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How To Create Work-From-Home Habits That’ll Help You Thrive
While working from home has its perks (no commute, time to sleep in), it isn’t always easy. It may feel like a challenge to digitally connect with coworkers and it can be a hard to be productive outside of the office environment. That’s why we’ve rounded up our ideas for bringing wellness, intention, and mindfulness to your work-from-home routine.
Find Moments To Move
Whether it’s a taking five minutes to stretch or pressing play to an online barre3 workout, the simple acts of boosting your heart rate and taking deep breaths will leave you feeling revitalized and refreshed. And when the inevitable afternoon slump hits, instead of making another cup of coffee, movement will help you feel energized and boost your mood.
Make A Happy Space
If you don’t have a regular workspace in your home, try to carve out a dedicated area and spend time making it beautiful and inspiring. Clear it of distractions and decorate with things that bring you joy. While you’re at it, get some green. Plants can help improve air quality, and their color creates a calming visual effect.
Switch Up Your Posture
We all know that sitting for the whole day is doing us no favors. Try standing up every 20 minutes and moving around. Any amount of movement, even if it’s just walking to the kitchen for a glass of water, allows blood to circulate, which contributes to good health.
Foster Community
Wellness practiced with a team is a great way to stay motivated and share knowledge. But as we noted above, finding support from co-workers can be a challenge when face-to-face interaction isn’t an option. Use your team’s communication resources, like Slack or Zoom, to fill in the gaps. Having friendships at work greatly improves our personal wellbeing, and checking in with coworkers can help you feel inspired and remind you that you’re a part of a larger team.
Take Regular Breaks
When you’re working from home, it can be easy to get caught up in your to-do list and plow through hours without giving yourself a break. But to keep from burning out, it’s important to build moments of pause into your day. Spend a few minutes mid-morning to step away from your computer and enjoy your coffee, and take the time to make yourself a delicious lunch. However you spend your break, be sure you’re giving yourself time to recharge.
Set Yourself Up For Success
Ever sat down to work in the morning only to spend half an hour trying to remember where you left off the day before? Before you finish in the evening, write yourself a list of all that you want to get done the next day and tidy up your workspace for your future self. Making sure everything is in place for a good start in the morning is like hitting the ‘refresh’ button, so you’re automatically set up for an on-track tomorrow.
One of our favorite practices for work-from-home success is taking the time to experience joyful and intentional movement. Join us online with a 15-day free trial of barre3 online.
While working from home has its perks (no commute, time to sleep in), it isn’t always easy. It may feel like a challenge to digitally connect with coworkers and it can be a hard to be productive outside of the office environment. That’s why we’ve rounded up our ideas for bringing wellness, intention, and mindfulness to your work-from-home routine.
Find Moments To Move
Whether it’s a taking five minutes to stretch or pressing play to an online barre3 workout, the simple acts of boosting your heart rate and taking deep breaths will leave you feeling revitalized and refreshed. And when the inevitable afternoon slump hits, instead of making another cup of coffee, movement will help you feel energized and boost your mood.
Make A Happy Space
If you don’t have a regular workspace in your home, try to carve out a dedicated area and spend time making it beautiful and inspiring. Clear it of distractions and decorate with things that bring you joy. While you’re at it, get some green. Plants can help improve air quality, and their color creates a calming visual effect.
Switch Up Your Posture
We all know that sitting for the whole day is doing us no favors. Try standing up every 20 minutes and moving around. Any amount of movement, even if it’s just walking to the kitchen for a glass of water, allows blood to circulate, which contributes to good health.
Foster Community
Wellness practiced with a team is a great way to stay motivated and share knowledge. But as we noted above, finding support from co-workers can be a challenge when face-to-face interaction isn’t an option. Use your team’s communication resources, like Slack or Zoom, to fill in the gaps. Having friendships at work greatly improves our personal wellbeing, and checking in with coworkers can help you feel inspired and remind you that you’re a part of a larger team.
Take Regular Breaks
When you’re working from home, it can be easy to get caught up in your to-do list and plow through hours without giving yourself a break. But to keep from burning out, it’s important to build moments of pause into your day. Spend a few minutes mid-morning to step away from your computer and enjoy your coffee, and take the time to make yourself a delicious lunch. However you spend your break, be sure you’re giving yourself time to recharge.
Set Yourself Up For Success
Ever sat down to work in the morning only to spend half an hour trying to remember where you left off the day before? Before you finish in the evening, write yourself a list of all that you want to get done the next day and tidy up your workspace for your future self. Making sure everything is in place for a good start in the morning is like hitting the ‘refresh’ button, so you’re automatically set up for an on-track tomorrow.
One of our favorite practices for work-from-home success is taking the time to experience joyful and intentional movement. Join us online with a 15-day free trial of barre3 online.
