To all those working from home...
How do you keep yourself motivated to stick to a schedule?

I've been at this for 7 months now; it was great for the first 2 months, now I can't seem to get my ass together.

I still get my work done, but that's the problem.
Because I'm not motivated to stick to the schedule I've made, I'm chipping away at my non-work time to get the work done.

Any advice?

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Just leaving my tracking dot here

I agree with @amatrelan
It can help already, if you use another operating system for work, but I too recommend some sort of work room and you should not leave your work room unless you need to (to eat, use the bathroom, etc.) or you're done with working for the day.

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I'm still a student but the agency where I had my (unpaid) internship offered me a small project, which I work on from home. Since I'm still at school and stuff, I always excuse myself to work because I have stuff to do.

And like expected, I don't keep this promise and play games.

@BambuSource
I often feel more comfortable doing my work at school, because I'm not as distracted there as at home, but my possibilities are limited, which is why I write my code on paper at school, take it home and then do debugging... This also helps me keep being motivated, since I've already started, then I can just go on until I hit something I have to brainstorm about first before continuing

@amatrelan @cave

Thanks guys.

Down right isolating work and home does sound like an important rule.

Time to find a way to move some of my stuff, I guess!

Hopefully it'll help :)

tl:dr; good chair, some structure, some flexibility

I get up at 6.30am when my wife leaves for work and start ‘work’ immediately. I say ‘work’ because I always spend the first hour watching training videos or reading informative blogs about coding (and some devRant), then I start actual work. This structured start time really helps me get going and you get a head start on the day.

Then my two top tips are:

1. Get a good chair that you can sit in comfortably for a long time.

2. Learn to recognise when you’re not in the mood for working and do something else. If you can recognise when you’re getting fidgety and struggling to think coding then you can do something else productive, like housework or go to the shops or gym. If any of these tasks are computer based, e.g. online shopping, then I recommend doing these in a different room.

Good luck!

When I work from home I have to get up still and start my day like a normal going-into-the-office day. I get up, morning routine, dress for work and then setup my workspace. I don't have an office or anywhere I can really separate work from home, but I have a specific setup I use when working vs doing personal things.