3 Tips for Balancing Remote Work and Your Personal Life

We know that many companies began working remotely since the pandemic, and many still work under that model full-time or a few days a week or month. Keeping your life balanced is essential, and in this article, we'll share some recommendations so you can do so and plan tasks for your well-being:

1. Find time to exercise on days you go to the office

To avoid falling into the pattern of just commuting, working, eating, and sleeping on days you have to go to the office, you can incorporate some physical exercise. For example, if you have a gym near your office building, you might want to get off the bus a few blocks early to include a walk as part of your commute, or even go for a run with colleagues as a physical and social break.

By incorporating exercise into your commute routine, you can ensure you're giving your body a special place to live.

Maximize transportation time

For those who can take public transportation and don't get motion sickness while working, commute time is a great opportunity to do extra work, such as reading a paper for your master's degree, reading something for the kids' school, or if you drive, putting on an audiobook or catching up with your parents or friends on the phone (using the speakerphone, of course).

Take weekly planning seriously

Some of the rituals that developed in recent years may no longer be performed every day. But with a planning, some can be sustained. For example, maybe the habit of taking a long walk early in the morning with your dog is no longer feasible when you have to go to the office, but a good option when working remotely is to start a little later to allow time to do so.

Or maybe taking your kids to school every morning is no longer a viable option, but you can make sure you can drop them off at least a couple of times a week.

The key to making these times work is to plan ahead and monitor your calendar so that no one can schedule a meeting during your free time.

We hope they serve you,

the AcrossTheWorldPlanner.com team