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Work at home, like other forms of work, has its advantages and disadvantages. It is a lie the myth that working from home is better than one can happen, it is clear that there are some very good points but for those who are not constant or no will, it can cost the job itself.

Working from home requires will, a lot of concentration, time management and responsibility, as far as it depends on oneself. And anyone who works or has worked in this way once, you will understand that the organization is a key issue. That is why here we will see some clues to better organize the time when working from home.

The first point is to assemble a checklist and eliminate all non-essential tasks. Arming a checklist or a list of tasks in order of priority is very useful for better managed. It is also important to be realistic and do not fill the list with hundreds of tasks that we know are not going to do in the day. If this happens, a negative bearing the burden of not finishing as planned, but in reality, it was impossible.

In my opinion, I advise you to check daily and weekly list, pointing to the main to the least important. And at the end of the day or week, evaluate what was done and what remains to reorganize the next week.

Perform a task at a time How many times we begin to do something and leave for another job and then we left it for another? Several right? This is not productive in any point of view. Multitasking consumes energy and prevents complete successfully with the tasks facing us. Therefore, to concentrate on one thing at a time.

Minimize distractions. Organize the computer, our main working environment, is to organize ourselves. In this sense, check RSS feeds, we have subscriptions, newspapers and websites to consult, activities in social networks, mail accounts, etc.. and eliminate the unnecessary. It is good to install filters to prevent spam, we plan on what time those checks and consider whether to review the emails before or after starting work.

Regarding the latter, there are those who believe that we must work first and then look at the mails, in order to be more concentrated. In my case, this does not help. If I do so, while I work I’m thinking if I have any mail from work, and it makes me lose performance. I prefer to check emails and see if any last-minute warning and then put squarely on the job. Of course, if they thus should not be dissipated with personal mails.

Alternate work with rest periods. By working with the computer, it is good to take frequent breaks of 10 minutes. In these moments, it is advisable to walk, stretch and, above all, away from the computer.

Assemble a workplace. It is good to arrange a room in the house to put the work and materials are always in the same place. This will avoid the not knowing where we left it and waste time on it.

Harnessing the Internet for personal issues. By this I mean to exploit the advantages that the Internet gives us for payment services, to banking, checking accounts, etc..

Finally, those with small and may have to do housework, should plan to better times and not overlapping the work with the business of the house. Regarding small, if any grandmother or family to whom we can leave time will be very good and certainly very happy that this family for the visit of the little one.