With the events of COVID-19 looming over our heads, it’s now almost normal for employees to work from home. When you work from home, it can be easy to get your work and personal life mixed up in the chaos. Separating these two realms is important to ensure that you get enough rest—more than that, it’s important to keep your mental health in check. We understand the difficulty of separating both, but putting in boundaries is extremely important for your overall health.

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Steps to take to separate your home and work-life

When you want to start separating your work and home life, it’s important to know where to start. The process can be hard, especially for those who are workaholics and genuinely love their job. But once you define work and home life as separate, you’ll be much happier, and so will your loved ones.

So, here are some steps to take to help you separate your work and home life:

• Make a list of the roles you have, both at work and home. From there, decide which roles are most important to you. These roles can include being an employee, student, significant other, parent…etc. Knowing which roles take up the most time can help you prioritize them. Maybe you want to spend less time at work and more time being a husband/wife to help out your significant other with being a parent…etc.
• Learn to say NO! Most people take on too much at work and in life because they’re afraid to say no. Learn your limits and prioritize what you really want. Learn when your plate is getting too full and make much-needed changes.
• Delegate at work. If you’re in a position to do so, then have others under you help you with your workload. Delegate the minor tasks to those who can handle them, so all you have to worry about is the more important tasks that need your full focus.
• Finally, enrich your personal life with hobbies and activities that you love. Keep work out of your personal life as well. Don’t check your phone or log into emails while at home and learn to appreciate the little moments with the people you love most.

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Your job is important, yes, but so is your personal life. The two don’t have to intertwine, and they shouldn’t. Learn to enjoy the moments outside of your job while you can. Your life is for living, so leave the work at work and your home life at home. Contact Titan Business Suites at (281) 769-8181 to get a comfy office suite to use.