How to create a productive routine when working remotely - part 8

Create a dedicated area for work activities

It’s very hard to be fully focused on work activities in your everyday home environment. That’s why it’s important to create an area dedicated to your work activities. A specific room where you can close the door works best but maybe you can find a little nook or corner of a room for this. It helps you make the mental switch between work and non-work activities. I also suggest having areas of your home that are sacrosanct from work and where you don’t take your phone (bedroom, bathroom etc), same as you put limits on such things for your kids, hey? Set up your work space using Triage Zones where your A zone (within arm’s reach) is for items you use all the time (eg: keyboard, mouse, notepad, pens); the B zone is where you have to stretch to use less frequently used items (stapler, sticky tape, phone etc) and the C Zone is where you have to move from your seat to reach items such as filing cabinet, book shelf etc.