{"id":2846,"date":"2021-01-04T13:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/en-GB\/ideas\/?p=2846&preview=true&preview_id=2846"},"modified":"2021-02-17T07:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T07:15:10","slug":"how-to-keep-home-and-work-separate-while-working-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/en-GB\/ideas\/professional-development\/creativity-culture\/how-to-keep-home-and-work-separate-while-working-remotely","title":{"rendered":"How to keep home and work separate while working remotely"},"content":{"rendered":"

IN THIS STORY<\/div>Why it’s important to keep home and work life separate<\/a>Benefits of keeping work and home separate<\/a>How you can separate home and work <\/a><\/div>\n

The pandemic has blended our once-separate work lives and home lives into one homogenous work-life smoothie. When you work from home<\/a>, the office is inescapable. Bedrooms are transformed into home offices. Our dining tables and kitchen worktops are now cluttered desks. The line between business time and personal time becomes blurred until you inevitably find yourself answering emails in bed and taking meetings<\/a> over bowls of cereal. Our work-life balance<\/a> is, well, pretty unbalanced lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are upsides to working remotely, of course. People who work from home cite the lack of a daily commute and a flexible schedule as an enormous benefit to their mental health, a vital time-saver that allows them to have better sleep and more time with family. But there are downsides, too. Depending on your personality type<\/a>, you might find it difficult to draw a line between work mode and home mode, especially if both take place in the same physical space. Remote workers take fewer and shorter breaks<\/a> and – perhaps counterintuitively – end up working longer hours than their office-based counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our attitudes towards how we work and the post-pandemic rise of remote working<\/a> have some reconciling to do. This is why it’s increasingly important to be proactive about keeping your work life and your home life separate. Not only does maintaining a distinction between the two sides improve your personal life, but by clearly outlining the boundaries of your working day, you’ll find yourself more productive<\/a> and better able to achieve your goals in a shorter space of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we take a look at how to separate home and work life, let’s discuss why it’s important to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n