Basic Workspace Ideas for WFH Jobs and MSME Work Online

Money-Saving AI-Ready Workspace Ideas for Your WFH Job/MSME

Standing desk or fixture with eye-level laptop height

The ideas given in this blog post are for those who want to be resourceful in their work or business, and save money instead of buying new office furniture. It also suggests ways to arrange whatever is in the home so that a healthy worklife is also attained.

We know that working with laptops makes one forget an important detail: the need to balance sitting down and standing up.

This is important for health, especially for the spine and shoulder muscles. These get sore from always staying in a sitting position. And it can also impede blood circulation.

If one balances sitting down and standing up, a healthier and more agile work direction is established. The eyes can also rest for a few minutes as one can stand and move around.

If you want to be resourceful and save money, there is no need to buy a standing desk if a piece of fixture in the house, such as a bookshelf or a light, movable wood cabinet for filing folders can be used for the laptop.

That fixture should steadily hold your laptop and its screen at eye-level height, making your standing position straight while you work, and blood circulation working well.

  • This workspace arrangement prevents a sedentary direction in work
  • It has certain long-term benefits for one's internal organs and the circulatory system, which is important for the five vital organs of the body; the heart, the brain, the liver, the kidney, and the lungs.
  • It is easier to respond to a doorbell, a phone call from your mobile phone elsewhere, others in the house or your condominium unit, or any notice from the gate
  • It will give you overall strength and endurance way beyond your midlife and senior years
GEN AI image of workspace with a laptop, mouse, desk lamp, and pens

Gen AI image of basic workspace elements: laptop table, laptop, desk lamp, mouse, and writing instruments

Standard office desk: For work with laptop and official paper documents

Beside that fixture that sets your laptop screen at eye-level height, you can also place a standard office desk for both laptop and paperwork.

With a comfortable computer chair, this acts as your main command position. All wireless laptop accessories and other office supplies can be organized here.

A standard office desk can be set up for greater laptop mobility and easier workflow with the standing desk.

Wired computer keyboard and mouse

A wired computer keyboard and a wired computer mouse can easily be set up here.

A multi-port USB 2.0 hub for a printer set-up can also be added.

This multiport USB 2.0 hub can be useful for any transfer of files between your mobile phone and laptop with a data cable.

Wireless devices: For office desk

A lot of space is needed for working with paper documents and folders. Wireless devices would be practical.

Wireless devices will eliminate the inconvenience of wires interfering with a stack of paperwork.

A wireless keyboard and a ergonomic mouse wireless mouse can easily be set up. Some wireless keyboards are rechargeable and do not need batteries.

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Affordable battery-operated wireless mouse packaged with free AA battery

The Hytac 1200dpi wireless optical mouse is a simple and easy plug and play portable device.

There is no need to take extra steps to pair it with a laptop. Just plug the Bluetooth receiver into the USB port of the laptop and right-click the wireless mouse to begin.

Other laptop accessories to complete a practical workspace set-up

Additional important elements to secure and organize your workspace.

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Better Clearer Selfies & Videos LED Ring Light & Phone Stand

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Work Easy with Mobile Stand and 6" LED Ring Lamp

MyConcept MC-315A Stand with Ring Light for #2 Mobile Phones

This is another multipurpose use product whose image you can see at Enstack .

It can be used for easier:

  • video recordings,
  • selfies,
  • additional lighting,
  • and as a stand for two mobile phones.
Product features
  • The 6" LED Ring lamp is powered by a cord with a type A connector plug for a laptop USB 2.0 port.
  • It can also work with an extension cord that has a USB 2.0 port.
  • The LED Ring Lamp gives additional lighting to all kinds of laptop work.
  • This product comes in a box, and the parts enclosed are easy to assemble.
  • When fully assembled, the entire mobile phone stand is approximately 14 1/2 inches tall
The 6" LED Ring Light: Features and switch operations
  • The mobile phone stand has an easy on and off a light switch,
  • Press (+) switch to increase the light intensity,
  • Press (-) switch to decrease the light intensity,
  • Press the 3-mode switch to change the type of light you prefer (white light, blue light, warm light)
  • LED Ring Light is flexible, with 360-degree rotation, and bends 15 degrees from perpendicular position
Important for Verification Purposes

If you need to take selfies for verification purposes, this office tool is the best.

Selfies produced by just holding your phone with your hand can be blurry or lack clear focus.

To take easier, well-focused, and brighter selfies, the product's stable stand can give you the clear selfie required.

This office tool is important when a government ID card or another document at chest level needs to be taken along with the selfie. In case you find in your selfie the text of your ID and in your document showing a "mirror image", you can easily adjust the settings in the camera app of your mobile phone to fix that.

