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4 Tips for Staying Focused When Working from the Local Coffee Shop

IMG_0133I recently had a former student ask me how I stay motivated to work from home or coffee shops. I’m currently working from my laptop at the Panera down the street, so I thought now would be a good time to list 4 tips that are helping me stay focused at the moment:

  1. Focus on completing/make a written list of your 3 most important tasks for the day, which are probably your most difficult and time-consuming (but a measly 3 tasks always seems more doable than a list of 10 small things!)
  1.  Put your phone on airplane mode (texts and incoming email get especially tempting when you don’t want to get to the hard work)
  1.  Listen to classical music, jazz, or whatever helps you focus (I actually bring 2 pairs of ear buds just in case)
  1.  Wear comfortable clothes (I’m not going to lie, I tend to wear layers, even in the summer, so I don’t get too cold and unfocused)

For those of you out there working from a laptop without a traditional boss or traditional working hours, teaching online, freelancing, or even just telecommuting for a big corporation, I hope this helped!

Happy working and happy living 🙂

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