10 Easy Tricks To Prevent Burnout While Working From Home

Use these 10 easy tricks to make working from home a joy (image licensed to author)

I’ve been working from home for 15 years now. I started before remote work was a thing. And in one of the most burnout-inducing sectors to boot — tech.

Over the years I developed various practical tricks to make working from home manageable. Tricks that you can easily use yourself regardless of your sector, job, home, and work setup.

First I’ll explain why you are burning out easier while working from home, and the factors which cause that burnout. Then, I’ll give you easy tricks to work around burnout.

Here we go:

Why Do You Burn Out Easier While Working From Home

Imagine:

You are in the middle of your home, where you are supposed to be most relaxed and most private. You are in your safe setting — your room, your sofa, your kitchen, your pets, maybe your family. You are in the place where you can do whatever — your home.

Suddenly something plugs into that environment: Work.

Your responsibilities, backlog, all the tasks, managers, coworkers, and all that stress are suddenly brought into the middle of your safe setting.

Everything that you used to leave back at work when you used to work in an office. Now, online…