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How to Save Money When Working from Home

There have been profound changes in workplace culture in the last few years. One of which is the rise of remote work. Working from home has come with several advantages, including the potential for better mental health and increased productivity. In fact, one 2022 report states that 78% of people who work from home experienced better work life balance.

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However, working from home also comes with some disadvantages such as the rise of household costs. Below is a list of several ways you can save money when working from home in 2023.

Consider your Energy Usage

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if you’re spending more time at home working, then your energy usage will undoubtedly go up.…

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Why ‘Work from Home’ May be a Part of Our Business Life Going Forward?

Work from home used to be a luxury that employees could use on select occasions. Thanks to the COVID pandemic, work from home has today become a part of our lives. The pandemic and the resultant lockdown saw companies permitting employees to work from home. This was done keeping their health in mind to prevent them from getting infected.

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Work from home was a success with most companies reporting the same or increased productivity. Virtual meetings and ‘zoom conferences’ became a part of work life. People from various sectors across the world have become accustomed to working from home.…

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Best Modern Shed Offices: An Ideal Work Space in Your Home

Remote work popularity continues to grow each year, encompassing even more professions who are not required to be at the office to perform their jobs. Working from home becomes a necessity rather than a luxury, especially when the COVID-19 cases continue to increase day by day.

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A modern shed can be converted into your home office. As far as a backyard office, modern sheds are much cheaper. You can choose from a wide variety of modern sheds.

Choosing the best for your budget is pretty easy. Depending on your needs, you can choose the style you want, after all this is the place you will use to earn money.…

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How to Create a Work Space in Virtually any Area of the Home

Here is some much-needed great news: you do not need a dedicated home office to work successfully from home. With some creativity, you can set up a functional workspace in a variety of unused and often overlooked spaces in your home.

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For example, the following ideas will help get you well on your way to a positive telecommuting experience:

Transform Your Stair Landing Area

For people who live in a two or more story home, check to see if you can turn the top of a stair landing into a workspace. To help define the workspace in the open area, consider painting a panel in a contrasting color on the wall behind your desk in approximately the width of the workspace all the way up to the ceiling.…

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Staying Motivated When You Work from Home

Working from home certainly has its benefits; however, it’s not easy. In order to make money and keep up a solid reputation, you need to be able to stay motivated.

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In this article, we’ll discuss how you can do just that, so you can continue to enjoy all the great things about working from home. Sound interesting? Let’s get started.

Remove distractions

One of the best ways to stop yourself from getting distracted during work hours is to remove the distractions, of course. It’s not always easy, but try and determine what keeps removing you from your workspace. If it’s your phone, try putting it in another room.…

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8 Ways To Improve Your Productivity And Mental Health

During a pandemic, productivity and mental health may seem to function far apart from each other, but they actually work hand in hand. For many of us, including myself, there has been a lot of pressure to not only stay productive, but to accomplish more than ever before.

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Although many are working from home, maintaining productivity may be even more difficult right now due to the state of our mental health. Being quarantined in a confined space, unable to hug our loved ones, continuing to work full time while caring for children – and many more stressors can easily cause anyone’s mental health to deteriorate without adequate (or any) time for self care.…

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Working from home during Covid-19 – the right approach

Since mid-March, the impact of Covid-19 on businesses both large and small has been widely felt across the world. In the UK, many businesses have had to shut up shop altogether during the lockdown period, resulting in significant pain and disruption.

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For some businesses, such as office based organisations, the option of switching to a remote working setup has enabled them to continue, but with additional friction and difficulty. With large teams of people working from home, businesses have to adapt to the change, fast. What’s more, employees must find a way to work from home which enables them to continue to carry out their role as effectively as possible.…

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Weathering the Pandemic: Remote Work and the Small Business

Although some states are beginning to officially open back up in stages, many communities across the U.S. are remaining under fairly strict lockdown regulations in order to continue to halt the spread of COVID-19. And as a small business owner, you have the option to continue running your company however you see fit. This might very well mean continuing operations on a remote basis, allowing your employees to telecommute, and generally being a bit more flexible than usual.

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However, with most of us reaching the two-month mark when it comes to working from home, we’re moving out of emergency-measure mode and trying to figure out if this way of commuting is sustainable.…

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5 Things I Learnt from Working from Home due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced a majority of the working population to work from home, in professions which make such a set-up possible. Ever since the World Health Organization called for the global population to begin exercising “social distancing”, businesses around the world asked its employees to stop reporting at their respected offices and work remotely from their own homes instead. The move was taken to stem the spread of the virus, in accordance with the WHO’s directive.

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Work-from-home is not a new practice and has been around for a while in the corporate world now. Usually, businesses allow limited work-from-homes to employees as a perk they can enjoy from time to time.…

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How 2 Kids And Working From Home Taught Me To Become A More Efficient Business Owner

At first, I felt euphoric.

It was 2012. I had ditched the 9-5 and I was my own boss. I no longer had to ask permission to leave work early and I could pick the kids up from school whenever I wanted.

But it didn’t take long for things to change.

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Sometimes I wasn’t putting the hours in when I should be. Other times I found myself pulling all-nighters and getting grumpy from the lack of sleep.

Something needed to change.

Pretty quickly, I realized that I needed to be more disciplined.

Here are 3 tips that taught me to become a more efficient business owner:

Tip 1: Set yourself a routine and stick to it

Most businesses have a normal working day, so why should I be any different?…

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