5 Easy and Sure Ways to Get Fired Up for Working-From-Home

It was eight months ago when we were all forced to integrate our work life with our home life as the nation underwent community quarantine. By now, you may have already adapted to the situation, but it cannot be denied that remote work has its challenges. You might find yourself getting stuck in a monotonous routine, or worse, reach the point of burnout.

But there are still ways to turn things around and make working from home more exciting. And who knows? You might gain a renewed love for your now-home-based career after following these tips!

Decorate Your Workspace

During the first few months of the pandemic, you might have thought that the work-from-home situation is momentary and that soon you’d find yourself back in the office. Hence, you didn’t bother to set up your work area at home.

But since most companies will still impose a work-from-home arrangement in the coming months, having a bland and unstructured work environment cannot go on.

To get yourself in the mood for your daily grind, it is recommended that you invest in a comfortable chair (better if ergonomic), hang a relaxing image, diffuse essential oils, and add plants or other items that can stimulate the senses. Studies have shown that creating a sensory landscape in your work area enhances productivity and creativity.

Invest in Productivity Tools and Gadgets

On top of a stimulating work area, you should also consider investing in productivity tools and gadgets. For mental focus, consider noise-canceling headphones so that you can tune out ambient noise or any distracting sounds from people you live with. For managing tasks or coordinating remotely with your workmates, you can employ apps such as To-doist, Trello, Slack, or Asana. Also, upgrading your current setup with a USB microphone and ring light will help in achieving a more professional look when hosting online meetings.

Most importantly, you would need fast and reliable internet connection. SKY Fiber’s best-value 25Mbps Unli Broadband plan can provide you with the speed and bandwidth to conduct all your tasks efficiently. Each plan comes with a high-speed modem, and you can also add a Home Wifi mesh to your current plan to minimize dead zones and have better internet coverage in your work area and throughout your home.

Create a “Work Motivation” Playlist

Admit it, there are days when you lack motivation. So it’s really up to us to make a conscious effort to re-energize and regain our inspiration to work.

One quick way to get yourself into the right mindset before your work is to listen to songs that can either exhilarate or calm your nerves. Based on research conducted in Finland, music can instantly regulate one’s mood and it helps people to selectively focus on creative tasks and get “in the zone.”

So start building a motivational playlist now via your favorite music app!

Create a Reward System

To minimize burnout from rapidly accomplishing heavy tasks, create a reward system to keep yourself motivated. This can be done in 3 easy steps:

Step 1: Determine the task that needs some extra motivation.

Think about the task that you deem as difficult, boring, frustrating, or ambiguous.

Step 2: Choose a reward once you have accomplished that task.

This must be something that will excite you. Some examples:

• Ordering your favorite meal
• Buying your most coveted item
• Playing a video game

• Taking a well-deserved break to catch the hottest series and movie premieres in full high definition on HBO, History Blue Ant Entertainment and more with SKYcable HD500 or binge-watching exciting series on HBO GO, Netflix, Viu Premium or iWantTFC.

  

Step 3: Determine when to reward yourself.

Is it at the end of the day, week, or immediately after you have accomplished the task?  This depends on how long you would like to stay motivated.

Organize a Virtual Happy Hour With Your Colleagues

Missing your usual Friday night get-together with your co-workers? This does not have to stop despite being stuck at home. It is just a matter of getting creative while taking advantage of technology.

In organizing a virtual happy hour, you simply need a reliable video conferencing platform and an interactive gaming app, both of which can be supported by a SKY Fiber connection. Then you can also add some music and good food.

SKY’s cable TV and fiber broadband services help keep us connected to what matters to us so, even if our work-from-home life will continue for weeks, months, or years, we can still make our experience more productive and fulfilling.