You’re likely here today reading this blog article because you work from home, either as a sole proprietor or because your boss has asked you to do so due to COVID-19. As you’ve probably gathered by now, working from home isn’t always easy.

If you’ve got a family in tow, or you share your home with other people, it’s easy to get distracted and lose focus on your work. It might seem like you’re fighting a losing battle, but it’s actually relatively easy to make working from home a success.

The following inspirational ideas will help you to create a homeworking space that is a good fit for your needs and promises you some respite from what’s going on around you in your home. Here is what you need to know:

If you’ve been working in your living room, the first thing you need to do is dedicate a space to yourself. You’ve probably got a spare bedroom, for example, that you could easily convert into a home office.

Another idea is to invest in a garden office, where an exterior room gets constructed outside of your home but is still close enough to get back home when required. Whatever you do, don’t share your workspace with the rest of your family or housemates!

Next, you should eliminate any unnecessary furniture in your dedicated workspace. Ideally, you should look to move furniture to other, more appropriate parts of your home. However, there might be times when you must sell or donate your unwanted items.

But, what happens if you’ve got some furniture items you can’t bear to lose? One idea is to consider a self-storage unit. You can simply store any unwanted items in your self-storage unit and retrieve them at a later stage.

As you can imagine, working when fewer people are at home is better than when you’ve got a full house! With that in mind, you should optimize your time around your family life with that in mind.

For example, you may decide it makes sense to split your working day around when your kids are at school, and other household members are at work.

The last thing you want is for continual distractions to impede your working progress each day, and that’s why you should do whatever is necessary to get rid of outside distractions. For instance, you could put your mobile phone on silent while you’re working.

You might also decide to listen to music while wearing your earphones, as the music you listen to can drown out any noise from neighboring homes or even inside your abode.

Last but not least, make sure your working environment is well-organized. Keep your workstation neat and tidy, and that you don’t have any items cluttering up your room and potentially distracting your focus.

Good luck!