Stress, Work & Living
September 29th, 2008 | Published in Off-Topic
Live Work Units are great because they can drastically help increase your work productivity. One can skip the daily 1-hour spent commuting and in a week’s time essentially save an extra 5 hours that can be put to work, rest, or sleep!
But there is one important factor that isn’t often discussed, increases in stress. For those not accustomed to the environment of working from home, live work units present surprising challenges. One must be able to distinguish the line between business and personal life.
We’re into the 3 step plan, so here are 3 tips on how to help distinguish between work and personal life.
1. Set physical boundaries. In your live work unit, setup a work area, and away from it a “play area.” Don’t take work or your laptop to your bedroom, keep it in the office area.
2. Make a schedule and try to stick to it. If you need to take an hour break to handle personal stuff, but don’t let business and personal tasks blend or else you’ll feel like you’re wasting the entire day around with not many results.
3. Set your tasks the night before! Clear your mind and make your to-do list for the next business day. This way you’ll get to sleep quicker.
Yahoo! recently featured an article on America’s Most Stressful Cities. Toping the list was Chicago, Detroit & Los Angeles. Read the full article on America’s Most Stressful Cities.