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Work from Home Wisdom for Food Writers

March 31, 2020 by diannejacob 8 Comments

image for post about working from homeA guest post by Joy Manning

If you work from home due to the coronavirus, would you like to be more productive?  Here’s help. I’ve been a work from home food writer, whether full or part-time, on staff or as a freelancer, for 10 years. If you are trying to get into the flow, here are my own best practices, routines, and mindsets that have served me well over the past decade. 

Before I get to my daily routine for the week, I set up on Sunday. I make a new list of goals and tasks for the week. Then I schedule my workouts for the week on my Google calendar. Moving my body [Read more…] about Work from Home Wisdom for Food Writers

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