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Working and Living. Keep the Lines Clear.
When you are at home all the time, people have a way of giving you everything to do, with no regard for your job. It can be very hard indeed to keep your family life separate from your business when you work at home, in fact, this is one of the most common reasons home businesses fail. Their owners come away all too glad to get back to the corporate grindstone. So, if you don't want thyat to happen, then here is what you need to do to keep your family at bay.
Work Time, Home Time.Make a schedule for when you are going to work and when you are not. This does not have to be inflexible though, as it would be very silly to only work nine to five every day, for example, if that doesn't always suit you. Without a plan, you are inevitably going to go too far one way or the other, and either work far too much or nowhere near enough. You might find it best to a new plan at the start of each month or week, so that you can still respond to changes in circumstances.
Yes, I know it can be difficult, especially if your family is around for some of the hours that you want to be working. The only thing I can say to you is that it is important to keep on trying, because the moment you give up everything's going to come crashing down.
... Whatever you do, don't let your family anywhere near your office space.
Fit Errands Around Work.People will obviously be upset if you absolutely refuse to run their errands. Is it really so much trouble to run down to the bank when you are at home all day? No, however, you have to keep it to a minimum, rather than letting it take you away from your work for hours. You should make your response automatic. When someone asks you to take an hour out of work to do something during the day, tell them that you will have to make that hour up at the end of the day, so they should expect you out of your office until an hour later than usual.
Do not Do Chores.It can be tempting to do the laundry or the dishes when there is a load of them to do and work seems slow, but do not do it during your working day. You are running a home business, the last thing you should do is to allow chores to eat up your time. One thing you can do to help resist the temptation is to wear better clothes than you usually would when you are working. Something business-casual that you would not really be willing to wash dishes in.
Have a Business Phone Line.You need a phone line that is just for business to let clients leave messages for you when you are out of the office.
Set the message bank to say this.
I am not in the office right now, but please leave your name and number and I will get back to you.Whatever you do, do not take business calls after hours, or give out your personal number to business contacts. Otherwise, you will never stop working. Turn off the ringer on your business phone when you leave the office for the day.
With Children, All Bets are Off.If you have children at home during the day (if they are not at school yet, or it is a holiday period), it can be very difficult to maintain a sensible work pattern. They will come and bother you at every opportunity, because they miss you and want to see you. They will even cause trouble just to get you to sort it out.
So what can you do when there are children in the house? The best answer I've found is to hire a babysitter, who can keep the kids entertained while you work. It could get expensive, but it shouldn't be for long, right?
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