At Think Pacific, we believe that if you manage your time efficiently and plan your day, you can help keep stress at bay and stay motivated. How? Because you know exactly what you’re going to do and when to keep track of tasks.

Google Calendar can be a great tool to help plan your tasks throughout your week. Not only this, you can use Google Calendar to manage when you are going to save time for yourself. Are you putting in time to chill? This is just as important as planning tasks. Click the button below to learn more.

Create to-do lists if that works for you. Sometimes seeing an overview of what you need to do helps when you are moving from task to task.

Change into ‘work clothes’ at the beginning of the day. Even if this is PJs to tracksuit bottoms, you have got ready for your day. You won’t believe the difference it’ll make to your mindset.

As mentioned above, using Google Calendar can be a great way to give yourself some structure for the day.

When you’re workday stops, stop. Make sure you are giving yourself an actual evening! Trying to ‘power-on’ will eventually lead to burn-out. Not fun.

Reaching out to other interns/people at home can be a great way to boost your spirit.

Connecting with people in a similar situation (other interns, for example) can make you feel far less alone when working from home – why not share tips and ideas for keeping morale high?

Schedule times in the day when you’re going to connect with someone – that way you won’t get through a day without having spoken to anyone.

We live in such a fast-paced environment, it’s important to take a break from the madness and reflect sometimes.

When we have a lot to do, it’s easy to focus on what we haven’t done instead of what we have done that week/month/year!

Although we’d definitely suggest reflecting in your personal life, here’s a document we made to help you reflect during your internship…

• NHS’s tips for working from home –  https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/7-simple-tips-to-tackle-working-from-home/  
• How to be more productive from home – https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/productivity-tips-working-from-home 
• Avoiding distractions apps/websites – https://zapier.com/blog/stay-focused-avoid-distractions/ 
• Feeling like you need a bit of mental health support? Check out some pros and cons of various apps on the market – https://www.verywellmind.com/best-mental-health-apps-4692902 

We have an amazing community here at Think Pacific and we’re confident if people reflect the values of the organisation in their day-to-day work and when interacting with interns across the world then we should have no problems. But we also want to protect this community and know that things don’t always go to plan. As a result, we always want to know if any community members feel uncomfortable for any reason. This way we can take any appropriate action and ensure you have any support needed.

What should I do if I feel uncomfortable by someone’s actions/comments/posts? 

1. Your mentor is your first point of call – drop them a message or head to a weekly drop-in session to raise an incident
2. In an instance where you may not feel comfortable speaking with them, please contact management. You can find Dom, the Virtual Internship Manager on Slack or email him on dom@thinkpacific.com
3. Should you not feel comfortable reaching out to a member of staff immediately please complete the form below

We will take all reports of inappropriate behaviour seriously.

Make sure you’re doing the following to protect yourself and others when working from home:

• Use hand sanitizer and wash your hands regularly both when you go out and at home
• Keep your workspace well ventilated – fresh air is the best! Open and window or a door