anyone got any tips for keeping motivated etc?
gona be probably working from home for a while on a laptop, but i dont have a seperate study to go to, (or even a computer desk at mo!)
or does anyone have any places they go to in town with laptops to get on with work?
Don’t log on to LB all the time. Seriously, it’s very distracting.
Allow yourself set times to get a cuppa and surf the net. Keep music low but there in the background. And fresh air is important 
Get all your wanger bashing out early in the morning, then you’ll not be tempted 'til at least lunchtime, when Richard and Judy is on. That leaves you with about 3hrs work. Pretty much all anyone does when ‘working’ from home! :w00t:
Alternatively, go sit in Westies shop, he does nothing all day too… (hehe, sorry Matt! lol) :hehe:
If you WFH regularly you have to have a routine. No working in your PJ’s etc… You have to almost behave as if you were in the office. Get up, washed and dressed, have breakfast, then turn on laptop, go make the tea, do half an hours work, make more tea, half an hours work, fag break, half an hours work, 2 hours for lunch, have an hours work, shut down. That works:)
Starbucks and McDonalds have free wifi if that helps, and so do Belgos, and quite a few other pubs. Beats daytime TV
For the last week I’ve been at home studying and it’s such a nightmare, way too many distractions !!!
I know the feeling well, when I WFH in France, the pistes are sometimes too much of a draw, and in the summer, the sitting in the garden with the red wine is sometimes way too much of a distraction
Would that be of the naked female variety walking in on you Baz? 
I find it very difficult to work from home unless I’m under a lot of pressure. When I had to study for my SharePoint exam it was really easy to do because I had 4 days and the exam was on Friday morning. Plus the study materials were paper based so there wasn’t the lure of the internet.
If you can then try and work in a room of your house other than your bedroom, such as the kitchen and only bring items which you need to do the task you have to do.
If you find yourself doing your laundry, washing up, hoovering, filing, tidying, shopping or illicit surfing it is not because you need to it’s because you are procrsatinating. Recognise that you are procrastinating and either stop and get back to work or abandon working and go out and do something fun. This saves wasting the whole day procrastinating.
Well, some distractions I actually don’t mind !!! 
I love working from home:D i cannot help having a quick look on lb though when i pop back in the house for a cuppa and a wee break;) but what i do for a living is good cos when i get my insomnia attacks i simply go out to me workshop and sew through the night when its all quiet and the kids are asleep:D
I do 2 days a week at home, and yeah at first it’s quite difficult to get motivated. You need to create a mini-office kind of area. I’ve got a desk and chair, and try to keep distractions to a minimum. Although that’s not always easy with the girlfriend working from home too. :Whistling: 
Working at home is so handy though, especially if you’ve got an appointment or waiting for a delivery etc. I have been known to spend the first hour or so in bed until the laptop runs out of battery though. Or fall asleep on the sofa when I haven’t got much to do. But on the other side it can be so much more productive than being in the office.
Very important for me to get working straight away in the morning. Figure out what you have to do and what you will have done by the end of the day, then go take a coffee / whatever.
If you WFH regularly you have to have a routine. No working in your PJ’s etc…
Disagree with this - working in PJs, french windows open to the garden, listening to music while typing - get loads done and still feel great because you didn’t have to commute and dress up - love it.
at the minute a seperate room, or even a computer desk is a luxury. i officially start on monday… needa find a place to live first!
When you find one your priority is a decent chair if you are working at a keyboard for full days anywhere
Good point Jetstream
I know Health and Safety is a yawn, but…
Ask yourself the question “would I work in this place if the management gave me this station?” If the answer is not yes , do something about it.
It’s you body and the only one you get to live in. Don’t wreck it just because your working from home.
Take a photo of your fridge contents and download it, this will save you getting up every 10 mins to have a look ’ to see what you have in the fridge’!
Also get a coffee machine and fill it cos damn sure you will drink the lot by lunchtime.
Dont be tempted by the programme ‘Loose Women’ , its never as exciting as it sounds,beleive me I get caught out at least once a week!
I’m afraid that the occasions where I have worked at home, I have hated it.
I like the routine of going to work - it keeps work and home separate and I don’t have to try to motivate myself (although most of my team work from home, so there’s only usually two of us in the office)
It’s useful to be able to WFH from time to time, but it’s not for me…
