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 page here are some tips.
Maintain your regular work routine: apps like external page any.do can help you tackle your workload.
Hold your business meetings virtually: Zoom, Skype for Business, external page Free Conference Call.
Make ergonomics a priority: implement these tipps for an ergonomical work place.
Don't forget to take breaks: open your windows and external page strech your body.
Stay connected: external page Twitter, external page Facebook and post your #ETHathome picture on external page ETH's instagram account.
#health
Get your heart rate up: external page fitness apps can help you reduce stress and get in shape for summer.
Stay balanced: pick the external page yoga app of your choice and get your energy flowing.
Keep breathing: external page breathing apps and external page meditation apps can help you to give your body and mind a break.
Cook nutritious meals: let yourself be inspired by external page Jamie Oliver, external page Yotam Ottolenghi, external page FOOBY.CH and external page vegan dinner recipes.
#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 page this clip shows. Here are some external page general tips.
Welcome to the fourth dimension: the free showcase app from our Game Technology Center features fun Augmented Reality Games
Dad, what is corona? external page Tips on how to explain coronavirus to your kids. A external page video might just be the way.
Outsource your homeschooling: external page SFR mySchool has doubled its offer of free learning videos.
Play time: burn your children's energy with external page creative indoor games with balloons, tape and sticky notes.
#entertainment
external page Netflix and external page Amazon Prime Video: now might be the time for that trial subscription.
external page Artfilm.ch 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 page learn how to play Jass (Swiss national card game).
Have a laugh while watching late night shows: external page The Tonight Show, external page The Late Show, external page Last Week Tonight
Time to read: start that book you've been wanting to read or browse our spotlight stories.