Recently I wrote an internal blog post at work titled On the traps of working from home. While the content isn’t new it was triggered by the recent events around COVID-19 and the fact that all of a sudden the whole company was working from home, distributed across multiple timezones. I was worried that we may default to having more meetings instead of better communication and writing this post was my attempt to share how I tend to deal with distractions.

This is basically a compilation of a few tools/habits that I use to keep focused and at a high level of productivity when working alone. Works great for me and I hope there are useful tips for you as well. Music This is one of my favorites. When working alone I hate having noisy people around, which happens quite often if you work in an open office space like me.