The first thing you will always need to remember is to get out of house regularly. You can feel trapped if you do nothing but stay home all day. On your days off or when you have time, get out and do something. It doesn’t have to be anything special. If you’ve had too much time with kids, get someone to watch them and head out with your friends.

In this same vein, take enough time off from working at home. Don’t feel like you have to be on call 24/7. Turn off computer and get some good family time. Emails can wait and your voicemail can handle most calls.

Is clutter in your home office getting to you? It might be time to get organized. Take an hour or two or more and get rid of clutter. File all those papers and reshelf your reference books and binders. Find where all pens are hiding and put them where they belong.

Once lived a great king who was getting old and wanted to retire. One day he announced that all his personal wealth would be distributed to public. However one would have to earn his share as king did not want wealth to go to unworthy.

His wealth would be in seven stories of his palace. One might take whatever one wished, he announced. The word spread fast and people gathered. No one wanted to miss this opportunity of getting rich. The entrance was opened and people eagerly rushed in. Presented to them were common items of pottery, glass and earth. They checked every place. Nothing else was there. People got disappointed. This was not what they had expected. Many left cursing.

Others decided to try second floor. As they moved there they found things which were costlier but nothing which could be called wealth. Many left again. It was wastage of time after all. The king either had gone mad or played a bad joke

Rest of them pushed themselves to next level through a passage that was narrower and steeper. Here displayed were some coins of lesser value. Discouraged quite a number left again. I was clear now that king had really played a joke. There was no wealth to be found.

Few who were encouraged enough resolved to go to further. They had to walk a path harder than previous. Those who could not tread returned. Only a handful reached fourth storey and were rewarded with silver coins.

Joyfully many stuffed and left. Thank God! The day was not wasted on some misadventure. They had come from far. They were tired now. They did not want to go further. They had work at their homes too.