Must-Haves for an Efficient Home Office

Due to these recent uncertain times of an ongoing pandemic, many of us are made to work from home. Creating a space at home for your work, in general, itself is a valuable asset to your productive lifestyle. Once you have a space assigned at home, designated to work as a desk just like you have at your office where you can work, becomes easier to keep the work-mode on and sets the mood to do things. It shouldn't feel like,

A “home office”, like an efficient desk set up is what you need at the moment! The below mentioned are the 5 Must-haves for an efficient home office. Efficiency is vital!

1. Ergonomics

The first most important thing after deciding the space for working is to make sure you have an ergonomically optimized workspace that helps you work “efficiently and safely.” By protecting your body from injury (or recurring pain), you're better able to focus on your task, which, in turn, makes you a more efficient and productive worker. A decent desk & a good chair is sufficient to avoid us from working in those awkward positions and wanting to go back on our couches, resulting in problems with our muscles, tendons, ligaments, or nerves. Follow these tips,

If you're using a screen, keep it at eye level and perfect your posture. Head and Neck, Hand and Wrist Position, Seated Posture, and Back Support are the 4 areas of focus. If you’re someone whose work involves a lot of phone calls then place your phone in speaker mode or use a headset, especially if you type or write at the same time. Don’t forget to take frequent breaks to avoid straining your muscles and don’t wreck your body for the long term. Use an ergonomic workspace to reduce back & neck pain.

2. Supplies & Tools

Working with the right set of supplies and tools, helps you to stay efficient and quick. Being an Architect and personally a huge fan of stationary, I make sure I have everything near me to keep my workflow going. Laptop, sticky notes, “To do list”, Notepads, tons of stationary like color pens & pencils, Markers, highlighters, Sketching and measuring equipment, a Water bottle (Stay hydrated!) and last but not the least have good

Not to forget a bit of vibrancy with some green plants! If your desk has drawers, even better! - A detailed typical home office stationery checklist would have the above-mentioned items plus Printer paper, Binders, Folders, Stapler, Scissors, Paperclips, Document sorter/holder, etc. Believe me, I can go on and on while having this deep admiration for stationary.

3. Reduce visual clutter

You prefer to work at a clean desk, but why?  For staying in an organized and systematic manner. You don’t want hundreds of things on your desk and not knowing which is placed where and continue working in a completely messed up space. In my blog about “Boost your Productivity daily!” I have explained in detail the importance of decluttering regularly and everything has a place. Do read and understand the role of a clear & neat space while working to stay productive & increase the efficiency of your desk and stay

4. Knowledgeable materials

By knowledgeable material I mean, the books, sheets, documents, papers, articles, or anything that you use for your work as a reference or any actual stand-alone material itself. While working on your desk, prefer keeping a specific space for all your knowledgeable material or if not, at closer proximity to the desk. 

Keeping it near would remind you of your sources available and make it easier to go on with your daily work smoothly. Keep all those materials at your disposal and make the best use of them and don’t just keep them lying on your desk for no reason. Use the resources available to you wisely.

5. Productivity

To sum it all up, Productivity describes various measures of the efficiency of production. A desk office can’t be of any good efficiency if it doesn’t even produce any work. The whole point of having such a designated space for you is to stay productive and boost that productivity in every possible way. 

Being AWSOMATIC! Whether you add a personal touch to your desk, with task lights or photographs or cute souvenirs that remind you of something good is great too. If that helps you stick to your schedules and produce a considerable amount of good work. Work with proper posture, with a purpose, and give your mind rest too.

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