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Today we are rising and conquering working from home. So I know a lot of us, if not most of us, are now working from home because of the circumstances and everything that is happening. And I personally used to work in corporate, used to work in a law firm and then quit that did my your own thing. I have been working from home for probably two or three years now,
and it was an adjustment. I remember it literally took me six months to like find my groove, to find a new schedule, to find what worked for me, and to actually be productive because I found I was trying to mimic my corporate routine and then it wasn't productive
and it was this weird time. So I'm hoping I can share some tits with you guys, and you don't have to go through that six month period and you can kind of start adapting and getting into being productive and working from home and feeling good because I know there's a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear, and it's good to you know, be certain in your routine and working from home and all that sort of thing. So let's get straight into it. I want this to be a quick sort of in your ears, give you
some tips, and then on your way podcast. So I've got sick sort of tips that I really thought back about what changed my routine, and these are more stuff that I realized made me more productive that was This is a big kind of thing in these tips. So first of all, let's get straight into number one, which is sticking to a schedule and time blocking your day.
So I will be putting a photo on my schedule right now on either the Rise and Conker podcasts or my personal instagram at Georgie Stevenson, and it will just show you kind of a breakdown of my day that does change bit. There are like certain things that don't change, and there's certain things that I make sure I get
into my day. So if you need some inspo of kind of rescheduling your day because it's a bit different now that you don't have to you know, travel to work or that sort of thing, definitely go and check that out. But I did want to mention that this is going to look so different, but everyone and I think that's why I struggled so much when I was adjusting to working at home, because I was trying to fit myself in this box of like my corporate routine or what I used to do, and it just wasn't working.
So big thing is try and fill out, like for example, when you say, oh, I'm going to start work at this time, or work out at this time, or have lunch this time, like see if it feels good to you, And I know that's weird, but kind of like sit on it and just be like, oh, does that feel really good to me? Or could I maybe change that up?
And then obviously you will need to experiment. But basically I fully schedule out my day and time block it so like you know, I'm waking up and then having my morning routine and I block out about an hour and a half to two hours for that, and then I have my starting work ritual and then I have you know, my most important task of the day and checking emails, and and then I schedule in if I have to take any calls or talk to mel or you know, people on my team and then I also
like schedule in my lunch hower. I schedule in if I'm answering DMS, and basically I time block my day because when you're at home there's just so many distractions as like oh I could put on a load of washing, or oh I could do this, I need to clean this room, and cause you're like in the same environment, I just found it super helpful to like time block my day and then like go back to this piece of paper of like when I'm telling myself, you know, I need to be finishing this off, I need to
be doing podcasts and that sort of thing. And then it's also really good to have a list. I talk about this all the time of kind of having this like huge continuous list because all my jobs are continuous, you know, like I release a podcast, I release a YouTube, all this sort of thing. Sometimes my big main list can feel overwhelming. So every single day I peer three to five things and I'm like, Okay, this is what I want to accomplish today. I put it in time blocks.
I see how it's all going to work, and I go from there. So cannot stress enough. Schedule out your day, like literally put in your morning routine, your lunch breaks and all that sort of stuff. Okay, so I kind of touched on this, But number two is realizing that you need to have a ritual for starting your workday, having lunch, and ending your workday. So I didn't realize this for ages, and my whole day kind of just like merged into one and I felt very all over
the place. And so what I mean by this is having a ritual that you do during the day that
acknowledges Okay, I'm starting work and I'm finishing work. And so, for instance, when we're working out of an office, this is really simple because we enter the office or we leave the office and we get on the bus to go home, and obviously know we have different rooms in our house, but it is like, especially if you don't have an office and you're working from your dining table or something, it can be really easy to kind of just like merge all your time into one and not
be like clear. And this is more for your mental health on being clear on Okay, when is my brain in work mode and when am I shutting off and doing my personal stuff or winding down for the day. So I kind of started experimenting with this and I am such a habal habits and ritual person. You guys should know this. So basically, it can be anything that feels good for you. For example, something that pops into my mind straight away is a big thing for me
