Whether you have recently started working from home or have been doing it for a while, you will have realized that it can be difficult to make sure you have a healthy work-life balance. When your computer is at home and so close it can be very easy to jump on early or work over at the end of the day to get something finished, however, if you work from home it is even more important to make sure you have a good balance.
It might take some time to get it right, however, with the tips in this post you should be able to get on the right track. Read on to learn more:
Create A Schedule
If you are looking to truly get the right balance between home and work you need to set yourself a schedule that you stick to as much as possible. If you don’t even one side could take over the other and cause problems for you. If you don’t want to feel like you are on a normal 9 to 5 routine try to create a rough schedule instead. For example, you could state that on a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday you will work until 5 pm, however, on a Thursday and Friday you will only work until 2 pm. Giving you the feel of more flexibility but with guidelines to make sure you finish work when you should.
Consider Different Locations
Just because it is known as work from home, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to be in your home to do it. It just means that you don’t need to be working in the office. You could go to the public library, hire a hot desk once a week, or go to your local coffee shop to get your emails done. There are many ways you can make working from home something separate.
One step further to working in different locations is to try workcations. This is where you travel to a destination and work in a calmer and vacation atmosphere. You could travel all around the world while still getting your work completed remotely. So you could be working during the morning and then venturing around the new country in the afternoon. This could create the ultimate work-life balance that many people are looking for.
Have Good Communication With Your Employer
One of the keys to working from home successfully is to communicate with your employer. You need to make sure you have everything that you need to do your job and you also need to talk about the guidelines for working from home. Are there certain hours that your employer is expecting you to be available? Do you have complete flexibility? It also works the other way too. You need to set boundaries with your employer and let them know what time you are clocking off and won’t be available to just ‘jump back on’.
These simple tips should help you to build a good work-life balance when you work from home. Do you have any other tips that might help? Please share them in the comments below.
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