Working from Home
Effective Time Management When Working from Home
Posted by Rhiannon Louise on June 04, 2007
Filed Under Working from Home
I hope the headline for this article doesn’t put too many people off reading it! After all the concept of ‘time management’ does sound a bit too much like corporate speak, and if you’re working from home then chances are you’ve managed to escape the creative shackles of a ‘job’ and the last thing you want to be reminded of is the days when you worked for an unrelenting boss in a faceless corporate environment!
Yes - this article is about effective time management when working from home but no - it isn’t all about deadlines and meeting targets and deliverables! Rather it’s all about how to know when your time is best used on the washing up, when it’s time to enjoy your new found freedom and how to achieve as much work related/income producing ‘stuff’ in as little time as possible!
When you first begin working from home you will probably go through a period of excitement almost like you felt as a child experiencing something exhilarating for the very first time.
After a while this fantastic life affirming feeling might give way to a guilty one as you struggle to accept that you really are free and you really can set your own rules instead of being caged by an employer into a 9 – 5 existence.
Now it’s usually around about this time that the concept of time management ceases even to be a fleeting consideration in your psyche!
Creating a Positive Work Environment at Home
Posted by Rhiannon Louise on May 29, 2007
Filed Under Working from Home
The desire to work from home, to cut out the commute and to achieve personally positive work related results from the comfort of your own abode are quite compelling…they are the desires that ultimately drove me to make dramatic changes to my life in terms of dumping one tried, tested, well paying but achingly boring career in favour of diving into the realms of the World Wide Web at a time when it certainly wasn’t as ‘fashionable’ as it is today…
And so if you’re seriously considering spending at least part of your time working from home I don’t blame you, in fact I support your goals and want to do all I can to help you succeed. One of the very first pieces of useful information that I can impart relates to creating a positive work environment at home.
Here’s what not to do: -
I used to work at home on the landing of my house – space was at a premium with bedrooms being used as places to sleep, study and work for various other members of my family and the only space left for me was in a corner of the landing along which everyone including the dog would mooch at regular intervals throughout the day.
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