Habits

At this point, it has been a few weeks and I’m still having trouble fully processing everything that is going on right now. There’s a lot of uncertainty about what will happen in the next few months around the world, and for most of us, our lives have been disrupted in a way that we haven’t really experienced before.

Despite being an optimist, I don’t find it productive to attempt forced feelings of positivity during a crisis. While I might have tried to do that in the past, I’m now focusing more on trying to just feel what I’m experiencing at this moment and not push those feelings away too quickly.

That, and ice cream helps. Let’s just say my friends Ben and Jerry are the only two other people outside of my household that I haven’t been following social distancing protocol with during this time.

Many of us are working from home for the first time, which can definitely be a challenging adjustment on top of everything else happening right now. As someone who’s been working from home for the past several years, I figured I could share some strategies for working from home that have been helpful for me.

When I first started out, it was an unexpectedly disruptive transition. It took me almost a full year to get accustomed to my new work-from-home routine. I realized there were distractions at home that I didn’t have when I had a separate work office to go to on weekdays.

Hello again, it’s me, Anthony. AKA, The Last Productivity YouTuber On Earth To Try Bullet Journaling.

Sure, I’ve tried it before and failed. It’s not pens or notebooks that are the issue. I’ve always loved those things. There’s something about the experience of putting pen to paper that really does it for me. But the plan your whole life and make it pretty part? Never really clicked—until recently.

I like to start my morning routine around 4:00 a.m. when the house is quiet. I tend to go out for a run while my wife Amy is still asleep.

Just kidding. As you may have gathered from the title of this post, I’m a night owl. Both Amy and I are, and it can be challenging to have a focused morning when we tend to go to bed later. The flexibility with working from home (while nice) can also result in the mornings getting away from us before we know it.