Well, there is a way to stop it and avoid this cycle. If you can increase your productivity, you\u2019ll be able to get your work done in time and have a normal, balanced life.<\/p>\n
But finding the best ways to do that while working from home<\/a> as a freelancer can be difficult. That\u2019s why today we\u2019ll look at the 8 best ways to increase your productivity if you\u2019re a work-from-home freelancer.<\/p>\n Before you can do anything else, the first and most important thing you need to do is get a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n Sleep is not something to play with. You\u2019re probably not so young anymore that you can just survive off of 5 hours of sleep. Get a good night\u2019s rest (get in bed by 10pm or 11pm) and wake up refreshed around 6 or 7am.<\/p>\n You may not be an early bird, but that doesn\u2019t mean getting up early won\u2019t work for you. When you get up earlier than normal (say, at 6 even), you can slowly get started with your work.<\/p>\n Get your coffee or tea or frothy almond milk and see how much you\u2019ll be able to get done when ambient noises are down to a minimum.<\/p>\n Another important thing you need to do is trick your brain into thinking you\u2019re getting ready for work. This will help to increase your productivity because you will switch into work mode.<\/p>\n Your brain will need to spend less energy on getting you into work<\/a>, and you\u2019ll have the mental energy to really focus on getting your tasks done.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re going to \u201cgo to work\u201d then it\u2019s important that you have a work schedule. Just because you\u2019re a freelancer doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be formal.<\/p>\n This is a great way to increase your productivity because you\u2019re again making your brain (and mental energy) adapt to the new situation.<\/p>\n If you know that you\u2019re \u201cofficially\u201d starting work at 8am, then you don\u2019t need to convince yourself every morning to get up at 7am. You don\u2019t have that much willpower. Instead, by making a habit, you turn that activity into a routine\u2014which is great. Less work to convince yourself to do something, and more energy spent on finding ways to do it better or faster.<\/p>\n When I\u2019m working from home, I find one way that really boosts my productivity is working on my balcony in the morning.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t play any music or have any food\u2014just coffee and my laptop. It has really helped me take charge of my work-from-home life. You can do the same to increase your productivity.<\/p>\n Find that space that gives you what you need (whether silence like me or even music or background TV for you) and go there to work at the same time every day.<\/p>\n Many guides will tell\u00a0 you to increase your productivity you need to do all the important things first. However, I don\u2019t fully agree with that.<\/p>\n That\u2019s because people are productive at different stages of the day. For example, my productivity really kicks in around 11am, so I do the smaller tasks first.<\/p>\n However, if you are most productive in the morning, then by all means prioritize by doing the most important in the morning.<\/p>\n From time to time (pretty much every day) you\u2019ll need to take a break in order to increase your productivity.<\/p>\n Spending all your time cooped up in your home can lead to some feelings of entrapment that can easily lead to worse places.<\/p>\n You can take a walk every day, on schedule (for example, after lunch), for about 15-20 minutes. Nothing that will be too distracting, but it will help you take a break from work.<\/p>\n Lastly, you need to really follow the schedule you made up in point #3. If you have a schedule that says when you\u2019re starting work, then you need to have a time to end work as well.<\/p>\n If you decide it\u2019s at 5 or 6pm, then end work immediately at that point. It will also help you to work faster during the day knowing you have a (self-imposed) \u201cdeadline.\u201d<\/p>\n With all that said, there is one productivity tip you need to do: just do it. Reading on how to increase your productivity is great to get the necessary information, but if you want to actually succeed you\u2019ll need to actually do it.<\/p>\n So, get some sleep and start your day tomorrow with structure and success.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being a freelancer has many perks\u2014including the ability to work from home\u2014but it can also be hard to increase your productivity. In fact, for many freelancers, this is one of the biggest downsides to the job: not being able to concentrate during the day, having lots of distractions, and then having to work late at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[92,497,219,243],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/feature-increase-your-productivity-home-freelancer.jpg?fit=1380%2C580&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5m6q6-2xA","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9770"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9784,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions\/9784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}#0 Sleep<\/h2>\n
#1 Get a head start<\/h2>\n
#2 Get ready for work<\/h2>\n
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#3 Get your work schedule<\/h2>\n
#4 Find your space<\/h2>\n
#5 Do the priorities first (when you\u2019re most productive)<\/h2>\n
#6 Get some air<\/h2>\n
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#7 Finish work and don\u2019t think about work (at the same time every day)<\/h2>\n
Increase your productivity today<\/h2>\n