is journaling and meditating. That is part of my morning routine kind of towards the end. And so I will usually meditate, then journal and then I get my coffee and I'm into the workday. And I find that works well because when I'm journaling and meditating, I get in this like a really good headspace and it's like all right, have my coffee and straight into my emails or work. And also, like for shutting down, that is so important
for me. I went through this whole period of having really bad sleeps and I realized it was because I didn't have any boundaries and shut up times with my work. And that's kind of a Number two is like literally just like boundaries around your work times because we're not leaving your office and entering the office. So for me shutting off, it's I have a beach walk or you know,
I I do my little self care routine. Something I'm super big on at the moment is like putting on some music, putting on my diffuser or like a really nice podcast, and like spending a lot of time like taking off my makeup, doing my skin routine, having a bath, and really kind of just like giving myself like half an hour of like me self care time. I'm really loving that at the moment, I think it's like it's definitely a grounding thing for me. So definitely start thinking
about some rituals that you can put around that. It just basically creates boundaries around your start and finish and maybe even lunch times off your day because it will just feel all over the place. Okay, So third tip is you need to set up your environment. So for example, I have an office where I have a whole room set up and it's like set up really lovely. It
has all my nice things. It has my book, my book, my book, my bookshelf, and you know, my oil diffuser and my saving sticks and crystals, and it just feels really good. Like when I know, for example, when I get into this space, it's like this is work time and it feels really good. I know a lot of you maybe aren't working for an office, but it's like you know, your dining room or your bedroom or something like that. So I really encourage you to set up
your environment when you start work. So this is stuff like I have a and Spotify playlist that I play that it's like more chill music even recently to really really calm myself down because I feel like I've been super anxious as I've been playing. It's literally called Meditate to the Sounds of Nature, And it's like this list with all this beautiful meditating music. But I just listened to that as I work to really put me in
this like calming sort of zen zone. So you know, set up a playlist of all your favorite beats that make you feel happy. Another thing is, like I said, I have an oil diffuser. I put some lavender in there or some orange if I want to spice up the senses. I have, you know, my favorite tea cup that I have like teas twice a day. I have my flower thing. I have crystals. So a big thing for me now is I meditate and have been using practicing with crystals. My two bestest friends actually just launched
a crystal business and so they're selling crystal. It is called Core Crystal Code. Check it out if you're into that sort of stuff, because not only do they sell crystals, but they also have heaps of information on their Instagram about rituals to do with your crystals, which I love. So I also have my crystals around me, the ones that I use in my office. Oh my god, I'm gonna forget the name, Cinda will kill me. But they're basically a crystal and they're really good for grounding, so
they're this gray crystal. I use them to meditate too. And then I have this other no idea what it's called, but it's like orange and white, and it's really good for like prosperity and like attracting good vibes and whatnot. So I have, you know, my beautiful crystals around me. Hey, guys, I'm quickly interrupting this episode because I am so excited. Naked Harvest has just launched not one, but two new natural pre workout flavors, Juicy grape and lemon lime crush.
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light coming in. But this whole thing is setting up your environment so it feels nice and clean and makes you productive, and it kind of like gives you that aroma of Okay, this is work time, but it's still like this really nice, calming, productive space. I think that's really important. I definitely in the morning before I actually start work, if you know I've got I'm always leaving
like cups around or plates or something like that. Or if I've got like my podcast get out and then before I start my day, like I will just do a quick tidy up of my office and kind of set things straight and clear it for the day. And also something I do every single Monday is I sage my office, So I sage the space and I kind of just like clear any negative energy from the previous week and I just go from there. You can also get sage sticks from Core Crystal Co Two which I
will link in the show notes. Definitely check that out. So the next tip I have, I think a'reunto. The fourth tip is to make sure you're eating lunch away from your desk or where you're working, and also try and get some outside time. So when we're working from home, we don't have any outside time of you know, walking into work or finding a park and walking to work or anything like that. So you'll find you're quite sedative, and then you're also not like seeing outside. I know
that sounds funny. So a big thing I like to do is like eat my lunch away from my desk. I'm not gonna lie to you, guys, I don't do it all the time, but this was important, especially when adjusting, just to like create a bit of our routine. And something I love doing is I love eating my lunch outside on my balcony, just like looking at the sky, getting a bit of fresh air. It breaks up the day.
