As someone that works from home daily, I'd highly recommend investing in a nice sound system. I've been rocking the Devialet Phantom for a few years.

I like to have certain hours during the day where I keep Houseparty on and colleagues and friends can hop in. This can get distracting, so I just do it during hours where I'm working on something that could be collaborative, and definitely not during times of any deep work.

If you can, switch up your working environment throughout the day. I find it helps my productivity and sanity to take some calls at my home office desk, some from the kitchen counter, and get work done from the couch too. It's easy to go stir crazy when you're confined so change it up however you can throughout the day or week. Additionally, my team and I just built this free resource directory of all the top remote work articles, videos, templates, and tools to help with the transition! http://remoteworkresources.com/

Have a mid-day 7 minute stretch! No mat required, focus on neck and back movements. Especially when your setup isn't 100% (if you haven't invested in a good chair, or standing desk and you're DIY) make sure you're still moving 😊

Daily plank challenge! It's been really neat just to get my body moving. It takes about 4 mins. And also meeting with other remote workers on https://meetcafecito.com has been really cool. Lots of us just want face to face time, chances to meet new people, and have a tiny fun break within their day.

If you're a manager, it's important to provide a space that connects your people to the answers they need to do their job and stay safe. Read, Why knowledge management is essential - https://link.medium.com/quL8OEijW4

Here's how Stack Overflow approaches remote work at scale (you might find a lot of useful tips there): https://standuply.com/blog/stack...

When considering buying a new chair (since, admittedly, we all end up doing that), instead of going on Amazon or to that precise super high end company's website, consider checking out eBay first for refurbished ones. It's more sustainable, and a ton of big companies end up with great chairs that they just want to "give away" for a fraction of the price when revamping their offices.

1) Write 1-2 most important tasks on a post it and place it in front of you. 2) Place a yoga mat or dumbbells in the middle of the room to remind you to move every time you get up. 3) Put on noise-cancelling headphones, put on 1 song on repeat (currently listening to Godzilla by Eminem), and turn on fullscreen mode to work. Try them.

Joining virtual happy hours at WFH Happy Hour with folks WFH from all over the world.

lookout for virtual remote teams marketplace like we've created http://teamstack.co to access global remote talent. Maybe worth exploring :)

A must do task list for the day. Once you come up with it, hand it off to your manager and tell him/her to hold you accountable.

Our remote team uses names of physical places we used to visit during breaks... as room names in our collaboration tool (something like 'lovely-tea-house') and while taking breaks everyone is like 'hey let's go to lovely-tea-house' and everyone shows up with their tea and coffee mugs in the digital room :)

We're booking regular, non-work-related coffee dates over Slack and Zoom here at Fellow.app! @aydin_mirzaee @alexandra_sunderland @amin_mirzaee @manuelabarcenas

FORGET TODOLIST & TODOLIST APPS. It's painful, too long & most of the time : unfocused work. Put your tasks directly in your agenda (in Google Agenda for example), so within a few seconds you can check your schedules, how long it is & what you have to do.

Enriching activities to keep kids learning and entertained while parents work schoolclosures.org/enrichment

Creating a 'watercooler' type Zoom link that anyone on the team can hop into and join if they need a bit of a break from heads-down focus time. The 'face-to-face' social chats help keep me sane.

Get a decent tool like ProProfs Help Desk (https://www.proprofsdesk.com/). If you are a customer-facing business looking for ways to improve the productivity of your remotely-working support staff, then this tool is for you. It helps your team stay on top of customer requests, prioritize, track, and manage them - all on a single platform. Besides this, you can have virtual coffee sessions with your team every once in a while. Trust me, coffee always works!

- Turn off TV and Spotify. Listen to white noises instead. - Keep your phone in another room - Sit facing the window, not the wall

Invest in great lighting and youtube vlogger level grade A make-up that works in bright artificial lights ;)