How to deal with anxiety at remote work?
By: Ons Bouneb
Tags: Work, Mental Health, Productivity, Self Improvement, Life

How to deal with anxiety at remote work?

You can't escape to your house, you are already there!

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Let’s take a moment to talk about how remote work affected our schedule at work. Since we are working in pyjamas, no makeup, and messy hair.

Are you blessed for having only audio calls? you guys don’t know the struggle of working from home with an open cam:

Everyone comes to your room:

Out of nowhere, everyone joins you in your room to ask you about anything! I remember the other day I was having a meeting with my manager and we were so pressed by the deadline! We were both on our nerves. And guess who shows up? My young cousin, she will spend the day at our house because her parents are at work! Funny, right? No, it’s not! She comes to my room, and she yells, let’s play with Carla, her doll! And you can imagine how this was frustrating and I get a mini heart attack imagining I may get fired! My manager started laughing, and he told her aunty will play with you in a moment, let’s complete our game first! I muted the mic, closed the cam, and yelled! Can someone take this monster so I can make it until the end of this month without getting fired!

My colleague also told me that her kid was cute and gave her a great hug! The funny thing was that she was in the middle of a negotiation with a client!

Love you baby, but not now!

let’s take a moment to shout out to all the parents out there working at home with kids!

Solution :

I wrote a note on the door :

Please knock before entering, or don't enter at all!

No, I don't know where the remote is!

No, I can't fix your laptop

if it’s a snack, keep it in front of the door

No, I am not hungry

Don't make sounds, I can hear you!

Thank you!

And it worked! Give it a shot!

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Procrastination or workaholic :

Working at home is not for everyone, you can go to extremes:

Procrastination

We can’t judge you! We all have days we don’t want to get out of bed, we are lazy and we are trying to do anything rather than the proper work:

Gossiping with colleagues

Calling my best friend and talking about anything,

Texting your partner

Chilling

Watching YouTube or Netflix

Laying on bed

Scrolling on your phone

Having a moment of doubts and anxiety because you are not doing the work!

.. the list is so long, if you know, you know

Solution :

From the beginning of the day, take a piece of paper and write down all your tasks Focus on one thing at the start of the day : Break down large projects into minor tasks Remove distractions like social media, especially your phone Find your peak time of day.

Finally, don't forget to treat yourself when you meet your goal!

Or.

Overworking — workaholic issues

So you are home, nothing to do so you work!

You have no limit of time of working schedule

You are taking on more tasks than you can handle

You are saying yes to everyone asking for your help

You are doing meetings during the lunchtime

This is not healthy at all.

Solution:

Suffering from this is hard because the first solution is to :

Don’t bring it home!

But we are already at home! No worries, we still have solutions for you!

Put relevant goals for the day, if you attend it stops everything! If you have the opportunity, switch rooms during work. Don’t work at the same place, choose a corner for work, and leave it at the end of the shift. Set alarms for breaks.

4. Be gentle with yourself, talk with someone about this

5. Seek help!

Overthinking:

Will my manager fire me? Do I fit in my position? Am I worthy? Am I enough?

Those questions that may come to your mind. Let’s ignore it!

Unfortunately, it’s not that clear, with all the pressure we are dealing with in this hard time! Those dark thoughts make your days even worse!

The result?

No focus during work

Overthinking leads to no concentration

No productivity

Risking your career!

Solution:

It’s normal, and you are not alone in this! Every worker is dealing with this. It does not matter what field you are working in; we are all forced to manage this in a way or another!

First:

Take a cup of tea Take all your bad thoughts into notes Meditate Do yoga Talk about this with your trusty co-worker, they exist. Listen to songs, podcasts, or any calm music

I hope this article helped you in any kind!

Best of luck!