How can employees manage health while working remotely?

Working from home was like a dream, right? No hustle of reaching on time, no dressing up, flexibility. The whole, i can work from anywhere lifestyle. But someday, while continue working while sitting on the chair, you will suddenly realize, you have not blinked in four hours, you may have thought,, Wait, Am I started behaving like a chair?

joblaga.com is not here to give you that so-called another basic advice, that get-up, walk for 5 minutes, in every hour, drink water, these lists are so common, and i guess, people constantly follow it too. This is for the people who are genuinely trying to juggle. they are literally feeling some health concern, due to their constant sitting and staying at home.

So, let's get into it, and understand how can you manage health while working remotely...

Step 1: First and Foremost, Save Your Spine

We know, you are not getting that ergonomic chair delivery on tomorrow, nor everyone have that home office set up like they show on Instagram. But if you work on the bed, couch or at the corner of the dinning table, your back deserves something better.

Do something like:

  • Use couple of books to raise your laptop, till the level of your eyes.

  • Use a separate mouse and key boards, your wrist will feel far comfortable.

  • Throw a cushion behind your back, it gives you instant lumbar support.

Your body part doesn't care how aesthetic it looks.

Step 2: Stop Working Until You Crash

One of the worst kind of part of remote jobs is, you never really understand when your working hours stops. you even didn't realize when the lunch time started, and when evening snack blurred, in between just that two more emails. feels like something you have to earn. That's the time you need to be cautious, cause you are slowly ruining your health.

What you need to do:

  • Start your day with a shut-off time in mind set it before the work start.

  • Put the time stamps for your own, give yourself the target by dividing a-day's task.

  • Walk around, stretch, just have a transition, go outside play with nature for 10 minutes.

  • Treat yourself with a lovely meal in lunch.

  • End your day with a dim light, no laptop lights at-least, move to another room and enjoy your me time.

Step 3: Fight with Isolation

Here is the thing, your remote work culture can somehow disturb you mental health too. you can feel lonely without realizing you are lonely. days go by and you have not used your voice except saying, yeah, thanks. and feel so drained, but didn't even realizing, why. You are under-socialized.

How to fix it:

  • Call a friend during lunch time.

  • Sit next to any family member, use your voice.

  • Have some non-productive screen time.

  • Connect yourself with any human and talk something apart from work.

  • Save your mental health.

Step 4: Movement, Not only Stretching

When people say, stay active, that doesn't mean only with eyes, and mind. Stretching while coffee, dance while you washing or folding your laundries.

Finally, give yourself some happiness, make a schedule for things which really makes you happy, enjoy while working, and the way your work or productivity never get affected. Feel good, and if you can, spare some time to meditate, whether it's for 20 minutes, do it to disconnect your mind with device.

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