Freelance Writing: Simple Tips on Complicated TopicsWorking from Home: 10 Changes of Routine for Brain Hygiene

working from homeThere is no doubt that the career of a freelance writer is rewarding, but it can also be quite demanding. Tons of information to remember, high standards to adhere to, tight deadlines to meet and spoiled customers to appease – all this can easily drive anyone crazy. Good for you, if all these hardships have not scared you away! Yet, you should consider the following rules of brain hygiene when working from home to avoid a possible breakdown and improve your outcomes at the same time:

  1. Create a schedule for sleep and meals. You should do your best to create and follow optimal rhythms for your daily activities. For instance, you should better go to bed, wake up and have meals at nearly the same time every day. You may think that this is too snobbish, but your organism will highly appreciate it and you will enjoy the positive outcomes soon.
  2. Improve your diet and drink enough water. Increase your fruit and vegetable intake. You might even use this Fruits and Vegetables Calculator to estimate how much fruit and vegetable you need. Make certain you drink up to 2 – 3 liters of water a day (excluding other liquids).
  3. Create a priority list. Rate your tasks according to the level of their importance and make wise decisions which of them to do first.
  4. Be sure to have enough physical activity. The “I have no time” excuse won’t do this time.
  5. Take regular breaks from work. Paradoxically, when you try to concentrate too hard, you can get the reverse effects. If you make a schedule of coffee and physical activity breaks, you will see your productivity rocket.
  6. Get rid of harmful habits and addictions. No comment.
  7. Use your left hand if you are right-handed or your right hand if you are left-handed for some routine activities (such as brushing your teeth or vacuum-cleaning, for example). This will help you activate both hemispheres of your brain.
  8. Keep training your creativity. These are possible ways to practice creativity as part of daily routines:
    • use different routes for your usual walks;
    • try to find new ways to use ordinary things;
    • decorate your room.
  9. Keep your mind open. Working from home does not mean dying of boredom. Look for possible ways to learn or experience something new and positive as often as possible – this will help you always keep your ideas fresh:
    • travel around – visit new places and meet new people (if you think that traveling abroad is too expensive, you can visit around your native place – going to museums, galleries, or even abandoned parks is easy and also exciting);
    • get acquainted with new genres of movies, music and books (check out users’ reviews to choose truly good pieces);
    • make a list of things you want to do before you die (such as jumping with a parachute, visiting Louvre or climbing a high mountain peak, for example) and try to achieve some of these goals from time to time.
  10. Practice positive thinking and optimism and you will not only get used to it, but it will also bring amazing events into your life. (“The customer will adore my paper. The customer will adore my paper.”)

These 10 small hints are truly worth trying out. Use the advantages of working from home to their fullest.

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