For Facebook and YouTube video enthusiasts

If part of your work is to regularly upload video content to Facebook or YouTube, this product is valuable.

The 6" LED Ring Lamp on a stable stand makes video recording steady and without jerky movements. The light from the lamp also makes your video clearer and brighter.

Available at many retail stores in the NCR

The MyConcept MC-315A Stand with Ring Light for #2 Mobile Phones is under the Mobiles & Gadgets category at Enstack. Check it out now

Secure & Cost-Effective Payment Options for MSME & WFH Jobs

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Reliable delivery service to customer-families in the NCR
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CASH OR CASH ON DELIVERY >> E-WALLET >> CREDIT CARD >> DEBIT CARD

What Mode of Payment is Right: Cash, E-wallet, Credit Card or Debit Card?

This blog post informs foreign tourists, small business owners in Kapitolyo, Pasig, and nearby Barangays, and remote workers in NCR, Philippines, on secure and cost-effective payment options.

Commonly used cost-effective payment options

With new technologies being updated at a fast rate, there are new modes of payments being used in the Philippines & the rest of the world, but common payment options in the NCR are still cash, e-wallets, credit cards, and debit cards.

(Other standard modes of payment are online bank transfers and through current accounts or checks. These two payment modes will not be covered in this blog post.)

There are advantages and disadvantages for each mode of payment.

A list is provided below.

Advantages and disadvantages

Much of what is listed below is really common sense.

But that is sometimes lacking when the buyer is not aware of the safety measures to take and the security risks involved.

Awareness of easy and secure modes of payment for particular situations is important to make your purchases in each payment channel successful and without unnecessary stress.

Using Cash / Cash on Delivery to Your Advantage
  • Cash is generally accepted anywhere in the NCR
  • You receive change money in return so you can use for smaller purchases or services
  • It is the mode of payment everyone understands; no extra technology to learn
  • A common business custom in the NCR is to add change money when you pay with big bills. This helps the retailer preserve his stock of small bills and coins. Be extra patient when the cashier asks for coins; he needs it as change money for the customers in line after you.
  • Care must be taken when transacting in bigger amounts. Focusing and avoiding distractions from others is necessary.
  • Cash transactions are the simplest means. The goods purchased or service received are exchanged promptly on the spot.
  • Unlike e-wallets, credit cards, or debit cards, cash doesn't have an "online" problem. It always solves. "Cash is king!"
  • Cash is the most common form of payment for Filipinos.

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E-wallet solutions to streamline MSME transactions or Remote work purchases
  • E-wallets conveniently link to a mobile app in your mobile phone
  • All purchases are easily and exactly paid to the last Php 0.01 centavo
  • It can always be accessed with mobile data or pocket wifi
  • Awareness of quirks and glitches in your app or phone, and how to fix them on the spot, are needed for a successful transaction
  • On very rainy or windy days, mobile data signals can be weak; this can interfere with the speed or success of your purchase
  • It is wise to bring some cash to avoid embarrassment and inconvenience for both retailer and yourself, and others next in line
  • If the signal of your phone is not strong, be considerate to others in the long line after you; use cash or debit card instead
  • There are many e-wallets in the NCR. Maya and GCash are two e-wallets which both big or small retailers accept
  • E-wallets are convenient digital payment methods for remote work
  • You can manage your finances with e-wallets for a better work-life balance

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Credit card security tips for WFH Remote workers and MSMEs
  • Like e-wallets, these are convenient to use
  • Extra security is needed with this mode of payment
  • It is safer to use a credit card as a source of funds for your e-wallet than to use it directly on e-commerce platforms
  • Avoid using a credit card with a big credit limit. Use a credit card with a smaller credit limit for online purchases
  • It is not good to make one's credit card as a substitute for cash in your wallet; it is not for regular use
  • Credit cards can be, in times of need, a life-saver; it can also save you from embarrassment if you are short in cash
  • Two credit cards many big and small retailers accept are Visa and Mastercard. Big banks such as Metrobank and BDO have both Visa and Mastercard

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Using Debit Cards to Secure Your Finances Effectively
  • Debit cards are digitally linked to your ATM savings account
  • They need a PIN to be typed when you make a purchase
  • Like e-wallets, the exact amount can be paid down to the last Php 0.01 centavo
  • There is a risk of a newly employed or trainee-cashier to accidentally double debit your purchase amount
  • Better to use debit cards in big retail establishments where cashiers are experienced in this mode of payment
  • Unlike credit cards, debit card purchases are rarely "denied"
  • Reliable debit cards are easily applied for with proper identification. Banks such as BDO, BPI, Metrobank, and China Bank Corp. have secure technology to safeguard all your debit card transactions

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