In the hustle and bustle of the office place, there are plenty of ways to break up the day. Walk outside and grab a quick bite with friends. Wander the halls chatting with a cup of coffee. Put your head together with your buddies over fantasy football games when the boss isn’t looking. Being around others during the workday certainly can have as many advantages as it can disadvantages – those games taking away your productivity, for example.

But when you’re at home, you’re on your own for the most part when it comes time to taking a break. Suddenly you have to leave the house to socialize or to even see another human face in the flesh. It can be too quiet, too still and for many, that can make it even harder to work initially. If you find yourself facing boredom at home, you don’t have to do anything drastic to break things up.

Get Skype

Skype is a chat tool much like IM that you might already be using. If you use Skype while working at home, you can essentially chat with friends and colleagues anywhere in the world at any given moment. Laugh over the news, make plans for your draft picks and arrange happy hours from anywhere – including your otherwise boring home office.

Go Multimedia

A flat screen television can do wonders for your productivity, believe it or not. While putting in brand new releases to watch while you try to work will surely be distracting, leaving it on a news channel or watching some of your old favorite movies will give you a pleasant buzz of background noise while you work and let you kick back for ten minutes and zone out on the weather report or your favorite scene from the movie you loved growing up.

Music, Music, Music

There are terrific sources of streaming music online, often through channel options. Set yourself up with a variety of stations for streaming music or set your iTunes to play randomly and the music will help you tune out the silence, keep up your motivation and make your work experience more relaxed and happy, rather than still and bored.

Take Meaningful Breaks

Rather than getting bored and wandering the house with a bag of chips in hand, make your breaks meaningful. Spend a few hours working in the morning before taking a shower and heading off for lunch. Eat with friends or just grab something healthy from a near-by restaurant. Eat and return to work. When the late afternoon doldrums appear, walk to the corner store for a cup of coffee or a quick treat. Then walk back and your mind will be clear and ready to keep going.

Work with Others

If the silence, even covered by music and television, is killing your productivity, invest in a laptop and move somewhere else to work. Get a regular table at a little coffee shop or the local library. Soon you’ll realize there are other “regulars” in the area and you can at least feel surrounded by familiarity. Just be sure your budget and waist have room for all that coffee and cake.

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