10 tips to transform your home office
1. Have a dedicated office space
It’s important to have a work/home life balance, and let’s be honest, working in your loungeroom is not helping that balance. Try distance yourself from areas you use for entertaining or relaxing, such as your bedroom, loungeroom or kitchen. It’s time to turn that spare room into your new home office!
2. Buy a big desk
If you already have a nice big desk at home, perfect! You’re on the right track. We recommend having a nice big desk so you’re not feeling cramped and unorganised when you’re working on 5 different projects at once. Even if you’re getting a cheap desk from Kmart or Ikea, you’ll feel much better for it.
3. Lighting, lighting, and more lighting
There’s nothing worse than feeling like you’re in a dark room all day, especially if you’re looking at a screen. It could cause eye-strain and not to mention has overall bad vibes. So open those blinds, make sure you have a lamp ready and replace those old globes with some brighter ones and you should be set.
4. Add a bit of life to the room
I know, you’re probably going to kill it… but seriously, add a couple houseplants to your home office and you’ll feel way better for it. Or if you’re not a total green thumb, maybe a cactus or dried flowers to help liven your office up a little. You’d be surprised how much a simple houseplant can improve your mental health.
5. Get a monitor!
Stop slouching over and hurting your neck! I know a laptop is technically all you need to work on, but a monitor will make your spare room really feel like an office. Plus, we don’t want to be looking and feeling like a hunchback.
6. Get a good chair
Good placement and good posture is our motto and the best way to do that is with a comfortable ergonomic chair.
7. Clean desk, clean mind
Let’s be honest, that home office/spare room has been used for too long as a place to put all your nic nac’s in. The time has finally come to clean it up and create an organised space to start your working from home life in. 
8. Take a break and get out of your chair.
Instead of eating in the office, maybe eat your lunch outside, go for a walk and grab some fresh air. Even open the windows in your room during summer to let that light breeze in.
9. Stay Connected
Stay connected to family and friends even if it’s just virtually. Even if it’s not a lockdown, it can be depressing and isolating when you’re alone at home all week. Besides, you don’t want to be feeling stale and unmotivated by the time the weekend comes.
10. Maintain a routine
Maintaining a routine is a good thing to start doing from the get-go of working/studying from home. Get out of bed early, have a shower, put on your makeup or just do a nice skincare routine in the morning. Try not to work in your sloppy joe’s, as tempting as it is, you’ll feel a lot more at ease and ready to take the day on working in professional clothes.