4 Tips to Maintain Your Health and Wellness While Working From Home

Your home is the most important place right now, and theres a lot happening within those walls. Being productive while you work from home and keeping the kids entertained and educatedits a lot! Add to that the attempt to maintain your own fitness, and its easy to feel overwhelmed.Luckily, there are ways to make home life more manageable. Technology is something many Canadiansand especially working parentsare particularly grateful for these days. It allows us to stay informed, keep in touch with friends and family, and so much more. Heres how it can make your day-to-day a little more manageable.

Tip #1: Accept help in the form of educational tools

Parents right now are doing their best, whether it is trying to re-create a classroom experience with the online support of teachers or taking the opportunity to teach kids outside the box. Getting creative with online learning and education in your home includes enlisting help from the latest technology. With a Tablet like the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 and a subscription to the Samsung Kids+¹app, youll have access to a library of curated educational content mapped to six key subject areas (math, science, reading and language, social studies, critical thinking, arts and creativity). Kids can keep engaged while learning new things through reading stories, writing, colouring and games all in a parent-controlled environment with no ads, no in-app purchases and no access to the Internet or app store.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1, with a wide immersive display and Dolby Atmos Surround Sound, has a battery life² made for extended use which means fewer interruptionsfor you or the kids. It has a stylish, sleek design and comes at an affordable price point.

With a subscription to Samsung Kids+, your child will be entertained and engaged thanks to 600 premium games and interactive books, and over 1000 fun-learning movies, shows and video shorts. You can create a custom learning experience with curated education content and track your childs progress week over week. The over 10,000 hours of content mapped back to STEM is sure to keep your kids occupied and the content refreshes weekly, so theyre constantly challenged. It includes content from brands your kids love and you trust, such as Discovery Kids and Scholastic. Try it out with a 30-day free trial before committing!¹

Tip #2: Create a home office that works for you

Give yourself a bit of time to adjust to your new (or different) work-from-home situation. Whether you have an entire home office to yourself or you simply set-up part of the kitchen table as your desk, it helps to have a designated workspace and routine.

The Galaxy Tab S6 is a multipurpose tablet with additional features like the S Pen, and you can even purchase an attachable keyboard that transforms your tablet into a laptop. The Galaxy Tab S6 has the power to run multiple apps at once, which allows you to multitask with ease. You can edit a presentation at the same time as chatting on a video conference call without slowing down. Access the Galaxy Store to download and purchase each of the essentials you need for work, including PowerPoint and Microsoft Office.If a typical workday has you dialing in to conference calls, the Galaxy Buds+ have an adaptive 3-mic system that includes one inner mic and two outer mics that pick up your voice over outside noise – you can be sure youll be heard clearly on conference calls regardless of how much noise the kids are making behind you.

Tip #3: Stay committed to your fitness routine

Its easy to lose track of time these days. You may not even be sure what day it is anymore!Be sure youre making time for self-care which can help to ease anxiety and stress. Thanks to online workouts and meditation apps, you can still keep up with your routine from home. The Galaxy Watch Active2 is a personal fitness companion to help keep you accountable.

Track your home workouts and get reminders to take frequent breaks for meditation with the Calm app³. The Galaxy Watch Active2 also seamlessly integrates with Samsung Health so you can check out other insights like heart rate, nutrition, sleep, and even stress data. Missing your workout buddy? You can connect with friends and other Samsung Health users to compete, motivate and encourage each other.

Tip #4: Enjoy this time

Use these unusual circumstances to truly relish some quality time with your family or take some much-needed time for yourself. Soon enough, everyone will be back to work, school and jam-packed schedules and youll miss quiet evenings at home.

Turn off the news (its equally important to take breaks as it is to stay informed!) and curl up on the couch, your bed, or even the backyard with a portable entertainment device like the Galaxy Tab S5e. Its an ultra-light and super slim tablet that still delivers a premium display and sound experience. Connect the Galaxy Tab S5e with your Galaxy Buds+ to truly immerse yourself in whatever Netflix series youre currently binge watching. The quad rotating speakers with sound powered by AKG provide high quality sound to help you relax and decompress with some much-needed me-time.Samsung also offers 0% financing for 12, 24 or 36 months on select online purchases, giving you some added flexibility.⁴  

¹Your Samsung Kids+ free trial membership offer (the “Offer”) will begin when you click “Start Your Free Trial” during the registration process. Following the thirty (30) days free trial period (“Trial Period”) your subscription will automatically renew at a recurring fee, either on a monthly or annual basis depending on the membership type that you select when registering. Simply cancel any time during the Trial Period, and you will not be charged. To cancel, click on “Manage Subscription” in the Parents Section and follow the cancellation instructions. You will be required to have and include your credit card information as part of the registration process but your credit card will not be charged during the Trial Period. If you do not cancel during the Trial Period, your credit card that you have provided during the registration process will begin to incur recurring subscription charges for your membership after the Trial Period ends. While you can cancel your subscription at any time, the membership type that you have selected during the registration stage will prescribe the amounts that your credit card will be charged. Any applicable taxes will be charged in addition to the subscription fee. No refunds or credits provided for partial periods. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Available while supplies last. Offer only valid in Canada. You must be the age of majority in your province or territory in Canada in order to register for the Samsung Kids+ App. Samsung Kids+ is only available on certain devices. Visit https://www.samsung.com/ca/apps/samsung-kids-plus/ for more details, pricing and list of support devices. The information that you provide as part of the registration process will be kept confidential in accordance with Samsung Canadas Privacy Policy available at https://www.samsung.com/ca/info/privacy/

²Typical value tested under third-party laboratory condition. Typical value is the estimated average value considering the deviation in battery capacity among the battery samples tested under IEC 61960 standard. Rated (minimum) capacity is 6,000mAh. Actual battery life may vary depending on network environment, usage patterns and other factors.

³Comes with a 7 day free trial. Following the free trial, a subscription to Calm is $76.99 year.

⁴Your monthly payment amount, the interest you will pay, and the loan terms available depend on your personal credit profile. Monthly payments may include a monthly Processing Fee of $6.95. Some conditions apply and all transactions are subject to approval by PayBright. Estimated monthly payment amount excludes taxes, shipping, and other fees. Only available on certain products.

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