Working in a bustling office comes with its own set of familiar distractions. This is especially true for many of the companies that have embraced an open-office format. You have the whirr of the copier, phones ringing, your co-workers discussing their lunch plans, impromptu birthday celebrations and the general bustle of people walking by all the time.<\/p>\n
For the most part, this din can be avoided. You can retreat into a quiet space, pop in earbuds and listen to music, put on some Poly noise-canceling headphones<\/a><\/span> or, if you\u2019re lucky, just tune it all out. Whatever your solution, you\u2019ve probably found a happy balance and have found your own coping mechanisms.<\/p>\n But now, workers around the world have been ordered to stay at home until the coronavirus threat subsides. As longtime experts in remote work, we at Poly want to offer some tips about how to cope with what you\u2019ll face at home: a whole new set of distractions.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not used to remote work, being dropped into the experience can be a little jarring at first. City crews trim trees with noisy chainsaws a block away. A construction crew hammers nonstop at the new home across the street. Garbage trucks rumble by. Your cat naps on your keyboard and your dog clearly wants to play. And, if you\u2019re sharing the space with kids<\/span><\/a> of any age, you know that distractions of all kinds will be a part of your routine whether you like it or not.<\/p>\n Just like starting a new job, you have to get used to your new surroundings<\/span><\/a>. Sure, this is the same place that you come home to night after night, but you\u2019re not usually there to experience the rhythms of the daytime. If you haven\u2019t worked from home on a regular basis, you might find yourself attending to piles of laundry or fixing that drawer that always gets stuck. If you see any non-work items that need your attention, make a list and schedule a time to tackle them \u2013 after your work hours.<\/p>\n We all go through certain motions every morning that are ingrained in our behavior. Your brain is used to getting up at a certain time, getting dressed, driving or catching a train or bus and maybe grabbing coffee at the same place so often that they already know your order. Now, with no commute, you get the gift of more time in the morning. Do you spend that time sleeping in a bit more, experimenting with a new coffee blend, reading a book or getting a jump on your workday? Try out different options and find your new rhythm.<\/p>\n If you haven\u2019t tried them, noise-canceling headphones can be life-changing. Or at least work-changing. Poly has a wide selection of headsets<\/span><\/a> with noise canceling features, with designs for every style of worker. You can wear traditional headsets<\/a>,<\/span> larger, over-the-ear models<\/a><\/span> or even a neckband-style<\/a><\/span> headset with earbuds<\/a><\/span>. If you\u2019re on a video call, people will barely notice it\u2019s there. And the noise-canceling features mean that even if you have a lot of noise and distractions going on behind you, you (and the people you\u2019re talking to) only hear what you have to say.<\/p>\n After you\u2019ve shut out the extraneous world with your noise-canceling headsets, it\u2019s time to think about how to let your working world into your space. Simple, quality cameras can help you be even more engaged with natural, rich, face-to-face communication. Since you don\u2019t have tech support, find something that\u2019s ready to go, like the EagleEye Mini USB camera<\/a><\/span>. Just plug in the USB and you\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t spend so much energy fighting distractions that fighting distractions becomes a distraction. If noise or interruptions get to be too much, give in! Take a breather, go for a walk, brew some coffee or do a science experiment with the kids. Let the moment pass and you can return to your work refreshed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stay focused, and in no time you\u2019ll be back in the zone. Fighting the spread of the virus has put a lot of stress on everyone, but with the right tools and the right attitude, you\u2019ll have one less thing to worry about.<\/p>\n Visit Poly.com<\/a> <\/span>for more on remote working strategies<\/a> <\/span>and solutions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Working in a bustling office comes with its own set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":4067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[546,548,517,526],"tags":[1567,272,1251,4,1568,130,131,1569,1570,1571,173,1572,1573,378,1574,120,122,550,124,518,1575,1418,1448,1576,126,215,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1. Remain Calm<\/strong><\/h4>\n
2. Create a New Routine<\/strong><\/h4>\n
3. Shut Out the World<\/strong><\/h4>\n
4. Let the World In<\/strong><\/h4>\n
5. Be Distracted<\/strong><\/h4>\n