How to Actually be Productive at Home (4 Easy Tricks for Everyone)

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Being productive at home can be hard! Thankfully, there are so many tips and tricks out there to ensure your well-being and boost your productivity while you are at home.

Whether you are trying to study, working from home, or accomplishing other tasks such as writing a novel or completing a research project, these tricks will help you get by!

Here are my 4 easy tricks for everyone that want to actually be productive at home!

If you work from home, you can also read my post on 10 Work From Home Tips for Maximum Productivity.

1. Have a Morning Boost

One of the best ways to actually be productive at home is to start your day right with a morning boost! Having a positive mindset in the morning and therefore a boost of energy is ideal to kick off the day right.

It’s important to understand that this tip works well if you’ve established a good sleep schedule. Even trying to wake up earlier can help boost your productivity.

Other ways to enhance this morning boost involve properly getting ready in the morning; such as wearing a decent outfit, putting on some make-up, doing your hair, and essentially doing anything that truly makes you feel good. Sometimes to feel good, you’ve got to also look the part. I normally equate getting dressed with meaning business.

You can make a healthy and filling breakfast in order to make sure you won’t be consistently hungry and snacking throughout the day, which can hinder your productivity. You need to be well-nourished if you want to have a good productive day at home.

Plus, a healthy breakfast will boost your energy levels and carry you until your next meal!

SEE ALSO: 5 Healthy Night Habits to Get You to Sleep Better

2. Find Structure

Finding structure in your days will greatly help for your productivity at home. You can try to plan your ideal morning and night routine.

Doing this step has greatly helped me maintain my productivity in the last year (since the beginning of lockdown in 2020.) At that time I was finishing my master’s degree. Having both a morning and night routine kept me on track.

It kept me sane, healthy, and productive!

Thus, sticking to these two routines were my self-care moments from an otherwise busy day of researching, reading, and academic essay writing.

In the same manner, trying to incorporate a timetable can also be very beneficial to your at-home productivity. Making a timetable for your weekly days will prevent you from dealing with the unexpected. The unexpected being: behind on work, procrastinating during the day, constantly getting distracted by the things around you, etc.

Having a timetable for my weekly days helps me to make sure I get things done from Monday to Friday. Come the weekend, I can reassess and readjust this timetable for the next week to come!

In order to do this, I actually use a physical timetable and a digital one. I use Notion to plan my week and a dollar store weekly grid to plan my days in detail.

Plus, having structure could also help prevent you from doing work late at night, under extreme pressure, and during the weekend.

Try a timetable and see, you’d be surprised at its effectiveness!

SEE ALSO: 50 Productive Things To Do When You’re Stuck at Home

4. Take Care of Yourself

You might think to yourself: How does taking care of myself contributes to being productive at home? But truly, productivity has everything to do with self-care.

When any aspect of your health suffers; generally speaking your productivity also suffers if not now then it will in the long run.

For me personally the less I sleep, the less productive I actually am. I only maintain the illusion that I am being productive since I am dedicating more time to a project. However, this is a false sense of productivity as my brain functions less effectively than when I get a full night’s rest.

Furthermore, there is no point in being super productive while simultaneously being always tired and stressed. Productivity is more rewarding when you are assured of your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

Taking care of yourself will boost your productivity and therefore give you more time to focus on yourself and take time for yourself. Therefore, taking care of yourself is one of the most productive things you can and should be doing.

Some ways to make sure you are taking care of yourself in order to be productive at home:

Eating healthy and nourishing meals
Staying away from social media in the morning and at a night
Limiting excessive screen time in general
Exercising, stretching, and/or moving your body daily
Drinking enough water
Getting 7-8 hours of sleep
Giving yourself a break to do something fun as it reduces stress and motivates you to be more productive