OLIVIA ELEAZAR

“What was I scrambling for? What was making me think I needed to make up for something? Why was I sacrificing my mental health?”

“When we work from home (WFH), the lines between work and personal space become blur. It makes it easy to get carried away over-working, or feel difficult to get into ‘work mode’ in too comfortable a space.

I like to enable myself to be organised and productive when I need to be, while being able to switch off — all from the same room. I believe in engineering my physical and digital environment for that success. For example:

“When we work from home (WFH), the lines between work and personal space become blur. It makes it easy to get carried away over-working, or feel difficult to get into ‘work mode’ in too comfortable a space. I like to enable myself to be organised and productive when I need to be, while being able to switch off — all from the same room. I believe in engineering my physical and digital environment for that success. For example:

1. Designated tables and seats for work and dining do not mix.

2. Adopt project management tools to keep work and personal conversations in different apps.

3. Have work and personal browser windows that house tabs belonging to their mother category, and keep the appropriate windows open at the right time.

4. This one is easier said than done, but hacking your habits by introducing sensorial queues to train your brain what mode to be in works for me. For example, a cup of coffee, table lamp on signal work mode on. A glass of wine, lamp off, lighting a candle and comfortable clothes at 6.30pm signal work mode off.” — As told to THE CŒUR

“A cup of coffee, table lamp on signal work mode on. A glass of wine, lamp off, lighting a candle and comfortable clothes at 6.30pm signal work mode off.”

Photos: OLIVIA ELEAZAR