Full-time remote workers have their own habits to keep them on track, but you don’t. So what do you do when you have to work from home?

全職的遠程工作者有自己的工作習慣，能讓自己保持狀態，而你并非如此。如果你不得不在家里辦公，你打算怎么辦呢？

Don’t freak out. Here’s a checklist to help you prepare for a seamless day (or week) of remote work.

別害怕。下面有一份事務清單，能讓你為一天（或一周）的遠程工作實現完美過渡。

GET YOUR FILES HANDY (THE NIGHT BEFORE)

準備好文件

Successfully working away from the office starts before you leave the office. Before you head out the day before your telecommute, make sure you’ve got everything you need to get things done. Check the hard drive of your computer at home or your laptop to make sure you have all the files you need.

想要成功的在辦公室之外的地方開展工作，你應該在離開辦公室之前就開始準備。在你開始遠程工作的前一天臨下班的時候，你要確保自己準備好了順利工作需要的一切東西。檢查一下家里的電腦或筆記本的硬盤，保證自己具備所有需要的文件。

Check your schedule for the next day before you leave as well. If you have phone meetings, be sure the numbers are in your cell phone as a backup. Also, keep some of your colleagues’ numbers in your cell just in case you need to check on something during the day.

在下班之前確認一下明天的工作日程安排。如果你安排了電話會議，確保與會人員的電話號碼在你的手機里都有備份。同時，你要在手機里保存一些同事的電話號碼，以防你在家工作時需要處理一些辦公室里的事務。

PREP YOUR WORKSPACE EARLY

提前準備好自己的辦公場所

Your next step is to get your workspace ready. If you’re going to work at home, try to a spot the evening before. Tidy it up and get your work supplies ready. It’s smart to keep a box or desk drawer someplace at home with the basic supplies you’ll need to get through an ordinary workday.

下一步你要做的是把自己的工作場地準備好。如果你打算在家辦公，在前一天晚上就要準備好一個位置。把這里清理干凈，把自己工作需要的東西準備好。在家中留存一個箱子或者抽屜，放好你渡過一個正常的工作日所需要的東西，這也是一個妙招。

If you’re planning to work from a public space like a coffee shop, pack a quick “go bag” that you can grab on your way out the next morning.

如果你打算在咖啡館之類的公共場所辦公，就準備好一只可以拎包即走的“工作包”，第二天抓起它就可以出發啦。

STICK TO YOUR MORNING ROUTINE

保持你早上的工作程序

Get up at your regular time and go through your ordinary morning routine just like you would on any other workday.

就像每個工作日早晨一樣，照平時的時間起床，完成每天早上都要做的事情。

You have lots of habits in the morning, all of which help get you into the mind-set that it’s time to start working. if you treat your morning like a weekend or holiday, you’ll have a much harder time getting into gear. Sitting around in your PJs will make it feel like time off, and that could disrupt your focus.

在工作日的早上，你有很多行為習慣，這些習慣能幫助你進入狀態——告訴自己要開始工作了。如果你像周末或假期那樣度過早上的時間，你就比較難以進入工作狀態。穿著睡衣慵懶地坐在那里，你會覺得自己在混時間，也難以集中注意力。

SPEND SOME TIME AROUND PEOPLE

花點時間與旁人共處

The office environment you’re used to keeps you in a work mind-set in a few ways. For one, you’re surrounded by other people working. Your brain is wired to adopt the goals of people around you, in a phenomenon psychologists call “goal contagion.” It’s just harder to slack off when everyone else is working hard.

你所習慣的辦公室環境能從各個方面讓你保持工作狀態。原因之一就是你周圍都是正在工作的人。你的大腦很容易受到周圍人的工作目標的激勵，心理學家稱這種現象為“目標感染”。

So if you’re having trouble concentrating while working remotely, consider spending at least part of your day in a more public place. One of the reasons that coffee shops are filled with telecommuters is that there’s social pressure to keep working.

如果你感到遠程工作難以集中精神，可以考慮在更為公開的場所辦公，起碼在那里度過一天中的部分時間。原因之一是，咖啡館這樣的公開場所里隨處可見遠程工作的人，這種群體壓力會讓你努力干活。

DON’T CONTAMINATE YOUR REST SPACES

別混淆了休息的場所

One of the nice things about working in an office is that there’s a clear, physical separation between the locations where you’re on the clock and the locations where your time is your own.

在辦公室里工作的好處之一是，在朝九晚五的辦公場地和你可以自由支配時間的休息場地之間有一條清晰的物理的分界線。

Once you start working from home more regularly, you can begin to associate aspects of your home environment with work. That means you may get reminded of deadlines, key tasks.

當你逐漸開始有規律的在家辦公時，你可以將家中的一些場景與工作聯系起來。這就意味著這些場景會讓你想到任務期限，關鍵目標等等。

Close the door when it’s time to unwind for the evening. If you’re using a more public space in your house, like the living room, then at a minimum, make sure you clean everything up and put away your laptop and office supplies. This way when it’s time to kick back and watch some TV, you aren’t still answering work emails in your head.

一天結束，你準備放松自己的時候，把工作場所的門給關上。如果你工作時利用的是家中更加開放的空間，比如客廳，那么至少確保自己把所有與工作相關的東西都收拾清楚了，收拾好筆記本和其他辦公用品。那么當開啟下班模式的時間到來的時候，你可以坐下來看看電視，你的腦子里不會仍在回復工作郵件。

Full-time remote workers have their own habits to keep them on track, but you don’t. So what do you do when you have to work from home?

