Your Work from Home Life: Redefine, Reorganize and Reinvent Your Remote Work (Tips for Building a Home-Based Working Career)

by MJ Fievre, Becca Anderson, Brenda Knight

Overview

Reorganize and Optimize Your from Home Remote Work Life

“A productive guide for our new world of remote work.” —Paula Rizzo, media consultant, speaker, and author of Listful Living

Whatever your remote work circumstance, learn how to be productive at home with nuggets of hard-earned wisdom. From choosing the best colors for workspace productivity to starting a business, these remote work gurus offer everything needed for a smooth work-to-home transition.

The new world of working from home. No longer does the average worker have long, frustrating commutes to crowded offices for jobs more comfortably worked from home. In this day and age, not only are more employers offering remote work, more people are creating their own opportunities for non-traditional work from home. Whether you are a remote work employee, freelancer, or someone who dreams of giving up the daily grind for a career of your own design,  Your Work from Home Life  is the next step to becoming the ultimate work nomad.

Productivity tips and much more. Remote work gurus Becca Anderson and M.J. Fievre guide you through the online search process and help you create a list of online certification programs, blogging opportunities, and jobs that allow you to work from home. Together, they offer advice on planning, budgeting, contingency plans, and other resources. Along with advice on how to be productive at home, this fun and uplifting book includes bonus checklists and templates to help you:

• Take advantage of technology and platforms, home office set-ups, and breaks at work
• Work with colleagues while redefining collegial camaraderie, avoiding overwhelmed and isolated feelings
• Develop time and distraction management to meet pressing deadlines and achieve focused, deep work
• Discover the important role of self-care and personalize your very own self-care strategy

If you enjoyed books like Remote, Indistractable, The 4 Hour Work Week, or Nine Lies About Work, you’ll love  Your Work from Home Life .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642504903
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	02/16/2021
Series:	Becca's Self-Care
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

MJ Fievre has many years of experience working in non-traditional and remote roles as an educator, writer, coach, translator, and entrepreneur. She currently works as an acquisitions editor for the fastest growing publisher in the United States, and also serves as a project manager for a multi-faceted corporation with a multi-national consultant base that provides art, writing, and translation services to clients world-wide. In this book, she shares her decades-long experience in remote work, beginning with her work as a freelancer in Port-au-Prince, Miami, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, eventually starting her own company.

Becca Anderson is a writer and editor who works from a home office in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an expert in cultivating camaraderie, agility, and collaboration within her online team. In Your Home Work Life, she shares powerful advice gleaned from professional experience. Originally from Ohio, Becca credits her first grade teacher as a great inspiration. She runs several popular online classes and workshops.

Brenda Knight began her career at HarperCollins, working with luminaries Paolo Coelho, Marianne Williamson, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Knight was awarded IndieFab’s Publisher of the Year in 2015 at the ALA, American Library Association. Knight is the creator of Badass Affirmations series as well as the author of Random Acts of Kindness, The Grateful Table and Women of the Beat Generation, which won an American Book Award. Knight is publisher at Mango Publishing. She teaches at the San Francisco Writers Conference and Writing for Change and serves as President Emeritus of the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter. Brenda Knight resides in the SF Bay Area. She blogs about acts of kindness at: lowerhaightholler.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents

The Rules of Engagement 14

The Pros and Cons of Working Remotely 18

Your Pros and Cons 20

Questions to Ask Your Employer 23

Additional Questions 26

Questions to Ask Yourself 29

Additional Questions 33

Teams: The Who's Who Checklist 36

Finding Remote Opportunities 38

Tips to Set Up Your Workspace 46

Best Colors for Productivity 48

The Essential List of Office Supplies for Your Home Office 51

The Documents Checklist 55

Your Hanging File Organizer 57

The Password Organizer 58

Setting Up Your Virtual Office: The List of Essential Apps 59

Essential Apps: Your Own Research 62

Strategic Organization 64

The Home Office Decluttering Checklist 66

Chapter 3 Know Your Peak House…and Eat the Frog 69

Peak Hours: The "Getting Started" Routine for Your Work from Home Life 71

The End-of-Day Routine 78

Take a Break 82

Take a Break: The Basic Rules 83

Three Scientific Reasons to Prioritize Breaks at Work 84

Take a Break: Seven Break Methods to Try 85

Signs That You Should Take a Break 86

Three Things That Help You Feel Recharged 88

Things to Do During Your Break 89

Learn Something New 95

Over One Hundred Skills to Learn 97

Journal It! 103

Chapter 4 Understand the Basics of Planning and Scheduling 107

The Essential Planner 108

The Essential Planner 111

The Weekly To-Do list 113

The Daily To-Do List 114

Ten Minutes to Reflect on your Day 115

Journal It! 116

Chapter 5 Set Boundaries Between Home and Work When Work is at Home 121

The Perfect Work-Life Balance 122

Avoid Distractions 128

Time Management: Fifteen Ways to Avoid Distractions 128

Six Ways to Avoid the Social Media TemptatioN 136

How to Deal with Time (and Energy) Vampires 138

Delegate 142

Thirty-Day Deep Clean and Declutter 143

Age-Appropriate Chores for Kids 145

The Meal Planner 149

Be Flexible 151

Ways to Pat Yourself on the Back 152

Chapter 6 Stay Connected 157

Online Meeting Etiquette: Ten Things to Remember 159

Proactive, Creative, Positive: Ten Helpful Rules for Remote Work Communication 161

Fun Ways to Keep in Touch with Coworkers While Working Remotely 163

Stay Connected-to Others, to Your Pets, and to Nature 165

Google How To… 167

Activities and Ideas to Stay Connected 169

Journal It! 173

Chapter 7 Practice Self-Care 175

Twenty Tips for Personalizing Your Self-Care Strategy 176

Ten Tips for Overcoming Fear 178

Changing Your Environment Helps You Remain Positive 182

Use Movement and Music 189

Journal It! 191

Be Creative 193

Ten TED Talks to Boost Your Creativity 195

My Own TED List 196

Five Free Apps that Can Boost Your Creativity 197

Other Apps I Want to Look Into 198

Be Creative: What to Do with Empty Notebooks 199

Chapter 8 Work on Your Career, Your Finances-and Yourself 201

Month at a Glance 204

Your Budget Categories 205

SMART Goals 209

Dreams and Goals 211

Thirty Days of Purpose 214

Chapter 9 Don't Be Afraid to Ask for Help/Expect the Unexpected 219

Your Crisis Management Team 220

Ten Things to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant 221

Watch Your Back: Backing Up Data and Critical Records 226

Be Prepared 227

Be Prepared: Basic Emergency Supply Kit 230

Journal It! 233

Bonus Chapter Gratitude 239

Thirty Days of Gratitude 248

Conclusion You Have the Keyss 251

About the Authors 253

Our Kick-Ass Reference List 255

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From the Publisher

“A productive guide for our new world of remote work.”
—Paula Rizzo, media consultant, speaker, and author of Listful Living