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Are you the poor, distracted home-worker? Here’s how to not go crazy

BySeema Goswami
Feb 28, 2016 01:10 AM IST

If your home is also your office, here’s how you can make it work for you.

Everyone who has ever worked out of home will recognise the panic that kicks in around 4 pm. That’s when you realise that you have spent far too much time a) pottering in the kitchen, fixing lunch, a snack, endless cups of tea/coffee b) surfing aimlessly on the Internet, checking out gossip sites, Googling yourself, stalking your ex c) chatting with your friends on the phone or on Snapchat, depending on which generation you belong to.

Set boundaries: Don’t always be on call. The same rules that apply to office workers apply to you. Just because you work out of your home, doesn’t mean you don’t need downtime like everyone else. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Set boundaries: Don’t always be on call. The same rules that apply to office workers apply to you. Just because you work out of your home, doesn’t mean you don’t need downtime like everyone else. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Plan short breaks: Those who work at home with no social interaction with co-workers can often go stir-crazy. One way of dealing with this is to leave the house at least once during the day. Go grocery shopping. Or just go for a walk. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Plan short breaks: Those who work at home with no social interaction with co-workers can often go stir-crazy. One way of dealing with this is to leave the house at least once during the day. Go grocery shopping. Or just go for a walk. (Photo: Shutterstock)
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