Where to Go From Here?
I consider working from home a privilege, but it does have its disadvantages. There’s no universal set of rules to maximize your productivity and minimize the impact on your personal life; guidelines for working from home are highly subject to individual preferences and your personal situation.
As a basic framework, when working from home you should do the following:
- Find your own time model: fixed or flexible or somewhere in-between.
- Find your own working pace: focused periods of work with frequent breaks.
- Find your own rules: whether flexible or more structured, rules and routines help you work more efficiently.
You are a unique professional, and as such, only you know what’s best for you. Your rules don’t have to be — and shouldn’t be — the same as mine or anyone else’s.
As we all learn from the current situation, I encourage you to share your experience. Let us know what problems you’ve faced and how you’ve solved them in the comments below!
