How to motivate yourself when you work from home

Working from home is great — in fact, it’s the dream working scenario for many people currently tackling the slog that is 9–5.

There are many pros and cons to working from home. There are more distractions — washing-machine-wise — but less work-related distractions — phone calls, office chit chat and just generally being asked to juggle a million tasks at once.

Working from home means freedom, it means you can work to your very own personalised schedule. Want to shower at 11:00 am? No problem. Want a coffee every 5…