your
couch to work remotely this is something
that's going to make your living room
and your workspace conflict because now
the living room where you normally lay
back and watch Netflix watch movies
whatever it is is now the same place
you're working in so your mind is
conflicted it doesn't know are you in a
work environment or are you in a leisure
environment because when you go to the
office for work your mind knows okay
this is where I work but if you're in
the area where you normally relax your
mind thinks okay this is where I relax
so instead of being productive and
working your mind is constantly trying
to tell you hey shouldn't you be
relaxing why are you working you don't
normally work here this is where you
relax so I highly recommend that you get
yourself a dedicated place to work this
doesn't have to be a full-blow and work
from home office you may not have one
but just having a simple desk or a chair
or something somewhere where you go and
that is where you work maybe in the
guest bedroom you probably don't use the
guest bedroom in your house very often
set it up so that it has a chair and a
desk and use that as your office for
work from home also if you don't have a
full-blow an area like that just take a
table or a desk or something anywhere
and move it somewhere in your house you
don't normally go even if you're in an
apartment move this somewhere you just
don't normally release your so maybe
it's just stuck in a corner somewhere in
one of your rooms wherever
it is just make it somewhere that is
your workspace that way when you enter
that area your mind says okay this is
where I work and when you leave that
area your mind says okay I'm done
working because that's a thing that a
lot of people struggle with is they
struggle to turn off after they're done
working because when you work at home
and you also enjoy leisure activities at
home
it blurs the line between work and
leisure and you don't know when to stop
working and when to start relaxing this
is another problem with working in your
living room you may get into the mindset
of okay this is where I work now so
you're really productive in that area
but then when it comes time to relax and
watch some Netflix and enjoy the time
you realize that your mind is constantly
thinking of work because you've
associated your living room with work
when in reality your living room should
be associated with relaxation so having
that stark separation between work and
enjoyment and making sure that you have
two different areas that you do one
activity versus the other is incredibly
important so now we've talked a bit
about how you can set up your mindset
and your environment to be successful
and productive and you may realize you
just sit down and you start cranking
through things hour after hour after
hour and before you know it you realize
you just sat down for five six seven
hours straight you skipped lunch you
were just super productive and while yes
this is good being productive it's bad
because it really kind of hurts your
mental state and causes you to get into
a super work mode when in reality
working remotely you need to make sure
that you take breaks because when you're
in the office and you're working people
are gonna walk by people are going to
talk to you people are going to
interrupt you and those are nice
frequent breaks which you may not
appreciate them when you're in the
office but really what they do is they
help break up your mind and give you a
little bit of a break a little bit of
time to communicate with others
same thing with lunch a lot of times you
may eat lunch with a group of people at
work so that gives you a nice amount of
time to relax and let your brain reboot
while when you're working from home you
have limited distractions especially if
you set yourself up in a good
environment which means that you can be
really really productive but you don't
have any of those breaks built into your
environment into your workplace you need
to incorporate your own breaks you need
to set your own breaks so I highly
recommend that
if you're working from home you take
some time every couple hours every hour
whatever it is and just get up and walk
around your house at the very least just
walk around a little bit get a glass of
water whatever it is and just take a
small break five minutes just so you
have time to walk around air yourself
out clear out your mind and then get
back to work and I also highly recommend
if you're eating lunch
do not eat lunch where you work most of
the time it's really tempting just to go
grab some lunch from your kitchen bring
it back to where you're working and eat
lunch while working do not do that
you need time to recoup your thoughts in
your brain so you need to eat lunch
somewhere else eat lunch in your kitchen
eat lunch with your family since they're
also all probably home just do not eat
lunch in your work area that gives you
that break that you normally get a lot
of times with eating lunch with other
people when you're at work also a great
break which I highly recommend is going
for a walk around your neighborhood /
whatever it is if you have the ability
to just go in for a short walk
especially out in fresh air is a great
way to really just revitalize your mind
and really get yourself going again
because just work work work work work
really wears down your brain and it
makes you less productive overall also
in a similar vein of communicating with
people and having interruptions
throughout your day you'll notice when
you work from home you have very little
communication with your coworkers unless
you go out of your way to make that
communication you may have some written
communication on something like slack or
email but that's really not very good
communication overall it's very low
level communication and it doesn't feel
very personal it doesn't feel like
you're really talking to someone it
feels more like you're talking to just a
screen so I highly recommend if you're
used to that normal communication in
work that you've set up time throughout
your day to just have some video chats
with people that you work with maybe
over lunch you and a few other people
you normally work with just hop on a
video chat eat lunch together and talk
as if you were in the office that's
going to give you that mental
stimulation that you need from other
people and that social aspect of your
work environment that you lack severely
when you work from home so just setting
up video calls whether it's during lunch
whether it's just randomly during the
day to just talk it's not going to
necessarily be work-related
you just need to talk to someone to have
that social environment not everyone
needs this extra social level but I know
a lot of people really struggle working
from home
because they lack that social being so
just set up some video calls with your
co-workers with your friends with
whoever to make sure you have that good
social interaction throughout your day
so far we've talked about your mindset
and environment we've talked about
communication and coworkers and the last
thing I want to talk about is boundaries
when you work from home as I've
mentioned before it's really hard to set
your boundaries between work and leisure
where do you relax and where do you work
the line starts to get blurry because
you're working in the same place
generally as where you're relaxing so
you need to have some way to set
boundaries and one of the best
boundaries that I think you need to set
is a boundary related to when you work
make sure you set a boundary saying I do
not start work until this time and I do
not work after this time so you give
yourself set working hours because while
you're in the office and you're working
along you'll notice people slowly
leaving throughout the day going home
and that kind of gives you those mental
cues saying okay it's my turn to go home
as well so you get up and leave and grab
your stuff and go around that normal
time everyone else leaves but when you
work from home you don't have those
mental cues you're just working along 5
6 7 8 o'clock and nothing ever tells you
you need to go home so you need to set
your own boundaries saying I am NOT
going to work after this set time
whatever time that is you said it
yourself just say this is the latest I
will work no matter what and do the same
thing with the earliest that you're
going to work say I'm not gonna start
work before a certain time that way you
have your work hours set and you don't
accidentally mix your work and your
leisure by letting your work spill over
into your leisure time or letting your
leisure time spill over into your work
time another important thing to set
boundaries with is going to be the
people that live with you
many of you probably have family members
or roommates all living with you and
they're all also trying to work from
home maybe for the very first time and
that is a difficult situation so making
sure you set boundaries saying this is
when I'm working do not bother me while
I'm working
unless it's important same way that they
wouldn't come in to your office and talk
to you randomly
they shouldn't come into your work
environment when you're working from
home and talk to you and distract you so
make sure you set these boundaries
saying I am NOT going to be distracted
during this time please don't talk to me
unless you need to and really setting up
those rules is super super important for
making sure a that you're productive and
be that you don't overwork yourself and
with that if you combined together all
these different tips and tricks over the
next coming weeks I promise you that not
only is your productivity going to sky
rock but also your overall enjoyment of
working from home is going to be at an
all-time high also if you feel that I
missed anything please let me know down
in the comments below
not only can I learn from these comments
but also other people can learn from
your own experiences and will be able to
help everyone out as a whole also you
can check out my other videos linked
over here and subscribe to my channel
for more videos just like this one thank
you very much for watching and have a
good day
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