4 Ways Co-Working Spaces Can Help You Improve Your Work-Life Balance
There is an undeniable charm to working remotely or from home. Whether it be in curling up in bed with your laptop or looking for inspiration at your favorite coffee shop, there are dangers that come with such great levels of work flexibility. Another word for those dangers is work-life balance. Here are four ways co-working spaces can help improve your work-life balance and why you should consider them. Let’s dig in!
#1 Clear Separation Between Work & Home/The Outside World
Freelancers, startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs all have something in common. Namely, the somewhat frivolous and adventurous nature of their work.
Freelancers are generally free to choose the projects they work on; startups spring up around a bold or revolutionary (or both) idea; small businesses don’t always have a steady workload; entrepreneurs know that opportunities never sleep.
Having said that, those are usually professionals who work odd hours and don’t (yet) have designated offices. The problem with that is, they constantly bring work home, to family dinners, and weddings, and must-attend graduation anniversaries. They don’t have a life outside of work, because there is no clear separation between both.
To have a healthy work-life balance, you need to know where work ends, and your social life begins. With a shared office space, you get the freedom to do things your way, but you also get to put your work within the frame of the office.
#2 Develop a Daily Routine
If you are used to sleeping in, staying under the blankets on a rainy day, and postponing tasks only to pull an allnighter after to catch up and meet your deadlines, then you are definitely a remote worker. Repeating that exercise over and over can get tiresome and really ruin your work-life balance, as well as your relationships with others. You deserve better than that.
The co-working environment stimulates you to get out of bed in the morning, put on socially acceptable clothing (as opposed to your pajamas), and get your tasks going.
#3 Motivational Environment
Aside from getting into a more disciplined daily routine, you also get affected by the predominantly motivational environment that is characteristic of most co-working spaces. The community that shapes around those talent hubs is infectious.
People are there to chase after their dreams, they don’t have time to fool around. Once you’re there, neither will you.
#4 No Fridge & TV Temptations
As silly as it may seem, for those working from home, the temptation to eat an extra piece of the pie that will inevitably eat away at their working time, is actually a big deal. Having easy access to your favorite leisure activities disrupts your workflow, and it makes you less productive whether you realize it or not.
And while some co-working spaces, like CWS, do provide complimentary coffee and snacks, it is completely different when you are in a work environment. You get into the mindset of “this is something extra to boost my brain activity” and not “I see a donut, I drop all work.” See the difference?
To Conclude
Improving your work-life balance should be high on your list of priorities, not because it sounds fancy, but because if there is not a healthy you, there is not a healthy anything. The quality of your work will suffer, and so will the quality of your relationships. Both are too important to just wing them.
So, if you are ready to make the first step toward improving your work-life balance, make co-working your friend. Located in the heart of Las Vegas, Co-Working Solutions is a shared office space with everything you need to thrive in the workplace.