Claire Carmichael talks about her experiences working from home, how she manages her well-being as well as her effectiveness in the role and shares tips on how you can make it work for yourself.
Hi everyone.
My name is Claire Carmichael and I'm a registered Nurse and I've just recently started working from home.
So, I wanted to do some little tips, give you some little advice, information hopefully to help you, if you are thinking about or you are about to start a job which is working from home.
Organising A Dedicated Workspace
My first tip is if you can try and have a separate space for your workspace.
If you've got a spare room or another room to go into, set it up as like a little mini office or something like that.
If you are just sat, like I'm sat in the lounge now to do this video for example, if you're just sat in the lounge for example working and then you're sitting there in the evening to watch television and relax, you're gonna find a struggle with that balance of work/life balance, because you're gonna think that you're always in your office, 'cause you're always in the lounge if that makes sense.
So, having that separate area, that separate space to have your office really does help.
And if you come with me, I will show you mine now.
Here we go, so down the corridor, into the spare room, oh gosh, it's a mess.
I'm sorry.
This is my little office.
So, I have my desk. I have two monitors, I've got a laptop and I've got a second screen monitor and that's just my spare room/office with some bonus background info.
So like I said, this is my little office and I wanted it like a greeny colour, just to keep those calm, neutral vibes going.
I've got some little fake plants, because I can't keep plants alive, just to keep me motivated. I thought they were cute.
Yeah, so this is my little office and it's really good to, like I said, have that set up so that you can step away from your office, still you can sort of go into another room in the evenings.
You can relax in a different room and it doesn't feel like you're always at work if that makes sense.
So, that is my number one tip.
Taking Regular Breaks
My next tip is make sure you have regular breaks, especially if you're on the computer screens all day, make sure you are taking regular breaks.
Step away from your computer, stretch your legs, stretch your back.
Things like that.
Just step away from the computer, take a breath, grab a drink, grab a cup of tea and then come back.
About this contributor
Registered Nurse
I am a Registered Nurse with over 12 years healthcare experience including: elderly care, orthopaedics, sexual health / family planning, qualified GP nurse, transgender healthcare and now in my new role as an assistant lecturer (as of Nov 2022). I believe that nursing gets a lot of bad press, so I create blogs and vlogs to help anyone considering their nursing career and to create positivity surrounding our profession as I'm so passionate about nursing.
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