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How to Focus on Doing Work at Home

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You will achieve more when working or running your business from home if you know how to focus and avoid distractions . Following these steps can help you focus on your work as well as work faster.

Steps

1. Gather your materials. Don’t waste time when you are actually working to find the materials you need. Get all your materials beforehand so when you start working, you won’t have to move around. Whether it be a pencil, eraser, calculator, etc., whatever you need just put them at one spot for now.
2. Release all stress. Before you start working, do whatever you want to do. Knowing that you will spend the next minutes, hours, or days focusing on work, release the stress by spending 10 minutes doing something else. Taking a shower or exercising is a good way to release the stress before you begin the work.
3. Sit in a cramped room. When focusing, you want to concentrate on one thing, and only one thing. If you are in a cramped room, there is not much you can do. You will not be tempted to walk around in order to waste as much time as you can. Also, many people do not enjoy working in cramped spaces. If you are working in a cramped space, you will want to work as fast as you can in order to get out of the room. The best place to focus is in the bathroom
4. Close your window blinds. If you decide to work in your room, you would want to close your window blinds. For some people, it is very tempting to look outside the window to see if a friend walks by. You might also be tempted to do something totally pointless, such as count the number of trees outside.
5. Stay away from electronics. If you have a computer or television in your room, cover it up with a piece of cloth so that you will not see it and be tempted. Make sure your cell phone is on vibrate or turn it off; this way, if it rings, you do not notice it.
6. Block out noise. The best way to do this is by putting earplugs on. The only noise you should be hearing is yourself thinking. Do not listen to music when you work, as you might start singing along. Ignore any noise produced outside the room as well.
7. Warn your family. As you are most likely to lock your door, plug in earplugs, and not make any noise, your family might think that you have died or fainted. Before you begin your work, tell them that you are going to go through a period of hardcore studying/work so you will be unable to answer them. If they are not home, put a sign on the outside of your door saying “DO NOT DISTURB, CURRENTLY WORKING.” This way, they will not bother you in anyway.
8. Stay awake. This is a crucial part in focusing. Many fall asleep cause they get bored so easily. This is a good reason for working in a bathroom; you can just walk up to the sink and splash your face with water. If you are not working in the bathroom, I advise that you get one of those water spray bottles and occasionally spray yourself to stay awake. An alternative is slapping your face.
9. Eat food. Always have food by your side. Energy bars can help keep you a wake, as well as fill up your stomach. Instead of going back and forth from your room and the kitchen, keep a stash next to you. Water is a good thirst quencher.
10. Stare at the material. The final and most important step to focusing is staring at whatever you are working on. If you are capable of not have your eyes wandering off, you are fully capable of working quick and efficiently. If you are beginning to feel uncomfortable, look up at the ceiling, but not anywhere that may contain distractions.

Tips

• If your work requires access to the Internet, find a way to block out distracting sites such as YouTube and Facebook. This way, even with electronics, there’s much less of a chance to be distracted.
• Use a computer you aren’t familiar with. That way, you will only know how to use Microsoft Office applications and be less tempted to go scouring for games.

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