Working from home....

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. As we would have known, during this Covid-19 pandemic period, many are having home-based everything, from doing courses online to working from home.

I am an introvert, so obviously I love this arrangement. I like being confined to my private space to do what I need to do. However, there are days when it was hard for me to remain productive. I did all the trial and error I could find. I am in the essential service, so the days I am schedules to work from home was pretty spaced out. So it was easy for me to set targets and remain productive because I had a list of things to accomplish on those work from home (WFH) days.

However, after the 21st April, the measures got stricter and we were scheduled for 2-3days WFH a week. I became pretty lost with my own direction of what I want to achieve after a week. I lost the drive after a few hours. I got distracted with my house chores and things I want to do that is not related to work. I tried several things, sometimes it works and sometimes it distracts me even more.

I like music or some talking in the background while I work. I have had F.R.I.E.N.D.S playing in the background (I know all the scenes so in my head, I feel like I can let it run and not be so bothered) but guess what? I got distracted in some seasons. 😅 There was one day I ended up binge watching a whole season and left my laptop up and running to "work".

So I stopped (to continue and finish the whole 10 seasons- again!). I tried listening to Qur'an recitals. It went okay on most days. Helps me revise my recital as well. Alhamdulillah but there are days I became sleepy. So I went to spotify to find something interesting, listened to Michael Buble, then I got flashbacks and had to stop. Then I went to let Instagram live stories to play, but some got me distracted to watch with full attention 😅.

So right to end, I didn't find what works for me. Oh also, I found myself super tired on the 2nd day of WFH, like super tired, i feel sleepy at 5 and I can't help it. I doze off sitting down, I doze off while replaying an email/text. And that day I had to sleep so early to revive the energy. Is it just me?

I had this drafted 2 weeks ago, but I left and forgot all about it and before I knew it life will somewhat resume to pre-circuit-breaker period. School are reopening phase by phase starting 2nd June with some measures to follow.

Anyways, please do share with me what works for you to stay motivated working from home as there are businesses that would continue to allow their staff to work from home.

With that I will end my entry, until my next (hopefully with a personal reflection spending time at home during this circuit breaker - I had made time to continue my Tallaqqi, and got myself watching lives with ustadz sharing beneficial knowledge in various ways of deliveries)

Till my next entry.

Wassalam,
Jun