6 Tips for Balancing Virtual Work / School and Distractions At Home

Professional organizers often get called to help with time management & balance. Since this past year has been really challenging, we have gotten a lot of requests to help working from home and virtual learning at home. Balancing work / school and all the distractions that go along with it can be extremely frustrating and often times we do not know what the perfect balance is. Secret: there is no perfect balance. Here are some tips to help with the balance:

• Have a designated area where work and school takes place.
• Be upfront and honest with everyone in the household and include them in the decision making process. 
• Take breaks.
• Have designated times when things like TV & play can happen. 
• Have fun, educational activities planned that you will can all look forward to. 
• Have something to look forward to at the end of a long day like a hobby, favorite meal, sports, a movie, etc. 

What are some ways that you combat working from and learning from home and all the distractions that come with it?

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3 Productivity Tips for Working From Home | Houston Professional Organizer

Raise your hand if you are still working from home ✋We have helped endless clients get organized in their various spaces to help them better work from home. Professional organizers have been on overdrive the last year and half too because a majority of companies went to work at home situations, so as a professional organizer we have been been helping clients figure out their various work from home situations. Some people are now either going back to into the office or doing a hybrid work from home / go into the office situation. 

• Master to do list: write everything down that you need to do. Try to focus on 1-3 things to accomplish a day. That way you do not set yourself up for failure.
• Use the Pomodoro technique: set a timer for 25 minutes and focus on tasks for those 25 minutes. Then take a 5 minute break. Using the Pomodoro technique helps you stay focused on things that are important and need your undivided attention. 
• Use site blockers: it blocks you from going to various websites like social media. This helps you stay focused and get things done!

What are some of your work from home productivity tips?

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4 Tips to ReOrganizing Your Closet For Working From Home

Are you still working from home? Have you gotten into the slump of wearing the same old thing or defaulting to all loungewear? As a professional organizer, we are still getting a ton of requests from clients to help them organize their home offices, closet and various other spaces to help them work from. They still want to be presentable for any regular meetings, zoom call, etc. Below are 4 tips to reorganize your closet when working from home. 

• Put 3 outfits together with jewelry and all. This way if you have to get on an unexpected video conference call you are ready to go. 

• Purge work clothes. Now is a great time to purge work clothes, hose, shoes, etc. that you no longer love, doesn't fit, has holes, is in bad condition, etc. 

• Have your most used clothing items front and center and easily accessible. Less used items should be in harder to reach areas of your closet. ​This way you have your go tos easy to access and know exactly what you want and like.

• Start a donation pile. ​​As you declutter your closet have a donation pile easily accessible. So you can drop off or schedule a donation pick when places begin opening again. I like to use a bag or basket on the floor of my closet under my hanging clothes that way if I try something on and don't like it, I can just toss it in there. 

What tips do you have for reorganizing your closet for working from home? Are you starting to go back into the office, will you do a hybrid or will permanently be working from home?

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3 Tips for Trying to Balance Work / Life While Working From Home

Are you still working from home because of the pandemic? Many of our professional organizing and concierge clients are still working from home, so we have helped them in many different ways get organized and TRY to help with their work / life balance. I don't think there will ever be an absolutely perfect balance, but there are definitely things that you can do to help you alleviate stress and not feel so overwhelmed all the time. When you are at home working in confined spaces it can be tough and if you are a procrastinator, you will find excuses to do other things that are stressing you out like organizing your desk. 
Here are 3 tips to help you when you are working from home. 

• Invest in desk organization products like drawer organizers, desktop file system, school cart. Here is a school cart we created for a client. Drawer organizers are definitely one of the items we use the most when working with clients. You can find a lot of office products we use for clients here on our Eco Modern Concierge shop page. 

• Organize your space at the end of each day so you start the day fresh and ready to go. This is extremely helpful when you are trying to be productive. It is such a great feeling to wake up in the morning and not have to clean up your work space. This goes for any area of your home as well. Spend 15-20 minutes or less each night straightening up areas and you will wake up less stressed and ready to get a jump start on the day.

• If you need help in a specific area outsource it. In the long run it will save you time, money and reduce your stress levels. Outsourcing various areas of your life is extremely helpful if you don't have the time or are finding it hard to make the time to get certain things in your life done. Somethings you can outsource errands, house cleaning, yard help, organization, meal prep, etc. Figure out if you outsourcing it is cost effective and then go from there. 

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