by Kathleen Kaiser, WPN President
My business runs from home and all of my associates have home offices so we don’t have the adjustment factor that many people may experience during the next few months. I’ve been doing this since I closed my offices in 1997 and set up all of my staff with equipment to work from home. Several adapted quickly, others did not, especially those who had made the office a center of their social lives.
What works best?
- Define a time to go outside, just for fresh air if nothing else. If the weather is nice, take your laptop and sit in your yard or deck. Might inspire you!
- Increase your daily exercise program, include walking around your neighborhood.
- Cook your lunch and eat it in the dining room or watching TV. Don’t bring food to your desk.
- Use the phone more. Instead of a quick text, maybe call that client or co-worker and make a personal contact. Many of us are now alone.
- I have a Varidesk so half my day I stand, and the other half I sit. Breaks things up.
- During your breaks if not catching the news, play music. In fact, if you can play music and do your work, do it. Music is good for your psyche.
And when your day is over, turn off the computer, walk away and don’t come near again until the next workday. Don’t get in the habit of overworking. It will burn you out.
All of us have a responsibility to participate.
As New York is promoting: Stay Home • Stop the Spread • Save Lives
