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How do you structure your daily schedule to make the most of remote work flexibility?Share techniques for setting boundaries between work and personal life to avoid burnout and any time management tools or strategies do you find helpful in optimizing productivity?
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Oh yes a certain points I want to share after a good amount of experimentation to boost my productivity & have a work life balance. This gives me 6 to 8 hours to myself (other than office) to do anything I want. Which is more than what anyone gets:
Use pomodoro technique (25min work, 5 min get up/walk/fetch & drink water)
Keep a physical diary to jot down tasks for the day. Work on only 2-3 tasks. Cut them off one by one
have lunch on time & take a walk just after it. Invest no more than 1 or 1.5 hr in this.
keep a study session at the end of your working time. I keep 30-45mins at 5pm for reading/studying something. Helps in your growth.
Prepare for next day. Write down your priorities for tomorrow.
(IMPORTANT) Go for some blood pumping physical activity like gym, running, playing whatever. This will refresh your body’s oxygen levels, keep you physically healthy & mentally sane. Do this for an hour.
Take a warm shower & spend time with family/friends. Will keep you mentally & emotionally healthy. Also it is important to spend time with them.
have dinner, walk if you wish, dim the lights so that melatonin (sleep hormone) generation begins, read something lite like fiction, do your night routine, shut the lights & sleep.
Wake up early, freshen up, exercise a little (I run/walk for 30 mins to completely wake myself up), Study or do whatever. Go about your morning routine.
Start your office on time.
It’s pretty much the same way I did it when I was in the office all the time. Plan on what meetings I’m doing, identify the things that need to be done in a day, block off time to get those things done, and then execute.
The only real difference is that what needs to done can now be inclusive of what I need or what my family needs.
I start my day by going grocery shopping, I frequently take a walk and talk to my best friend on the phone. If kids need to be shuttled, I usually do morning driving stuff.
I’m the kind of person who likes to work a little here and there at night, so I usually allow myself to do family tasks during daylight hours so that I’m free to focus later in the day.
I don’t think it’s that much different from when I was in the office, but the nice thing is that most of the errands I needed to manage when I was working in an office involved childcare, and my kids no longer need that. They still need my time, but it’s usually a lot less chaotic now that the errands are for the kids and not for me.