Posts Tagged Time Management

I work from home. Home also happens to be my apartment, in which I have 2 other roommates. Needless to say, when you combine working from home with being a college student, it’s easy to get distracted. Almost everywhere I look, something is screaming for my attention – my TV with the DVR that has shows recorded for me to catch up on, my ridiculously comfortable bed, sitting out on the porch and much more. Having worked both from home and many office environments, I can easily say that staying focused at home is much harder than staying focused in an office setting.

I’ve come up with a list for people to take into consideration when looking at time management for their home-based business. Whether you are a freelance web-designer like me or a tax consultant, these tips hopefully can help you manage your time:

1. Treat your home based business like a job. Establish a work schedule and stick to it as best you can. Having the flexibility to change your schedule is one of the perks of being self-employed, but establish a schedule that works for you and your family on most days, and do you best to stick to it. I’ve heard multiple people say that getting fully dressed for business at the start of each workday (that means shoes, too) really is almost a necessary, but I don’t tend to do it! I can imagine that you really will get more done, and that you may or may not sound more professional on the phone, too.

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