🎒 Microlesson

🪞 Reflect

Between back-to-back virtual meetings and frequent interruptions and distractions, do you ever feel like your days just get away from you when you work remotely? 

💡 Concept

This microlesson is a roundup of some of our favorite tiny actions—little efforts with big impacts—for structuring your time so that you’re as productive and energized as possible when you work remotely. Click on each link below for more detailed information and tips.

🚧 Set strong boundaries to prevent overworking.

People who work from home are especially susceptible to overworking because the lines between work and home can blur. You need to set and maintain firm boundaries to prevent your work from taking over your life. Learn more here. 

🔕  Carve out time for focused work and stick to it. 

If you want to protect your time for focused work, you have to proactively block it off on your calendar. Learn more here. 

⌚  Set core meeting hours. 

Setting core meeting hours helps to streamline communication, facilitate coordination, and establish and hold boundaries, especially in teams that span multiple time zones or schedules. Learn more here. 

🌀 Stay calm on overscheduled days.

Virtual meeting overload can decrease your energy and productivity and turn your calendar into a chaotic mess. Minimize the hectic feeling of being dragged from one virtual meeting to another by focusing on preparation, managing your energy, and maintaining access and accountability. Learn more here.

🎬 Take Action

• Choose one of the four tiny actions listed in this microlesson and commit to trying it. 

• Complete your tiny action within one business day. 

• Reflect on the impact that small action had on your time management and ability to focus. 

• Share your results with your team.

✅ Check In

🧠 Keep Learning

Learn more about managing your time effectively in the Workplaceless Remote Work Certification program.

🎁 Learn with your team!

Refer our weekly microlessons to your team members to learn as a group! Just follow the instructions in the section below to get started.