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How to get back onto schedule after your holiday

You can postpone it for a while, but then it’s inevitably time. Back to routines and getting things done after your holiday. Here’s some friendly guidance to make the coming months as productive as they are cosy. Let's get back to work.

A room where a woman reaches over an arrangement of desk spaces flanked by HELMER drawer units and a wall of IVAR cabinets.
A room where a woman reaches over an arrangement of desk spaces flanked by HELMER drawer units and a wall of IVAR cabinets.

Supercharge your day

In the hopeful wait for cordless options for everything, better cable management can save you a lot of frustration. A HAVSKÅL USB anchor is one of those simplifications. A clever little weight that both holds fickle cords in place and adds a bit of colour. Off to an energising start!

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A MICKE desktop with a dark-blue FLOTTILJ lamp and a charging phone, the cord held in place with a HAVSKÅL USB anchor.
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Get your highs, lows and in-betweens

Aim to arrange a desk space that allows you to alternate body positions, especially between seated and standing. Throw some plants into the mix, and you’re well on your way to giving both well-being and productivity a boost.

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A sunlit workspace with a TROTTEN sit-stand desk between a white TROTTEN sliding-door cabinet and a window with plants.
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Let there be light!

Light is good for your brain, alertness and performance. That said, sometimes you need to take brightness down a notch. While daylight on your desk is a bonus – especially combined with green leaves – a set of blinds lets you control the sun, too.

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EPIPREMNUM and other plants in white CHILISTRÅN hanging planters by a sunlit window with a white HOPPVALS cellular blind.
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Minimise distractions

Focus is fragile. Finding a balance between work sessions and scheduled pauses helps. A tip can be to reduce the number of screens around you. Also, leave tasks like charging phones and monitoring air quality to your qualified assistants – so you can devote yourself to more important things.

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Leafy plants and a UPPÅTVIND air purifier on a sunlit sill above a desktop with a NYMÅNE work lamp and office accessories.
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Favour flexibility

If you work at a laptop, you’re mobile to begin with. Add an ELLOVEN monitor stand and you can suddenly set up shop anywhere around the home, keyboard elevated and accessories organised. Not to mention the possibility of joint sessions with family members.

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An ELLOVEN monitor stand on a LISABO dining table with a laptop on top and the drawer open showing a notebook and a charger.
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Gift your drawer an organiser

It may seem a small change, but adding an organiser like this KUGGIS compartment insert may well start an entire domino effect of productivity. Organised desk drawers simplify order on your desktop, in turn enabling focus and efficiency, resulting in a good day. Talk about flow.

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A KUGGIS eight-compartment insert filled with desk accessories in the open drawer of a white-and-anthracite MICKE desk.
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