Home office survival guide
22.03.2020 | Katharina Emry
While working from home has its benefits, adapting to a new work routine on top of finishing your Bachelor's thesis, giving remote lectures or looking after your kids is a challenge. Check out our tips on how to stay happy, healthy and productive.
#productivity
My home office is my castle: have a designated work area and design it according to your needs, external pagehere are some tips.call_made
Maintain your regular work routine: apps like external pageany.docall_made can help you tackle your workload.
Hold your business meetings virtually: Zoom, Skype for Business, external pageFree Conference Call.call_made
Make ergonomics a priority: implement these tipps for an ergonomical work place.
Don't forget to take breaks: open your windows and external pagestrech your body.call_made
Stay connected: external pageTwittercall_made, external pageFacebookcall_made and post your #ETHathome picture on external pageETH's instagram account.call_made
#health
Get your heart rate up: external pagefitness appscall_made can help you reduce stress and get in shape for summer.
Stay balanced: pick the external pageyoga app of your choicecall_made and get your energy flowing.
Keep breathing: external pagebreathing appscall_made and external pagemeditation appscall_made can help you to give your body and mind a break.
Cook nutritious meals: let yourself be inspired by external pageJamie Olivercall_made, external pageYotam Ottolenghicall_made, external pageFOOBY.CHcall_made and external pagevegan dinner recipes.call_made
#students
Train your brain: check out the VIS online exam collection.
Stay social: the coffee machines of VIS are shut down, why not take a virtual coffee break via Zoom, Skype or WhatsApp.
Keep up-to-date: VSETH collects current student information in a wiki.
#parents
Don't worry, home office with kids is a challenge for all of us as external pagethis clip showscall_made. Here are some external pagegeneral tips.call_made
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Outsource your homeschooling: external pageSFR mySchoolcall_made has doubled its offer of free learning videos.
Play time: burn your children's energy with external pagecreative indoor gamescall_made with balloons, tape and sticky notes.
#entertainment
external pageNetflixcall_made and external pageAmazon Prime Videocall_made: now might be the time for that trial subscription.
external pageArtfilm.chcall_made offers free streaming of its collection of Swiss movies until the end of April.
Game on! Pull out some board games or challenge yourself and external pagelearn how to play Jasscall_made (Swiss national card game).
Have a laugh while watching late night shows: external pageThe Tonight Showcall_made, external pageThe Late Showcall_made, external pageLast Week Tonightcall_made
Time to read: start that book you've been wanting to read or browse our spotlight stories.