People who are WFH, how do you stay focused in work when your family members / parents keep distracting you?

actually when i had wfh i never had this problem as my parents themselves lock me in my room and wont let me come out until i complete the work 😂

I distract myself scrolling reels, who else can distract me 😭

It's same as getting distracted by random colleagues in WFO. You've to set a boundary and make yourself physically unavailable. There's no way around it

😂🤣 exactly bro they didn’t care about our mental pressure we are handling and they just think we are simply chilling in our job

Yeah, I think its a major issue with wfh. I usually set focus times , and tell my parents don’t disturb me during that, I will come to you in breaks if you need anything. I have been working from home for 6 months now and no day goes by when I don’t think of moving but then you save a lot which ends up weighing more than the cons haha.

Lock the door.

From March 2020 I am here living with my parents it was during college final years. Now I have almost 3 years of experience in job still living with them , trust me they don't give a shit about your work 😂😂😂 . If they think you are doing wfh then you can do household work also and that too with your own interest

It’s very hard. One option is to wake up very early and try to get some work done before the chaos begins.

Explain them how it works. Tell them that you are doing office work and company is deducting salary due to distractions.

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I would say set some rules like, for your parents to absolutely not bother you during meeting or when doing some high priority work. I usually tell that I'm in an important meeting and won't be free for X hours and shut my room. Apart from this since you don't need to be focused 100% of the time, you can maybe take 5-10 mins break in between tasks and help them out a bit. Ultimately I think parents do this because they want attention and some sort of interaction with you because you're at home with them too and they just wanna bond. There's no harm if you're able to entertain them without affecting your performance much.

Lock the room 🤷🏻‍♂️ or ya the solution u mentioned. Can’t change psychology that easily. But again if u were not home, wouldn’t they be calling u home if the task was urgent and can’t be done without u? That would again impact ur work if within same city

by following what my parents say bcaz in the end, u have to agree to their demands or get tantrums and get scolded

us bhai us! 😭

If you have a separate space (room or other floor), you can stay far away from them while working. If that's not available, then you will have to teach them boundaries. Tell them you will dedicate some time to the chores, they should keep their list to themselves until you are free.

Have a separate home office or room in different floors and keep the door shut. Or just travel to different cities and places and do workation

I would say we are family of only 3 (myself, my wife and kid) and I feel more productive at home than at office. At office, there is a team and we go together for lunch, snacks etc and roughly 1.5 hours is wasted this way. Some 2.5 hours for 2 times travel is wasted. So I feel more productive at home but I am forced to come to office

My sister doing wfh by keeping lock in a separate room with banned others entering room while at work. Its all in your hand only

I live with my mom. We have breakfast, lunch, and dinner together. It's a must. My mom usually tells me beforehand if she needs any help. I squeeze some time out during lunch or in the evening to get it done. If it's urgent and takes hardly 15-30 mins, I get it done immediately. I consider that time as a break, or I tell her when I will be able to do it. She is quite considerate of my time.

I just shout and swear at them after muting my latop