HOW TO WORK FROM DURING PANDEMIC REALITIES Read Count : 157

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A lockdown has been announced in many  countries around the world because of the ongoing problems surrounding coronavirus. This is leaving many people with no choice but to conduct their business from home. Naturally, people should have a plan in place and some strategies to ensure that they will be able to make the most of this temporary containment.


Success will always come to those who are hard-working, dedicated, committed, and persistent. They are the ones who were taking action instead of sitting around and talking endlessly about a wide range of unimportant stuff, which is never going to provide them with measurable results.

Have Firm Office Hours

Just because you have been forced to work from home does not mean that you can justify altering your schedule. It’s important to stay in a routine and to ensure that everything remains as normal and organized as it always has been. This will also make it easier to get up to speed once the lockdown has been canceled. Both you and your family have to understand that there is no income when no work is done, and this is why everyone has to respect the fact that even though you are at home, you are at work also. This is why it will be best to keep to the same routine to which you have been accustomed before the lockdown.


By doing this, you will be able to maintain your performance levels, and a lot of the damage as far as business income is concerned will be eliminated. Working from home can be exciting and pleasurable, but it should not prevent you from doing the things which you need to do.

Managing your Body

The fact that you work from home these days does not mean that you can relax your exercising routine. It also does not mean that it is no longer necessary to look at your physical health. Instead, now can be the perfect time to set new standards and to program them into your consciousness to such an extent that they will become a way of living long after the work from home period has ceased. There is a whole lot of exercises which can be done without the need to have specialized equipment.


A lot can be accomplished simply by using the doing exercise at home, and therefore there is no need to lower your standards as far as exercising is concerned.

Having a solid plan in place

You need to have your to-do ready, and it will be an excellent thing to peruse that list daily to ensure that nothing is forgotten and that nothing is overlooked. The same things need to happen just as they are happening at the office. When you work from home, you will have to take responsibility for a lot of the things which you use to delegate when you are at the office. This will require you to analyze at the end of the day what has been accomplished and what things need to be priorities when you resume your work tomorrow.

Staying Healthy Mentally

You may be a professional who is receiving a lot of mental stimulation while you are the office, conducting the business of your company. When you work from home, a lot of mental stimulation is lost, and this can be disconcerting, and when not looked properly, it can have negative consequences. Fortunately, we have the benefit of technology, things like the Internet and social media, which can be used to maintain healthy contact and mental stimulation at all times.

More time for the Family

Now that you work from home, you finally have sufficient time to catch up on all the things which are happening in your family and improving relationships with all of the family members. Nevertheless, your work from home experience might be somewhat shorter than what you would expect and therefore make time for the family from the first day and do not put it off. Otherwise, the time may run out before anything has been done.

The need to have Closure

When at the office you are expected to work a certain amount of hours every day after which time you are expected to go home and to spend time with your family. This also has to happen when you work from home, and you still need to keep to predetermined business hours. There has to come a time at the end of the day when you have to say to yourself; enough is enough.


I also have a responsibility towards my family, and I need to spend quality time with them because, after all, all of my efforts at work are given meaning because of my relationship with my family and how important they are to me.


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