全職的遠程工作者有自己的工作習慣，能讓自己保持狀態，而你并非如此。如果你不得不在家里辦公，你打算怎么辦呢？

Don’t freak out. Here’s a checklist to help you prepare for a seamless day (or week) of remote work.

別害怕。下面有一份事務清單，能讓你為一天（或一周）的遠程工作實現完美過渡。

GET YOUR FILES HANDY (THE NIGHT BEFORE)

準備好文件

Successfully working away from the office starts before you leave the office. Before you head out the day before your telecommute, make sure you’ve got everything you need to get things done. Check the hard drive of your computer at home or your laptop to make sure you have all the files you need.

想要成功的在辦公室之外的地方開展工作，你應該在離開辦公室之前就開始準備。在你開始遠程工作的前一天臨下班的時候，你要確保自己準備好了順利工作需要的一切東西。檢查一下家里的電腦或筆記本的硬盤，保證自己具備所有需要的文件。

Check your schedule for the next day before you leave as well. If you have phone meetings, be sure the numbers are in your cell phone as a backup. Also, keep some of your colleagues’ numbers in your cell just in case you need to check on something during the day.

在下班之前確認一下明天的工作日程安排。如果你安排了電話會議，確保與會人員的電話號碼在你的手機里都有備份。同時，你要在手機里保存一些同事的電話號碼，以防你在家工作時需要處理一些辦公室里的事務。

PREP YOUR WORKSPACE EARLY

提前準備好自己的辦公場所

Your next step is to get your workspace ready. If you’re going to work at home, try to a spot the evening before. Tidy it up and get your work supplies ready. It’s smart to keep a box or desk drawer someplace at home with the basic supplies you’ll need to get through an ordinary workday.

下一步你要做的是把自己的工作場地準備好。如果你打算在家辦公，在前一天晚上就要準備好一個位置。把這里清理干凈，把自己工作需要的東西準備好。在家中留存一個箱子或者抽屜，放好你渡過一個正常的工作日所需要的東西，這也是一個妙招。

If you’re planning to work from a public space like a coffee shop, pack a quick “go bag” that you can grab on your way out the next morning.

如果你打算在咖啡館之類的公共場所辦公，就準備好一只可以拎包即走的“工作包”，第二天抓起它就可以出發啦。

STICK TO YOUR MORNING ROUTINE

保持你早上的工作程序

Get up at your regular time and go through your ordinary morning routine just like you would on any other workday.

就像每個工作日早晨一樣，照平時的時間起床，完成每天早上都要做的事情。

You have lots of habits in the morning, all of which help get you into the mind-set that it’s time to start working. if you treat your morning like a weekend or holiday, you’ll have a much harder time getting into gear. Sitting around in your PJs will make it feel like time off, and that could disrupt your focus.

在工作日的早上，你有很多行為習慣，這些習慣能幫助你進入狀態——告訴自己要開始工作了。如果你像周末或假期那樣度過早上的時間，你就比較難以進入工作狀態。穿著睡衣慵懶地坐在那里，你會覺得自己在混時間，也難以集中注意力。

SPEND SOME TIME AROUND PEOPLE

花點時間與旁人共處

The office environment you’re used to keeps you in a work mind-set in a few ways. For one, you’re surrounded by other people working. Your brain is wired to adopt the goals of people around you, in a phenomenon psychologists call “goal contagion.” It’s just harder to slack off when everyone else is working hard.

你所習慣的辦公室環境能從各個方面讓你保持工作狀態。原因之一就是你周圍都是正在工作的人。你的大腦很容易受到周圍人的工作目標的激勵，心理學家稱這種現象為“目標感染”。

So if you’re having trouble concentrating while working remotely, consider spending at least part of your day in a more public place. One of the reasons that coffee shops are filled with telecommuters is that there’s social pressure to keep working.

如果你感到遠程工作難以集中精神，可以考慮在更為公開的場所辦公，起碼在那里度過一天中的部分時間。原因之一是，咖啡館這樣的公開場所里隨處可見遠程工作的人，這種群體壓力會讓你努力干活。

DON’T CONTAMINATE YOUR REST SPACES

別混淆了休息的場所

One of the nice things about working in an office is that there’s a clear, physical separation between the locations where you’re on the clock and the locations where your time is your own.

在辦公室里工作的好處之一是，在朝九晚五的辦公場地和你可以自由支配時間的休息場地之間有一條清晰的物理的分界線。

Once you start working from home more regularly, you can begin to associate aspects of your home environment with work. That means you may get reminded of deadlines, key tasks.

當你逐漸開始有規律的在家辦公時，你可以將家中的一些場景與工作聯系起來。這就意味著這些場景會讓你想到任務期限，關鍵目標等等。

Close the door when it’s time to unwind for the evening. If you’re using a more public space in your house, like the living room, then at a minimum, make sure you clean everything up and put away your laptop and office supplies. This way when it’s time to kick back and watch some TV, you aren’t still answering work emails in your head.

一天結束，你準備放松自己的時候，把工作場所的門給關上。如果你工作時利用的是家中更加開放的空間，比如客廳，那么至少確保自己把所有與工作相關的東西都收拾清楚了，收拾好筆記本和其他辦公用品。那么當開啟下班模式的時間到來的時候，你可以坐下來看看電視，你的腦子里不會仍在回復工作郵件。