Finding Motivation When WFH

Hi!

How is your day so far? Hopefully, you’re not feeling stressed.

However, if you are - don’t worry. In this post, I’m going to be shared with you my remote working experience from last month that will definitely help you get your energy and drive back into gear.

To be honest, it’s all too easy to become strained while doing WFH.

Here are a few examples of things that can push your motivation and energy:

• Your boss adds more and more work on your shoulder
• Your clients want things NOW
• Your life partner asks you to spend more time with her, leaving you feeling embarrassed
• Your little kid asks you to spend more time with him, leaving you feeling uncomfortable
• Your burnt-out mind keeps you awake at night

It’s not hard to imagine how a combination of just a few of the above would rapidly lead you to suffer exhaustion. And, picture if all 5 reasons were present in your life - you’d be in trouble quickly!

Surely, stress can be clearly overcome.

Warning signs of stress

The first step is to identify the early signs of stress. We often dismiss or excuse them away. We are just dedicated to our jobs, honoring our commitments, or being a good parent, child, or friend. Those are merely our excuses so that we can go on doing what we’ve been doing. We need to pay attention to the signs.

There are three categories of it.

1. Mental signs:

• Self-doubt
• Feeling helpless
• Loss of motivation and interest
• Impatient attitude
• Lack of a sense of satisfaction
• Feeling detachment from the rest of the world
• Frequent distraction and an inability to focus
• Short term memory loss

2. Physical signs:

• Lack of energy
• Loss of hunger
• Loss of interest in intimacy
• Insomnia
• Frequent headaches
• Back and neck pain
• Muscle and joint aches

3. Behavioral signs:

• Irregular daily routine
• Increase in conflicts both in the personal life and profession
• Change in personal hygiene
• Self-imposed isolation
• Procrastination
• Lack of willingness to take responsibility
• Addicted to alcohol, smoke, drugs

What can you do?

• When you see the warning signs; pay attention
• Allow more time for rest and relaxation
• Explore your creative side, and engage in activities you enjoy
• Regularly disconnect from technology; smartphone, computers, etc.
• Make it a priority to get more sleep
• Eat a healthier diet
• Engage in regular exercise
• Start meditation

Learning how to manage stress is critical when you’re on the path to breakdown. It is much easier to avoid exhaustion than to recover from it.

Tips to stay healthy while working from home

Do you dream of living a healthy lifestyle or want to manage your stress?

What you also may know is that it isn’t as hard as you think to live a healthy lifestyle if you follow the basics.

You will find below tips in this post that will help you to live the healthy lifestyle you want and beat the stress!

• Drink more water
• Wash your hands properly
• Set a healthy sleep routine for yourself
• Get your diet back on track
• Make exercise fun
• Inactively sit less
• Prepare your own meals and families too
• Get more vitamin D in from the sunlight
• Stay as close to nature as possible (develop an indoor garden)
• Consume sugar and sodium optimally
• Take actions against unhealthy habits
• Build/re-build healthy relationships
• Don’t skip breakfast
• Increase fiber, protein, vegetables and decrease carbohydrates intake
• Explore new hobbies

And some customized solutions in addition to the above points.

How I stay motivated when I’m working remotely?

These are my strategies for finding motivation even when I am feeling worried:

• Focus on improving yourself instead of others
• Embrace your limitations and defeat the fear of failure
• Find out the reason behind your stress:
• Be it - career
• Family
• Friends
• Money
• Personal growth
• Health
• Romance
• Fun - kill it!

Remember, you alone are enough. But, agree to take help from your friends.

Conclusion

Remember, suffer exhaustion from time to time is normal and we just can’t get motivated at times.

Sometimes, solutions are easy to find, as in my case, just need to see around. But sometimes, it can be hard to find, fixed with building a new habit or a drastic change in lifestyle and giving yourself some downtime.

For some of the friends, burnout was severe and it took overhauling their entire life to dig their way out. But in the end, they feel so much more motivated, re-energized, and happier for it. And now their life stories become an inspiration to others like me.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed with all of the responsibilities on your shoulder and with all of the things you’re thinking you need to change, remember to focus on the ONE thing that’s going to make the biggest impact. You can do it too.

My thing was producing ROI for my employer and managing my team whilst working from home weeks after weeks. Which, after months of stressing about it, was accomplished through meditation. And as soon as I did it I instantly felt more motivated and relieved.

Save your precious energy for only doing the things that truly matter right now in your personal life and your motivation will start coming back sooner than later to influence your profession.

Now you know the signs of stress and how to overcome it. All that’s missing action!

Please let us know how some of the advice from the above post may have helped you. I’d love to hear your experiences, thoughts, and stories.

Cheers!

Partha