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Blog 1 5 Tips to Stay Active While Working from Home Have you found a good balance between work and life since you started working from home? At, first glance, being able to work from home seems like a careerist's dream come true: you can take care of personal responsibilities without slowing down your work progress (Borissova, Dimitrova and Dimitrov, 2020). But most of us eventually learn that working from home can be bad for our health if we don't try to stay active during the day. 1. Consider Walking Meetings During a remote meeting, participants don't have to be sitting at a desk unless they are running the meeting or need to look at reports (Couper, 2002). Depending on how often someone goes to meetings, some of them may turn into walking meetings, especially if they are just listening, like at an all-company meeting. Figure 1 Remote Working Health Concern (HERARD, 2015)

2. Invest in a Standing Desk The good news is that you don't even have to get out of your chair to reduce the health risks of sitting for periods. All you need is a standing desk. Researchers have found that people who stand at their desks all day have biostructure and burn more calories. Standing desks help increase blood flow and reduce the risk of blood clots. They also lower your risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. 3. Set a Timer When you work from home, you may have to sit still for periods. Studies, on the other hand, show that it's important to get up and walk around every 20 minutes. Set a timer on your phone or computer to remind you to get up and move around about every 20 minutes (Frater, 2018). Even though it might not seem like much, getting up and moving around every day can have a big effect on someone's health. 4. Do Some Desk Exercises If getting up every 20 minutes is too hard, you can do some exercises at your desk. You could try chair squats, for example. Set your feet on the floor next to the chair about shoulder-width apart, and then stand up without using your arms (Friedrich, 2022). Sit down again and try again. There is also the option of leg raises. One way to practise this is to sit on the edge of a chair and lift one leg straight in front of them. They should hold this position for a few seconds and then let go. Do it again with the other leg. 5. Take Regular Breaks We've all been there: it's 2:00 in the afternoon, and it's hard to keep your eyes open. Everyone knows that you should have gone for a walk at lunch, but you were too busy getting things done to stop for a meal. Do you know what these words mean? Take a real lunch break away from your desk to give your body and mind a break. Before your energy starts to fade in the afternoon, use this time to get a full workout in. Even if you only take a 30-minute break in the afternoon, it might help you get back on track and get more done. Summary When someone chooses to work in a capacity that allows them to work from home, they accept the reality that they will face challenges daily and must find ways to overcome those challenges. While there are certain advantages to working from home, there are also challenges that must be overcome (Sharma and Rastogi, 2021). A lack of willingness to participate in more severe physical exercise is an example of one of these problems. This is a very helpful article that delves into many various aspects of how one may maintain productivity even when working from a remote place. Both the navigation and the content were quite simple to grasp for me. Working from home may be beneficial to your health, but if you don't make an effort to stay exercising throughout the day, it might be harmful to your health. Standing desks are advantageous for several reasons, including the enhancement of blood circulation and the reduction of the risk of forming blood clots. They also lower the risk of acquiring diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke in those who consume them. At the very least once every 20 minutes, it is essential to get up and move about in some way, as shown by several studies. If getting up from your seat every 20 minutes proves to be too difficult for you, you might try doing some exercises at your desk instead (Trumble, 2004). You may try doing some leg lifts or chair squats. For the health of both your physical and your intellect, it is essential that you take a break regularly to eat lunch. Even if you just stop what you're doing for thirty minutes throughout the middle of the day, you could discover that this gives you the boost you need to get back on track. Reference Borissova, D., Dimitrova, Z. and Dimitrov, V. (2020). How to Support Teams to be Remote and Productive: Group Decision-Making for Distance Collaboration Software Tools. Information & Security: An International Journal, 46(1), pp.36–52. doi:10.11610/isij.4603. Couper, I. (2002). Working abroad. Rural and Remote Health. doi:10.22605/rrh197. Frater, P.N. (2018). Six tips for happy, productive remote working. Science. doi:10.1126/science. credit.aaw2750. Friedrich, K. (2022). How remote working can affect mental health: Work-life balance and meeting fatigue. Medical Writing, 31(3), pp.32–34. doi:10.56012/psmk8028. Sharma, S. and Rastogi, B.K. (2021). Earthquake-induced damage scenario simulation. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 23, p.100585. doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100585. Talukhaba, A., Mutunga, T. and Miruka, C.O. (2011). Indicators of effective communication models in remote projects. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 3(2), p.127. doi:10.1504/ijpom.2011.039817.