Your Work from Home Life

Redefine, Reorganize and Reinvent Your Remote Work (Tips for Building a Home-Based Working Career)

MJ Fievre, Becca Anderson, Brenda Knight

• Verlag: Mango
• Jahr: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781642504910
• Thema: Business
• Thema: Small Business

Reorganize and Optimize Your from Home Remote Work Life

"A productive guide for our new world of remote work." — Paula Rizzo, media consultant, speaker, and author of Listful Living

Whatever your remote work circumstance, learn how to be productive at home with nuggets of hard-earned wisdom. From choosing the best colors for workspace productivity to starting a business, these remote work gurus offer everything needed for a smooth work-to-home transition.

The new world of working from home. No longer does the average worker have long, frustrating commutes to crowded offices for jobs more comfortably worked from home. In this day and age, not only are more employers offering remote work, more people are creating their own opportunities for non-traditional work from home. Whether you are a remote work employee, freelancer, or someone who dreams of giving up the daily grind for a career of your own design, Your Work from Home Life is the next step to becoming the ultimate work nomad.

Productivity tips and much more. Remote work gurus Becca Anderson and M.J. Fievre guide you through the online search process and help you create a list of online certification programs, blogging opportunities, and jobs that allow you to work from home. Together, they offer advice on planning, budgeting, contingency plans, and other resources. Along with advice on how to be productive at home, this fun and uplifting book includes bonus checklists and templates to help you:

• Take advantage of technology and platforms, home office set-ups, and breaks at work
• Work with colleagues while redefining collegial camaraderie, avoiding overwhelmed and isolated feelings
• Develop time and distraction management to meet pressing deadlines and achieve focused, deep work
• Discover the important role of self-care and personalize your very own self-care strategy

If you enjoyed books like Remote, Indistractable, The 4 Hour Work Week, or Nine Lies About Work, you'll love Your Work from Home Life.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• The Rules of Engagement
• Know What You’re Signing Up For
• The Pros and Cons of Working Remotely
• Your Pros and Cons
• Questions to Ask Your Employer
• Additional Questions
• Questions to Ask Yourself
• Additional Questions
• Teams: The Who’s Who Checklist
• Finding Remote Opportunities
• Create Your Workspace
• Tips to Set Up Your Workspace3
• Best Colors for Productivity
• The Essential List of Office Supplies for Your Home Office
• The Documents Checklist
• Your Hanging File Organizer
• The Password Organizer
• Setting Up Your Virtual Office: The List of Essential Apps
• Essential Apps: Your Own Research
• Strategic Organization
• The Home Office Decluttering Checklist
• ☺Sort mail
• Know Your Peak Hours…and Eat the Frog!
• Peak Hours: The “Getting Started” Routine for Your Work from Home Life
• The End-of-Day Routine
• Take a Break
• Take a Break: The Basic Rules
• Three Scientific Reasons to Prioritize Breaks at Work
• Take a Break: Seven Break Methods to Try11
• Signs That You Should Take a Break12
• Three Things That Help You Feel Recharged 13
• Things to Do During Your Break 14
• Learn Something New
• Over One Hundred Skills to Learn
• Journal It!
• Understand the Basics of Planning and Scheduling
• The Essential Planner
• The Essential Planner
• the Weekly to-do list
• the daily To-Do List
• ten minutes to reflect on your day
• Journal It!
• Set Boundaries Between Home and Work When Work Is at Home
• The Perfect Work-Life Balance
• Avoid Distractions
• Time Management: Fifteen Ways to Avoid Distractions
• Six Ways to Avoid the Social Media TemptatioN 18
• How to Deal with Time (and Energy) Vampires
• Delegate
• Thirty-Day Deep Clean and Declutter
• Age-Appropriate Chores for Kids
• The Meal Planner
• Be Flexible
• Ways to Pat Yourself on the Back
• Stay Connected
• Online Meeting Etiquette: Ten Things to Remember 21
• Proactive, Creative, Positive: Ten Helpful Rules for Remote Work Communication
• Fun Ways to Keep in Touch with Coworkers While Working Remotely 23
• Stay Connected—to Others, to Your Pets, and to Nature
• Google How To…
• Activities and Ideas to Stay Connected
• Journal It!
• Practice Self-Care
• Twenty Tips for Personalizing Your Self-Care Strategy
• Ten Tips for Overcoming Fear
• Changing Your Environment Helps You Remain Positive
• Use Movement and Music
• Journal It!
• Be Creative
• Ten TED Talks to Boost Your Creativity
• My Own TED List
• Five Free Apps that Can Boost Your Creativity
• Other Apps I Want to Look Into
• Be Creative: What to Do with Empty Notebooks
• Work on Your Career, Your Finances—and Yourself
• Month at a Glance
• Your Budget Categories
• SMART Goals
• Dreams and Goals
• Thirty Days of Purpose
• Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help/Expect the Unexpected
• Your Crisis Management Team
• Ten Things to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant 26
• Watch Your Back: Backing Up Data and Critical Records
• Be Prepared
• Be Prepared: Basic Emergency Supply Kit
• Journal It!
• What about Altruism and Gratitude? Ways to Help During a Crisis
• Journal It!
• Gratitude
• Thirty Days of Gratitude
• You Have the Keys
• About the Authors
• Our Kick-Ass Reference List