Home office productivity improvements.

Home office and your lifestyle.

Not everybody can work alone in a home office; maintaining productivity takes discipline. A dedicated office space free from distractions and using modern technology can create a very efficient working environment.

Make good choices about the home office environment you create, or you will want to move back to a rented office. Rented offices cost thousands of dollars per year, so with the savings you make, you can afford to make your home office workable.

Maybe you work freelance from a home office or have started a business without office space. Perhaps you work remotely for a company and spend much time in your living room.

No matter how hard you attempt to keep your home office productive, it can be hard to stay focused with the distractions of your family, a comfortable bed, TV, and various other distractions that are so easily accessible. Why not build an office that suits your way of operating?

Create a space for working with no other activities.

Attention to detail will help you work more effectively in your home office. You might have to start in the bedroom, but this should only be temporary. To avoid mixing your workspace with your personal and family space, set aside an area in your house that you only use for work.

Whether in a closed-off room or a desk in the corner of your tiny studio, your mind will associate your work when you go there. Just sitting at your work desk will begin to trigger your working mindset, so getting in the zone will be more comfortable.

The important thing is to create a place where you feel comfortable and can maintain a good mood. Use tools and processes to stay productive at home despite the many distractions.

Be able to shut out family noise and distractions.

The most significant issue with a home office, particularly with a young family, is dividing your time between business and family time. What you perceive as noise travelling through a wall is sound waves causing the wall to vibrate.

Since noise travels primarily through the air, the best way to block it is to put something in its path. The material should be gapless to be most effective at blocking sound, since sound will come through even the smallest cracks and holes. It should have a lot of mass, so it’s less prone to vibrate and pass on noisy vibrations.

Although fibreglass and other types of insulation are great heat and cold insulators, they’re mediocre sound insulators as they lack mass. When meticulously cut and fitted around and behind wires, pipes, and electrical boxes, Fibreglass insulation will help reduce noise transmission through exterior and interior walls. But to be even moderately effective, all holes and cracks must be sealed with a heavy material like plaster.

There will always be a conflict between love and work.

Quotable quotes

“Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break”. Earl Wilson

“There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living”. Karl Lagerfeld