Working from home can increase stress and reduce wellbeing. Here’s how to stop that from happening
“Does anyone else get ‘The Fear’ when working from home? Like, working harder and longer and skipping breaks to ‘prove’ you’re doing the job?” I asked. “Any advice would be much appreciated.”As the comments racked up underneath my post, it quickly became clear that I was by far from the only one plagued by this problem.
And still one more said: “Same. I’ll not take a lunch break because I’m scared people will see I’m not online for a few minutes and say I’m not working.”It seems this is a very real problem faced by the UK’s growing work-from-home force. And so, in a bid to help myself and my fellow sufferers of ‘digital presenteeism’, I reached out to“Overcompensating due to the fear of looking like you might be shirking or slacking is a common problem for those of us who WFH.
Starting your day with a clear list of goals will help you structure your day and help you stay productive. Without clear goals, you can’t set priorities, and without priorities, you can’t perform your job to the best of your ability. Instead, you’ll spread your energy over numerous, time-consuming tasks. You’ll lack a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, which will inevitably lead you to exhaustion.
As with most things, honesty really is the best policy but you might need to think about how best to broach the subject. It also it helps to be specific and give concrete examples of which projects are adding the pressure and why. And it can be useful to give an estimate of how much time it would take for you to complete each of the tasks you’ve been asked to complete and then the aggregate time to show how this isn’t possible.
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