When working from home, how do you handle distractions?

My family is supportive, to not disturb me while working. But to save myself from self-created distractions, music helps me a lot.

I would find it very difficult for me if there is no proper workimg space to work remotely. Sitting on couch and working is not only less productive, but can also lead to bad posture and ultimately complications in your health. + Get yourself a dedicated working space. + Keep it simple and clean. + Take breaks. There are lots of methods, one that I use is 20/20/20 (after 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 ft away for 20 seconds) + Take small walk every hour + Do some stretches in morning and after work to help ypur body relax + Set some focus time where you, sort of, lock your room for less distraction from other family members.

Planning my day in advance with a to-do list keeps me on track and minimizes distractions caused by uncertainty.

Turn off notifications on your phone and computer, and close unnecessary tabs or applications.

It is almost impossible to avaoid distractions but we eventually learn to work with distraction.

I’ve found that keeping things tidy and ensuring everything is clean and out away helps with overall productivity. If you’ve got laundry hanging all around, TV remotes randomly kn your desk, open snack bags laying around, random lights on, etc… you’re going to have more opportunities to get distracted thinking about all these random OCD things. But if everything is tidy and away and cleaned up, your mind can rest easy and just focus on work.

Establish clear working hours.

The siren call of home chores is hard to resist.

Having a separate dedicated place/room to work.

Uff, it is a problem for me sometimes. I have decided to work with pauses. It helps to move, and do some staff. Sometimes, I only work, maling myself forget about the world around me

It sounds like you need a strong discipline.

I work from home for 20 years... i been a massive procrastinator... Only thing that help is.... tuc tuc tuc.. discipline... there is no other way.

just lock my room. the most distracted is when there is a guess when we are in online meeting.

Pomodoro timers are really helpful (at least for me)

I use ANC headphones, it really helps. I also work from cafes but that’s more of a hobby kinda thing 👀

It's very difficult for me to work at home. I have children.

Taking short walks or doing quick exercises between work sessions helps me refresh and refocus.

Sometimes I just can't. Especially when the kids are home,.As a developer we need silence sometimes. For other situations, you can use the Pomodoro technique :)

I basically close the doors, earbuds in my ear and "madhurashtakam" song playing in the phone 😉. It relaxes my mind and once the mind is relax and focused, then no distraction......

Work in progress! So hard especially as an entrepreneur. I started using some binairal beats music, setting timers, and forcing myself, telling myself I am getting better everyday and trying to wire my brain to believing it can change...