Coworking Space Productivity // 7 Simple Ways to Improve & Break Usual Routine

Coworking Space Productivity // 7 Simple Ways to Improve & Break Usual Routine

Every day, Coworking spaces are becoming a preferable workspace option for most companies.

One of the main reasons is the many advantages that come with joining one. Any coworking space offers various perks starting from convenient workspaces, a friendly environment ending with additional technology benefits.

As much as the studies show that there is increased productivity there if you ain’t careful, with so much happening in a space, your team might lose focus leading to a decreased level of work productivity.

So how can you keep your work productivity on a high level working at a coworking space?

In this post, you will find out 7 tips that will help you escape coworking space routine work and boost your productivity.

Create a plan for the day

With so many coworkers in the space and alot of things happening in the space, from events to quick water cooler convos, you might loose focus on your goal. 

To ensure that doesn’t happen, create a plan of work for the day. It should list all the tasks that you must complete during the work hours. Plus, it should take into account the breaks that you will have.

If you can’t control your working time manually, you can use platforms like  PomoDoneApp and Microsoft Todo that will do this job for you. Just switch it on and never watch the time. Focus on your work instead.

Connect and Communicate with other coworkers

Spaces give refuge to different people who work on various projects. Thus, there is no way to escape communication being a part of a coworking squad.

However, senseless chatting leads to procrastination of work and wasting your time. Instead of talking about unrelated topics, you should focus on building friendships and working relationships with other people in the space. It might turn into a partnership eventually.

Find your time during the lunch break and talk to your coworking neighbors. Show your interest in their work, what projects they run, what issues they have, what help they might need. Seek common ground and you will find another project opportunity as well.

Try to Abstract Yourself From the Distractions

There is a huge difference between working at home or an old-fashioned office and a coworking space. At home, you might be completely alone or with a few of your family members. If you happened to work in some standard office, you know that the number of employees is limited with the size of the company you’re working for.

Working at the coworking space is the opposite experience. It is all about the distractions you are going to feel first-hand. And the very first distraction is noise.

How to hide from the noise happening around you?

You should concentrate on your work and use either headphones or earmuffs. Headphones would be the best choice for those people who prefer to listen to music during work. However, if you’re distracted from any source of sound, you should use earmuffs.

Coworking space is the place where different people work. Thus, the next distraction that you might experience is having tiresome people around you. These people can draw you away from your work with some questions, suggestions, etc.

How to avoid this distraction?

You can put up a warning sign as “Please, don’t detain from work” that would let others know about your unwillingness to communicate.

The third distraction is yourself. Yes, it is not a joke. Lots of people can’t help but distract themselves by doing things not related to their work.

Therefore, you must work on your self-discipline. It means no watching YouTube, no chatting on socials, no visiting third-party resources. Just you and your work.

Procrastination Is A Thief of Time – Avoid It

Everyone has ever had a grapple with procrastination. Procrastination is a very dangerous thing that can harm your work performance drastically.

Why does it happen to people who work? It happens when you are forced to do a job that you don’t like. Or even hate and times if you are a creative it could be as a result of creative’s block. However, in an unavoidable circumstance you can embrace procrastination but do not make it a habit.

Read More: Reasons why you need to embrace procrastination now

Follow these actionable pieces of advice:

• Break your task into a few subtasks and focus on completing them one-by-one
• Always set the deadlines for each subtask
• Take a break after each subtask completion
• As a result, you will see how procrastination disappears.

Prioritize Your Tasks Correctly

You can’t start a working day at a coworking space without a prepared plan of work.

Let’s say you’re working on some project with a restricted execution time. You have two weeks to get the project done.

How to complete the project in time?

Firstly, you must explore the scope of work. Afterwards, split the entire project into a few main tasks. These tasks should be divided into subtasks. Then, prioritize the subtasks and complete them accordingly.

Keep Your Workspace Clean

If there is anything the pandemic has taught us is hygiene! Do you like to work at a table that is covered with dust? Obviously, not.

A clean and organized workspace drives your productivity. Photo Credits: Ken Tomita of Pexels

A dirty working place demoralizes. It brings negative emotions and your desire to work starts to fade away. Make it a rule to start your working day by cleaning up your workplace. Buy a few dusters, wet towel wipes, and dust furniture.

You can also opt for coworking spaces like Nairobi Garage that have onsite staff that clean and sanitize the workspace hourly.

So, don’t forget to keep your workspace clean.

Mix Your Monotonous Work With Some Activity

Work becomes unbearable when it is boring. Boring work is monotonous as a rule. And boredom is an arch-enemy of productivity.

The only way to escape routine boring work is by mixing it with some activity. If you happened to notice a ping pong or any other game in a coworking space, go and play. 

Take some time off to listen to an audiobook, take a break from your seat and find a cozy corner and sit, and if you happen to be in cool and tranquil environments like the Watermark Business Park, where Nairobi Garage Karen is located take some time and walk around the compound. 

Nairobi Garage Karen Members at the Ligi Ndogo Grounds during and after a football match

You could do up to five laps or even join the team for a football game every Tuesday evening at the Ligi Ndogo Grounds down the round opposite the Waterfront Mall.

However, if there is no special site for performing physical activity in the coworking space, it is not a big deal. You can find any cozy corner where you can do push-ups, at least.

One more good piece of advice is to find your time during your work and visit a gym. Let’s say, you work eight hours per day. You can take a “sports break” after four hours of you.

In conclusion, working in a coworking space reminds you of a chase for work productivity. You can never know whether your working day will be productive or not. Besides, any work tends to transform into a daily routine.

Don’t delude yourself by thinking that non-stop working is the only solution on how to achieve productivity. This is the only way to get burnt out.

We hope these suggested tips will help you avoid a coworking space routine and increase your productivity.