10 Key Strategies For Staying Productive While Working At Home

I’ve been working from home for five years, here are some ways I still stay productive.

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With companies, events, sports leagues, and entire countries shutting down all over the world due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, many people are asking themselves a question for the very first time:

How the hell do I stay productive if I can’t leave my house?

Of course, most people reading this won’t be fully quarantined (though some will), but it could feel that way if your company has everyone working from home.

In the age of technology, though, many an empire has been built by using a smartphone and a laptop. Here are some suggestions for staying productive when your routine has been obliterated.

Have a specific work space.

One of the challenges I faced when I was living in a smaller apartment was that I didn’t have a dedicated office or desk to work from. I didn’t want to work at the kitchen table, so I’d sit on the couch.

Then, I’d close the laptop and watch a movie…on the couch…

There was no mental separation between a work space and a leisure space, which sometimes lead to being too comfortable…