Home Business Tips - Your Workplace Environment
It's not something you think about very often, but your home work environment is critical to your productivity.
I learned this just the other day when my floor lamp went out on me.
Suddenly I'm looking at my computer screen and realizing that I'm not seeing it quite as well.
After a while, my eyes starting hurting.
I eventually had to go out and get a new floor lamp.
This wasn't something I would have thought of until it actually happened.
Everybody has a different setup so I'm going to make this article as generic as possible as far as making sure that you're set to go.
For starters, yes, light is critical when working at the computer.
I don't know how good or bad your eyes are, but let me tell you, work for a while in the dark and you'll start to feel it...
no matter how much of a bat you might be.
But lighting is only part of your work environment.
How comfortable is your chair? Have you really thought about it? How much time do you spend in it each day? Let me tell you something.
Sit in a hard chair all day and you WILL begin to feel it.
Why do you think office chairs are so comfortable? I sit in a very comfortable chair.
Heck, I could probably fall asleep in it.
Okay, maybe that's a little too comfortable.
But you get the picture.
You don't want to be sitting all day in a rock.
You WILL be sore by the end of it.
What about access? I don't know about you, but I use a lot of things in addition to my computer.
I use a printer as well.
And for a printer, you need printer paper.
Well, is everything you need close by? I don't know about you, but if I have to add more paper to my printer I don't want to have to get up and walk to another part of the room to do it.
I want to be able to do this all from my comfortable chair.
So your business setup is very important.
You want to make sure that everything you need is within reaching distance, or at least as close as possible.
It's not something we tend to think about, but how your work environment is setup can greatly affect your productivity.
So take a look around and make sure things are as optimized as they can be.
You just might find that you get more done and make more money in the process.
To YOUR Success, Steven Wagenheim
I learned this just the other day when my floor lamp went out on me.
Suddenly I'm looking at my computer screen and realizing that I'm not seeing it quite as well.
After a while, my eyes starting hurting.
I eventually had to go out and get a new floor lamp.
This wasn't something I would have thought of until it actually happened.
Everybody has a different setup so I'm going to make this article as generic as possible as far as making sure that you're set to go.
For starters, yes, light is critical when working at the computer.
I don't know how good or bad your eyes are, but let me tell you, work for a while in the dark and you'll start to feel it...
no matter how much of a bat you might be.
But lighting is only part of your work environment.
How comfortable is your chair? Have you really thought about it? How much time do you spend in it each day? Let me tell you something.
Sit in a hard chair all day and you WILL begin to feel it.
Why do you think office chairs are so comfortable? I sit in a very comfortable chair.
Heck, I could probably fall asleep in it.
Okay, maybe that's a little too comfortable.
But you get the picture.
You don't want to be sitting all day in a rock.
You WILL be sore by the end of it.
What about access? I don't know about you, but I use a lot of things in addition to my computer.
I use a printer as well.
And for a printer, you need printer paper.
Well, is everything you need close by? I don't know about you, but if I have to add more paper to my printer I don't want to have to get up and walk to another part of the room to do it.
I want to be able to do this all from my comfortable chair.
So your business setup is very important.
You want to make sure that everything you need is within reaching distance, or at least as close as possible.
It's not something we tend to think about, but how your work environment is setup can greatly affect your productivity.
So take a look around and make sure things are as optimized as they can be.
You just might find that you get more done and make more money in the process.
To YOUR Success, Steven Wagenheim
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