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Working From Home // How to Stay Motivated, Focused, and Productive

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Hope you all are staying safe, washing your hands, and staying at home during this time!

00:00 Intro
03:09 Introducing structure into your workday
03:46 Stick to your usual workday routines
05:11 Get dressed for work
06:10 Find a spot to work from
07:20 It’s okay if your WFH day differs from an office day
08:49 Take breaks
10:03 (Over)communicate with your teammates
12:32 Work your usual hours
14:44 Change up your working location
15:15 Move yo’ body
16:16 Use a Pomodoro timer
17:07 Outtro

Today I present to you my 10 tips for working from home. I usually work from home at least once a week (before this whole pandemic thing started), just to keep a better work life balance so that I don’t have to do all my adult/life/house things on the weekends. It feels a little bit like I’ve been preparing myself for this whole time actually 😅I took a lot of inspiration from Ingrid Nilsen’s video on her tips for working from home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDgckuEAqLQ), which I learned a lot from when I was first starting to have regular work from home days. If you have any tips of your own, let me know in the comments down below!

I feel very lucky to have a job where I can work from home and not be too impacted job-wise by the pandemic. I know others haven’t been so lucky, so I hope that you all are practicing compassion and being there for each other during this time. This too shall pass (so long as we each do what we can to make this thing pass fast) 💖

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Florida COVID-19 cases and deaths hit record highs | ABC News

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Florida COVID-19 cases and deaths hit record highs | ABC News

Health officials forecast that nearly 100,000 more Americans could die from COVID-19 between now and Dec. 1. Also, some hospitals in central Florida are running out of morgue space.

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A new study has found people infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19 are twice as likely to need hospital treatment than those with the Alpha strain.

It comes amid growing concern in Scotland, where public events have resumed this weekend, despite record numbers of new infections.

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5 WORK FROM HOME Remote Jobs (YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW!) with No Experience in 2021 for people 55+

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5 WORK FROM HOME Remote Jobs (YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW!) with No Experience in 2021 for people 55+

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How to Actually Work…When You’re Working from Home

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Because boundaries are fuzzy, you could either burn out or not get anything done.

More people are foregoing a lengthy commute and working from home. But sometimes, like during the coronavirus outbreak we’re experiencing now, you may actually have to work from home. Whether you are a full-time freelancer or the occasional telecommuter, working outside an office can be a challenge. What are the best ways to set yourself up for success? How do you stay focused and productive? And how do you keep your work life separate from your home life?

Based on the following HBR.org articles:
“5 Ways to Work from Home More Effectively” by Carolyn O’Hara
https://hbr.org/2014/10/5-ways-to-work-from-home-more-effectively

“How to Stay Focused When You’re Working from Home” by Elizabeth Grace Saunders https://hbr.org/2017/09/how-to-stay-focused-when-youre-working-from-home

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Louisiana Hospitals Are Packed With Covid-19 Patients As The State Braces for Hurricane Ida

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Dr. Kavita Patel joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss the latest on the covid-19 pandemic, and the difficulties Louisiana hospitals may face when Hurricane Ida makes landfall.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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Work from Home รวมเพลงฮีลใจ ฟังเพลิน สมองโล่ง | Talk Therapy Playlist #1

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Work from home เหนื่อยไหม?
มาฟังเพลงยาวๆ เยียวยาจิตใจท่ามกลางสถานการณ์ที่น่าหดหู่แบบนี้กันเถอะ!

สำหรับเพื่อนๆ ที่คิดถึงรายการ ‘Talk therapy’ มีเรื่องอยากปรึกษาหรืออยากระบาย ก็สามารถส่งเรื่องราวมาคุยชีกันที่ Twitter: @igtalktherapy หรือ IG: @icehuajai, @gggeegee ได้เหมือนเดิมนะคะ เราจะผ่านช่วงเวลาเหล่านี้ไปด้วยกัน:)

