These home office essentials will make working from home a lot more fun! Keep reading!
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Working from home is not for everyone, but it is not always their choice, and returning to the Office may be out of their control. With covid-19 implications, many employers have come to realise that their employees working from home actually does work out better, and it means that they can reduce office space and expense. However, working at home alone, day in day out can sometimes be a lonely and tedious routine, but it doesn’t need to be. Here we will explain why working from home is great, as we provide you with some work from home office essentials that will make the whole process of working a lot more fun.
Ring Light
The dreaded zoom meetings. Yeah, they aren’t for everyone, especially if your office space lighting is horrendous. It’s frustrating when we look in the mirror and think that we look acceptable, however, the minute a camera hits us, we look like a completely different person. Invest in a ring light, the change can be magnificent. For as low as £20, a ring light can make all the difference during online meetings, and you can even keep it on throughout the day if your office lighting is on the duller side.
A TV
A TV can be an expensive but very practical work from home office essential, after all, it can be a lonely day working in your own company. Having some background music, videos, or even the news playing in the background can make your day feel less isolated. Pop on Spotify, or your local news channel for some extra entertainment. Please note, you must have an operational TV aerial to access live channels! Click here for TV aerial installation.
Food Tray
Walking back and forth from your office space to the kitchen constantly can be stressful, especially if you work in a contact centre and struggle to leave your desk often. Invest in a food tray! For as little as a few pounds, a food tray is a perfect way to transport meals and snacks to your office environment. At the end of the day when you need to clean up your desk space, a food tray will also assist in ensuring that you only need to take one trip to the bin!
Pod Coffee Machine
When you are working from home, you may not be as close to the local coffee shop or supermarket as you once were in the public office. Who wants to be ordering an uber eats coffee to their home every day? Certainly not us! Sometimes, granule coffee really doesn’t cut it! Pod coffee machines are a work from home essential that we believe is definitely worth investing in. The taste and quality are up there with major retailers such as Starbucks and Costa, and they can be purchased for as low as £40, and pod coffee packets for around £4.
Self-care Essentials
Working from home, within your own space, gives you extra flexibility. What better way to sit at your desk than with a hydrating face mask on? Not only are you performing your job, while getting paid, but you are also revitalising and refreshing your face. Add to the self-care routine by applying a hair mask before you start your work for the day, or even paint your nails or massage your face with a facial tool on a break. Use working from home to your advantage, and make use of small breaks by focusing on self-care, we can guarantee that you will feel more refreshed and energised at the end of your long day in the office.
Stationery Kit
There was nothing more exciting than sorting out your stationery collection before starting a new school year when you were younger! There’s nothing to say that this can’t stop once you become a hard-working adult. In fact, great stationery can make your work routine a whole lot better and brighter. Invest in that colourful packet of pens, post-it notes, highlighters, or paperclips, we can guarantee that they will be sure to brighten up your mood too!
Planner/to-do list
Working from home is not always an easy task. There will be much more distractions at home than there will be in the public office space, and sometimes, you can lose track of time. To keep yourself on track, a planner or to-do list is an inexpensive and beneficial work from home essential. At the beginning of your working day jot down tasks and time frames, to ensure that certain tasks are completed on time. This will encourage you to complete tasks effectively and on time and avoid you from taking the distraction route.
Work From Home Door Sign
Being disturbed while working from home isn’t ideal, especially if you live in a large household with kids there can be disruptions every five minutes! Make others in your household aware of your current task at hand with a door sign. This can easily indicate whether or not it is safe for someone to walk in, after all, being in a zoom meeting and having your kid walk in halfway isn’t always the best situation. You can even note on the door sign what time you will be available, meaning that distractions will be kept minimal.
