{"id":546,"date":"2020-05-22T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joseviso.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2020-05-26T15:27:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:27:10","slug":"how-i-work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joseviso.com\/how-i-work-from-home","title":{"rendered":"How I work from home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I must admit I always have liked the idea of working from home but never really had done full time before as it's a quite fundamental change and there weren't so many companies offering this to their employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my current role there already was a fair amount of remote work as the rest of our design team is in Oslo so I have been getting used progressively to it in the last year without even realising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And since a couple of months ago we all have been forced to work from home so this has been a perfect opportunity for the company to streamline our processes and be efficient working from home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have found this change quite interesting and would like to share how I have adjusted<\/strong>, which things have worked well and which ones I'm still trying to improve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me the key thing has been to <strong>maintain a routine<\/strong>. This helps me to have a structure throughout the day and to be mentally sharp. So now a normal working day for me goes more or less like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>6.30 am - <strong>Wake up<\/strong>: Now that I don't have to worry about the commute, I take it a bit easier and lay in bed for a few minutes without having to rush.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>7 am - <strong>Breakfast<\/strong>: Since I am working from home I tend to prepare more elaborate things to eat. It depends on the day though.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>7.30 am - <strong>Get ready<\/strong>: I have a shower and get dressed with something I normally wouldn't use to sit around at home. This switches me into \"work mode\". <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>8 am - <strong>Start work<\/strong>: The big kitchen table is my ideal desk at home as there is plenty of room and a nice view of the garden and the sky so I don't feel like I'm all day isolated in a small room.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>9:45-10:15 am - <strong>Standups<\/strong> <strong>time<\/strong>: I normally go to a different room for my 2 standups of the day. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>10:30 am - Daily cup of coffee and <strong>main work of the day<\/strong>. I normally go to a separate room where I have a whiteboard and music and where I can go into some deep focus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>12 pm - <strong>Lunch<\/strong>: I try to have a hard stop every day for lunch at this time to make sure I don't get distracted and end up eating late.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1 pm - <strong>Back to work<\/strong>. Normally I have a couple of regular meetings each afternoon so try to get some things done in between.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>5 pm - <strong>Finish work for the day<\/strong>: I try to stop working whenever possible at the same time and go for a walk to clear my mind and stop thinking about work.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>During the day, I try to share information asynchronously and progress so we are all on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the tools I have started really liking during this full remote working time is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invisionapp.com\/feature\/freehand\">Invision Freehand<\/a> for brainstorming. It helps a lot having discussions about design work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have found this routine to work really well for me and I think overall I'm being more productive than when I was working at the office. It looks like we are going to be working from home for a good while so it will be interesting to see if my routine and productivity will evolve or stay the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must admit I always have liked the idea of working from home but never really had done full time before as it&#8217;s a quite fundamental change and there weren&#8217;t so many companies offering this to their employees. 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