Managing Your Time In Your New Home Based BusinessWritten by Sandi Moses
By: Sandi MosesIf you are just transitioning from working outside home to working from home, your thoughts are probably spinning with all things that you will get done now that you don’t have to waste all that time commuting, getting ready for work, etc. And then a few weeks into your new lifestyle, things just don’t seem to going along as smoothly as you had imagined! What heck happened, anyway? Well, I certainly hope you didn’t toss that daily planner you used to fill out so religiously! You just might need to pull it out, dust it off, and put it back to work. In first place, you are “still working.” You are just working “here” and not “there.” You still need to keep a schedule, and maybe even a daily flow chart. It will just have different items on it. Instead of dealing with meetings, phone calls, reports, face-to-face chats with clients or customers or employees or “the boss,” deadlines, “managing by walking around,” countless interruptions, and all that, you will need to schedule time for focusing on work you are doing from home, maintaining your home itself, your family, and maybe even YOU! Take your planner out and come up with something that works for you. You might start with what worked before. In other words, if you had to be ready to leave house by 7:00 AM, before, then be that way now. You don’t have to be “all dressed up with nowhere to go,” but you can be showered and dressed, etc. Assign times to focus on various activities, keeping in mind that none of this is etched in stone. Build your own individual situation into this, and remember that it is only a guideline. Your boss is not going to call you on carpet if schedule doesn’t work unless you stand in front of mirror and have at it! Remember that you have flexibility that you didn’t have when you were working outside home. You are boss and you can arrange you day as you choose, to fit needs of your family, health, interests, schooling, or whatever reason you chose to work at home. Keep adjusting until you find what works. It may need “re-tweaking” when school starts up or lets out, as days get longer or shorter, as seasons change, etc. That’s OK!
| | PASSING THE TORCHWritten by Copyright 09-14-04 by Rachel Burd at http://www.highyieldteam.com
I started out my career working for corporate America. I was quickly promoted up ladder, but soon realized money didn’t come with new titles, just more work and responsibilities.So I had a brain storm. . . I would go into business for myself. Now at least I get to work those long hours and make that money “on my terms.” I own a business I have bragging rights to! Through last 20+ years I have learned a few things. Some are things that make sense and can be duplicated and some can only work for certain personality types. My latest business meets all criteria of simplicity and can be duplicated. This business, cookie-cutter business if you will . . . is 100% portable. The money keeps coming in when I’m at home, watching kids, playing football, or I’m playing at beach.
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