It just makes me feel a bit better. And I feel like people can feel quite like suffocate when you're like living at home, working from home, doing everything from home. So it's really good to like get out of your environment obviously, you know if you're an apartment that just like go on your balcony or go out and sit on the grass or that sort of thing. That was
a really important point. And also make sure you block out your lunch time, so like give yourself Okay, I'm gonna stop now it's twelve thirty, and I'll give myself an hour. I was doing this thing when I first transitioned, and I like wouldn't really block out my time, and I would take my lunch break and then it would be like three pm and I'd be like, oh my god, what am I doing. So really kind of be strict
on the lunch break. So next point I want to chat about Tip number five is now if you were working from home, I guarantee you have at least twenty minutes if not, you know, towards an hour or two hours extra during your day. So this means instead of getting in your car and traveling to work, you are saving that time. And I think it's really really important to not waste that time and to put it to
good use. This is really kind of the benefit out of like all this kind of negative stuff happening right now, is we have a lot more time for ourselves, and I want you guys to use it. I know it's super tempting to spend that, you know, twenty minutes to an hour on social media or like doing something almost
a bit pointless. Bit this is like you get I remember me and Tim used to have this saying which we shouldn't say this, but it's basically like there's not enough hours in the day, especially when we worked when I worked corporate and Tim was working full time in the city. Like because of traveling, you just you don't have much time during the day. You get home and it's dark and now you guys have extra time, so
don't waste it. Personally, a big thing that I implemented is like self development time where I spent an hour every single day like either learning a new skill or working on myself. Like that just means listening to a podcast, reading a book, taking an online course, like learning a new skill, doing something that like makes you feel good and like it makes you feel like you're progressing as a human rather than just like losing brain cells doing
nothing scrolling Instagram. And that's fine. Like, don't get me wrong, obviously I do that, but just like limiting our time and where we have free time to like even it could be you know, cleaning or doing different tasks so you're not as stressed, but like really being useful with our time and not just like chilling out. Obviously we have our chill at time. Like I literally watch Netflix
every single night, you know, from seven o'clock. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but like during the day, I really try and be intentional. That's probably what I'm trying to say. Yeah, really intentional with my time and quite specific. So guys, we'll have a bit of extra time and I would not waste it something I don't want to like scare you guys when I say this, But with everything happening, like we definitely have a recession, even if it's a mile like a small recession.
We definitely have a recession coming, which means there is going to be less jobs available. There is going to be a bit of a lack sort of thing coming. And I'd have said this in the podcast. I was chatting to her a couple of episodes ago, and she was kind of saying, this is the perfect time to learn new skills if you are in marketing and you haven't done any new skills in marketing since your degree
at Union that was like five years ago. Like take an online marketing course like get sharper and more useful, especially in case you have to get a new job or you have to do something different or adapt learn new skills, like put this time to good use. I cannot stress that enough. And even not so much good in use of like learning a new skill or being useful. But just like I find I just feel better as a human if I am progressing and just learning new things.
It really brings me joy. So that that's a big thing. The last thing I want to touch on, and I think we can get very sort of stuck working from home. And it's weird because when I first started working from home, I was like, I'm working from home and I don't feel like I'm getting much more done, Like you feel like you should be getting more done. I don't know, that could just be me. But basically a big thing that I like doing is I like creating an end
of day. Let's call it like a celebration list. And basically this is like a to do list, but instead of putting like your to dos, you put down the stuff that you got done and that you feel accomplished for, and it's just about to celebrate what you accomplished that day.
And I think this is really important because when I first started, I had this like thing of I just like I felt like I was working from home and I should be doing more and getting more done because you know, I had more time and whatnot, and it's just it's not like that. So I think it's really important to write down things like being like, Okay, today, I might have ticked all my toutuos off, but I got this done, and I feel like it really shifts
our focus and it really makes us feel good. And then also like a big thing with the celebration list that I was talking about is doing like a bit of a gratitude list and be like cool, I got this, this, and this done today. I also did some personal development. I listened to a podcast. I ate lunch outside, and
that's just like shifting this, you know. I feel like some people can get in a bit of a negative state about working from home and not being around people, especially if you're an extra that and so it's just like shifting into a bit of a positive energy, a positive place. So that is it, Guys, there my tits from working from home. Like I said, like I know some people, it feels weird and it's an adjustment and it's hard. It's hard to get a routine, especially when
you've had a different routine for so long. But I think a big thing is like giving yourself kindness and compassion during this time, making it a bit fun, Like have fun with these like starting work and ending day rituals and give yourself kindness and sit out in the sun and eat your lunch outside. Like, I personally love working from home. I would not trade it to work from corporate at all. I'm a total introvert though, But yeah, I hope those tits are helpful. I am just sending
you so much love during this time. If you guys haven't, please come and jump into our private Facebook account group. Sorry it is Rise and Conquer Community on Facebook, and let me know how you're feeling, let me know what's going on, and let's connect. I think during this time, you know, we're so used to having connection with our friends and family and we can't even do that at the moment. So it's important to stay connected and I
love doing it with my RNC fam. But I hope you guys have an awesome day or night whenever you're listening, and I will chat to you in my next episode. Much love, bye, And that's a wrap on another episode of the Rise and Concer Podcast. I hope you got something valuable from it, and I want to say a big thank you for tuning in. I really really do appreciate it. If you're craving more than don't worry, I've
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