Due to COVID-19, many people worldwide have transitioned from the office lifestyle to working from home over the last year and a half. Along with all its benefits, isolation can make it hard to stick with healthy habits while working from home. However, if you stay dedicated to your personal well-being, you can curb many negative effects.
Physical Activity
Working from home means you might stay stuck inside all day, every day. Your body is losing a lot of the physical activity you naturally get from going about your daily business. So, even if you didn’t have a consistent workout schedule before working from home, going to the gym or walking is beneficial for your health.
Healthy Eating Habits
When at home, people tend to snack all day. You might start eating at weird hours, skipping meals, or adding more. You are asking your metabolism and digestive system to perform irregularly, manifesting themselves in multiple harmful ways. So, even though you’re at home, try to maintain consistent eating times.
Keep a Clean Workspace
When you work and live in a space, you want to make it comfortable. A messy workspace is not only distracting, but excessive clutter can affect your mental health. Keeping a clean home will help your anxiety and is less of a distraction when working.
Mindful Meditation
Having the space where you live intersect with where you work can make dropping the stresses of work harder. It’s not easy to leave it at the door when you never left. That’s why it is more important than ever to have daily check-ins with yourself to stay aware of your mental state. Working from home is almost like starting a new job; there is an adjustment period where you must be patient with yourself.
Mindful meditation will give you a few minutes in the day to assess your well-being and take active steps to keep any overwhelming feelings at bay.
Create an at-Home Commute
To further increase your work-life balance, it’s helpful to have a way of signifying to your brain when you are switching between work mode and relaxation. A method of doing this is to have an activity between them to break them up. Waking up and enjoying a cup of coffee, watching a little bit of television, or doing yoga gives you a chance to mentally prepare for the day ahead as a typical commute would.
By sticking with healthy habits while working from home, you can avoid the average pitfalls of the at-home worker.
