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Biema Christina Banez

How do you keep creative juices flowing when working at home?

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We know that productivity is a daily challenge for remote workers. I am guilty. So I am curious how you guys keep productivity at peak (or at a functioning level, at least) while working remotely? A good night's sleep and a cup of coffee/matcha are great boosts for me. How about you?
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Emil Ahayeu
Hi, great question:) I use Tecnica del pomodoro and Golden hour. "Golden hour". Every morning I wake up 1-1.5 hours before work and prepare my brain for it. I read professional literature or listen to audiobooks on business topics. Thus, by the beginning of the working day, my brain is already tuned up for work. "Tecnica del pomodoro". I divide the work day into segments, in my case it's an hour of work and 15 minutes of rest. I'm not looking at the work stage, but as soon as an hour passes, I either go out for a walk, do yoga/exercise, or simply get distracted by something meditative. It helps to clear my mind. I also try not to set more than 2 main and important goals for the day. And a few smaller ones. I start doing the hardest ones first. It helps to tackle difficult tasks at the peak of brain activity. And as for finding inspiration. My colleagues and I often go to the opera and ballet at least once a month. It helps to develop abstract thinking, find new images for inspiration. It has become a great alternative to cinemas:)
Brenna Donoghue
Create distraction free focused time... and then take breaks.
Biema Christina Banez
@brenna_donoghue i totally agree, but its still a challenge for me until now. but i see it working! ;)
Brenna Donoghue
@bibim_banez Oh I get it. Some days it goes better than others!
Ilya Uglianitsa
The thing that works for me, if i feel stuck, is changing the envoriment. The thing is at home there are a lot of distractions - food, "oh, i need to clean this", youtube on tv, etc. And they all will play out, if you are procrastinating. So what i do, i eleminate this distractions. I just go to a local coworking or cafe. Basically, on this areas you have nothing to do but work 😅 Pro tip: go to your local library, if you have one. All of that would not save the day, but some work done is better that no work done
Biema Christina Banez
@ilya_uglianitsa couldn't agree more! Working from home is challenging. "hey, clean me!" and "you can rest here and get comfy" are waving from all corners. I'm not alone! :D I'd probably go for the local library tip.
Naomi Chao
Queue up a tv series and force myself to work for the length of an episode before I get to watch. Or listen to military anthems to hype myself up 😂
Madeleine Lamou
@naomichao haha love this 😂
Nyla Chughtai
You'll want to set limits for your food consumption just as you wish to remain focused on your work productivity. Despite this, you still need to eat. One benefit of working from home is preparing fresh, healthful meals.
Biema Christina Banez
@nyla_chughtai 'a healthy mind lives in a healthy body' science agrees with this.
Nyla Chughtai
@bibim_banez Exactly
Audree Lapierre
Close the laptop when you need to think!
Joe Shaw
@audreeux Me too!!!
Aliaksandr Kandratsiuk
Good night sleep is essential habit for remote/onside workers and all people as well. For me the main challenge for remote mode is to handle with business and personal time. Speaking about my peak of productivity all the day I would mention my focus on the rule - to do a task without being distracted by income email/messages or any small activities. If you need do short breaks during working day make sure that with sort period of time (say an hour) you have visible outcomes. At the end the day you can summarise you small achievements and will see big result which means that you are super productive ) But this is of course the ideal situation )
Henry Miller
Interesting topic. In my own experience, you can try to get outside and getting some fresh air and exercise, which can help boost your creativity.
Akash Zaveri
Owning my morning helps me be more productive throughout the day. Accomplishing hard tasks as soon as I wake up sets the right tone for me.
Biema Christina Banez
@akazaveri kill the monsters first! TRUE.
Akash Zaveri
Yes!
Omri Tamir
Making sure you're laser-focused on your goals and have a clear idea of what you have to do is a must. If you feel lost for even a moment, productivity goes down the drain.
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