Many employees are getting their first dose of remote work during a time of isolating social distancing, stressful economic turmoil, and, for many, an inability to get childcare. It’s no surprise that many of these workers quickly felt exhausted and began to worry they would not stay motivated while working indefinitely from home.
One way to tap into motivation is to identify which aspects or tasks in your role you enjoy more than others, especially those to which you can apply your skills.
If you find it invigorating to compile data in spreadsheets and draw meaning from the results, for example, you might consider finding a way to consolidate that work into blocks of time so you can look forward to that type of work, spending uninterrupted quality time on what you enjoy most.
