East or West remote is best
About me
- working remotely for 6 years - worked in office for 6 months
Mark Orel
Software engineer
remote work has opened the door to a new era of freedom and luxury. A brave new world beyond the industrial-age belief in The Office
Don't Try
This at Home
WARNING
Remote
Job
Pros
Me working at home
the temptation to procrastinate is higher
Cons
Also me working at home
Super productive
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Bruned out
Best situation
Part 1.
Time
Start the task you want to solve now.
Lie to your brain: say it takes only 5 minutes
Track the time you are working.
Try to join this with Pomadoro techique
Work no more than 30 hours a week*.
*except rare cases.
Look at your battery usage.
And try to decrease usage of it.
Avoid distracting habits that just take you time.
Change your password in facebook to long one. Logout and each time you see log in page trigger yourself.
Install the app to help you with this 📲
*it block even apps not only websites.
Find the best time for you to work
For me it's the time between 11p.m and 4a.m
Don't be scared to do NOT work in working hours.
BUT have at least four hours of overlap in working hours
Respect your free time.
Part 2.
Energy
Eat better.
You won't want to work without energy.
Sleep at least 6 hours.
Use f.lux for better sleep.
Drink water.
Lifehack: just put a bottle near your laptop.
Save energy on communications.
If you feel that you need to tell something huge to someone - use video call / screencast. Don't waste your time on messaging.
Save energy on actions.
Learn and use shortcuts everywhere you can. Create your own shortcuts using some apps.
Save energy on cooking.
Buy as much automated things as you can. Multi-Cookings systems are good helpers.
Part 3.
Attention
Find relaxation method for you brain
Work with muscles can be easily finished by relaxing on the sofa. It doesn't help for brain.
Use silent mode.
Say your colleagues you can be reached by phone only for example.
Don't forget about music
Change your working environment.
To achieve some kind of concentration.
Stop multitasking!
It's impossible to work in such mode for long time.
Focus on quality not quantity.
Try to do actually nothing for 5 minutes.
This will stimulate you to do something.
Always work with a specific purpose in mind.
And don't forget
that
Being a remote worker is being on the edge of productivity and procrastination.
The End.
