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Whether you’re working remotely full-time, or enjoying a mix of being at home or in the office, it’s important to make sure your home working environment is the best it can be. The home is an environment designed for relaxation and rest, so wherever you work should be the opposite; a place for focus and productivity. Here are five ways you can improve your home working setup to maximise how much work you get done day to day.  

A Dedicated Place for Work

It always sounds like fun to work from the sofa or the kitchen table, until you attempt to do so. Children running around, the cat clambering over your keyboard, distractions through the window. The house is a distracting environment at the best of times; after all, it’s where all of your things are. Your books, TV, games consoles, favourite foods, and so on. The best thing to do to quickly improve your productivity and focus is to dedicate a room or area in your house for work. Ideally, it’s a place you can shut yourself away from typical distractions lurking around the house – TVs, family members, etc. – so you can get down to business. If a room isn’t possible, then a dedicated space where there isn’t likely to be people wandering by, or elements of the environment disturbing you.  

Networking

There’s nothing worse than trying to stay productive when working from home, only to find yourself fighting your internet connection.  Pick up an ASUS router, and enjoy AiMesh; our unique wireless mesh technology that offers flawless full-strength connection wherever you’re working from in your house. You can also enjoy technologies like link aggregation to avoid ISP bottlenecks, improved MU-MIMO connectivity for all the devices linked to the internet in your home, on-router VPN support, and more.  It’s also worth noting our software is free, unlocking the customisation of your network for the best performance yet.  

Ergonomics

Following a dedicated space and a decent network, the next best thing to do to improve how you work from home is ensuring it’s comfortable to do so. Is it comfortable to sit at your desk? How harsh are the lights above and around your setup? Is your chair nice to sit at hour after hour? If you’re feeling discomfort, you won’t want to sit and work for long, so start identifying areas you can improve. Here are some suggestions: Install a standing desk so you can adjust the height of your setup, and even stand up to work if the need arises. Replace that old office chair with something more ergonomic and with more comfortable padding. Fidgeting on your chair won’t do your work any favours. Lighting is key for a successful working environment. Invest in gentle lights around your home office, and look at installing monitors with eye protection like ASUS’ Eye Care monitor range, which help reduce eye fatigue with blue light filter settings, Flicker-Free technology, and more. Your peripherals should be comfortable to use. The right keyboard, mouse, and headset can mean the difference between ticking everything off today’s to-do list or not. Look at ASUS peripherals for mice and keyboards that will enhance your working day.  

The Right Tools for the Job

Following on from peripherals and the way you work, work can be brought to a halt with poorly-performing systems. Old hardware you had lying around likely isn’t up to the task. If your company has an IT department, they may supply you with a device to work remotely with. If not, invest in a modern working device that will help alleviate annoyances and disruptions to work caused by sluggish performance, hitches, and crashes. You can find a range of work-focused laptop devices on our website.

Communicate the Right Way

Just because you’re out of the office doesn’t mean you’re alone. In fact, you can expect more calls and meetings than ever. That’s why ensuring your microphone and headset don’t cause headaches during those meetings is something important to consider. You can find audio devices with active noise cancellation, mic monitoring, and other smart, AI-enhanced technologies to improve audio quality, like the ASUS AI Noise-Cancelling Mic Adapter, which turns the white noise and connection issues from your calls into crystal-clear communications.  Want help transforming your remote work setup? Need business support moving your staff to remote work? Contact ASUS today.