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09:55 I Love You So – The Walters
12:35 Summer Lovin’ – The Tuesday Crew
16:34 Hey Lady – Stephen Day
20:23 Only Gets Better – Kylie Odetta
23:09 Covered in Love – Kylie Odetta (Instrumental)
25:18 Platte Clove – The Field Tapes & Weather Club
27:27 Take All of You (Forget the Rest) – Shaylee Simeon
30:55 Loved – JJ Heller
34:36 Any Given Sunday – The Tuesday Crew
36:47 Little Bit of Love – Anders Sohn
39:49 Little Girl – Calica
43:12 When You’re in Love – Clay Finnesand
47:02 On Top Of The World – Stephen Day
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53:37 Love Is – Deep Sounds

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6 Work From Home Jobs For 2021 (That Pay Really Well)

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Best Work From Home Jobs 2021. So with everything that’s been going on around the world lately, more and more businesses are moving online and that means that more people are looking to pay you to help them. But what are the best online jobs that you can do from home this year, even if you don’t have that much experience, well I’m about to tell you.

Where Work-From-Home Jobs Are In 2021
Work-at-home jobs are no longer limited to multi-level marketing (MLM) outfits, like Amway or Avon. Improved technology and the need to cut costs and/or keep overhead low have encouraged businesses of all sizes and in a variety of fields to create more work-from-home opportunities.

How to Work Effectively From Home in 2021
Whether you’re working from home remotely one day per week (or more) or full-time—by choice or because of a health situation or weather event—it’s important to ensure that you are set up to be productive. This includes having a designated workspace with the right technology; ways of dealing with kids, pets, and other potential disruptions; and a schedule that allows for the social contact and stimulation that ordinarily comes from being in a workplace with others. Here are strategies and tips to be successful as a remote worker.

Know the ground rules about work from home jobs
Does your employer require a nine-to-five schedule, or is there flexibility? Are you allowed to work on public Wi-Fi? Which tech tools might you need, such as Zoom for video conferencing, Slack or Microsoft Teams for group chats, or Trello for project management? If you work for someone else, it’s important that your employer spells out the ground rules and ensures you have the appropriate equipment, such as a laptop, as well as network access, passcodes, and instructions for remote login, including two-factor authentication. Be sure to do trial runs and work out any problems that might impede your work. If you work for yourself, you may need many of the same tools.

Set up a functional workspace to work from home in 2021
Not everyone has a designated home office, but it’s critical to have a private, quiet space for your work. If you can, separate your work area from your personal spaces and use it just for work, not for other activities.

Get the internet speed you need
If you have kids, their FaceTiming and Xbox habits may slow your connection and download speeds. Moving as close as you can to your Wi-Fi router can help (devices that are distant tend to draw on bandwidth), or you can consider switching to Ethernet. You’ll likely need a dongle since laptops don’t have Ethernet ports these days, plus an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to your router. Wondering if your most-used website is down?

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Why Working From Home Is Tougher Than You Thought | Forbes

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Why Working From Home Is Tougher Than You Thought | Forbes

A new workplace survey by Engine Insights for Smartsheet reveals that working from home as a result of COVID-19 is difficult for all workers, but none more than Generation-Z and Millennials. In fact, despite being digital natives, fully 95% of Gen-Z workers and 93% of Millennial workers admit they’re having a tough time with the transition to working remotely.

Three-fourths of the U.S. workforce feels less connected than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Smartsheet, with notably higher numbers for Gen-Z (82%) and Millennials (81%). Moreover, since they started working from home, 60% of American workers feel less informed about what’s going on within their company. But, here again, younger workers reflect higher numbers, with 74% of Gen-Zers and 66% of Millennials, compared to just 53% and 50% of Gen-Xers and Boomers, respectively.

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Children with covid-19 are fighting for their lives in this New Orleans hospital

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A growing number of children are contracting serious cases of covid-19 in Louisiana, as the delta variant ravages the state. Among them is Carvase Perrilloux, who was not even two months old when he was hospitalized for covid-19 at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Read more: https://wapo.st/3sQF1Tu. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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Will cities survive permanent work from home?

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As the list of companies offering flexible work schedules grows, the businesses and infrastructure that supported office workers in major cities could crumble.

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