Work from home tip: The laundry can wait
Does this seem familiar to you?
- Wake up.
- Start working (notice I skipped brushing teeth, getting coffee, getting dressed…)
- Stop working to open the door/gate/whatever for UPS/FedEx/USPS person.
- Resume working
- Stop working to get dressed/brush teeth/eat breakfast
- Resume working
- Stop working to pick up the clutter, start a load of laundry, feed the dog.
- Resume working
- Stop working to [fill in random household chore here]
It can be extremely tempting to tend to household chores and similar things when you work out of your home. But have you ever considered the real impact on your productivity that comes as a result? It’s major. It can take me twice as long to do something if I keep stopping to tend to the house.
The laundry can wait. If you didn’t work from home, it would have to anyway. You work from home because it’s a nice perk, not because you can work and do the dishes and dust the living room and make the kids’ beds.
I suppose you might work from home so you can do those things, but I challenge you to spend one weekday brushing off all that stuff until 5 PM. Then, stop working and tend to your home. You’ll be surprised that you accomplished way more when you focused on just one thing at a time.
To our success,
Tia
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