As we all know, this year has been a hefty year. Covid has almost stranded everyone else inside their homes and most people are working from home. This looks good on the surface, but not being used to staying inside our houses for so long has ultimately affected our health and productivity. Here are a few reasons your productivity is taking a hit:
1. Health-
Your health is one of the most crucial parts of being able to work efficiently and fulfil deadlines on time. Even a bad cold can affect your work in many ways like hindering your communication channels. Exercising or yoga is one of the best things you can do to keep your body healthy and working as the lack of movement is a factor in declining health, eating healthy is also recommended. Eye strain also leads to headaches and hence inability to be efficient, so minimizing screen time is something to consider along with using blue light filters and taking frequent breaks. The 20-20-20 rule works in this case, look at an object 20 feet away for 20 seconds, every 20 minute to reduce strain on your eyes.
2. Work-life dynamic-
As important it is to be working when you are required to, being in the productivity mindset can sometimes get toxic. It is very important to draw boundaries when your work starts to affect your personal life. Managing a work-life dynamic is an underrated skill, it takes a lot of experimenting and getting used to. This takes time which ultimately pays off as burnouts are rare when a balance is achieved. Humans are social creatures. So, focusing on your family and friends is healthy because it stimulates dopamine at a healthy amount. (tip- keep a place to have everything stacked, like a white board or an online white board)
3. Sleeping schedule-
A good and healthy sleeping schedule is an important element of your overall health and your productivity measure. Medically recommended amount of sleep for a working adult is around 7-8 hours, so trying to get to this mark is ideal. It is evident that not everyone is a morning person, so judging your productivity levels based on a bar set by other individuals who are very different from you is unhealthy. Instead, you can figure out a time period you are the most productive in aka. "Your peak hours" and develop a sleeping schedule around it. Studies have shown that an average adult who's losing sleep is almost always performing worse than their peers.
4. Co-working and coordinating well with a team-
When it comes to working with other people, there are a lot of reasons the overall productivity of your team is going down. Most of these include not being able to communicate well and coordinate according to your daily goals. Here, online platforms can help make a significant difference. Online whiteboards can act as a good way of coordinating, with services like HuddleIQ which offer chats and video conferencing features with an effective infinite workspace to keep track of everyone's progress.
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