In this episode, I’m sharing my personal tips for working at home like a pro. When I started my business, learning how to work from home was a huge adjustment. I know many of you are adjusting to working from home for the first time, and due to circumstances that are way beyond your control, so I hope you find these tips helpful and also quite enjoyable. The enjoyability factor is a big one because working from home can feel isolating, especially if you’re like me and thrive with social interaction. Not having colleagues around to chit-chat with suddenly can feel quite jarring. We’re all feeling a little unnerved right now anyway. I promise you that these tips I’m going to share with you will help you with productivity, your mood, your sense of isolation, and your fear of failure because I’ve had to figure out what works from my first-hand experience. And I don’t only work from home — I’m single and I work alone too. And, like I said, as an extremely social creature, I had to find out the best methods for working from home to ensure I didn’t go crazy with loneliness, drop the ball with work, and completely change who I am and interact with society. I just want you to know that I understand that the transition is tough, and it’s not super easy to just go from working in an office to working by yourself at home and expect everything to be the same and totally normal. It doesn’t work like that. Also, there’s more to working from home in an effective and enjoyable way than having the option to wear sweatpants and watch TV. Way more, and in fact, I would highly advise you against both of those things. So I guess you could say this is an episode on my ways to work from home in a strategic way so that you can be effective, enjoy yourself, and take this COVID-19 as a situation that forces you into finding your self-motivation and dial-up your work ethic, and really work towards doing your best. You owe it to yourself to feel proud of yourself even in trying situations, and that’s what this episode is all about   Key takeaways: Have a morning routine dedicated to creating order in your home Don’t drink wine or smoke weed at lunch Do your workout either first or last, not in the middle of the day Manage your tasks with two three-hour highly focused work sessions Give yourself two 30-minute email and social media sessions Facetime with your friends and family Play a game with deadlines; give yourself one laundry cycle to finish three things on your to-do list. If you have more working from home tips you’d like to share, send me a DM on Instagram @RebeccaPerrin.