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Once you look beyond the Romanic side of home business, there are some
flip sides you have combat and come to terms with.
Some times thing can get missed up. Your home business and your work life are
exactly one and the same thing but people closest to you may not realize
this!
Working and Living: Don't Blur the Lines.
When you're 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, and their owners come away all
too glad to get back to the corporate grindstone. If you don't want to be driven
away from home business, here's what you need to do to keep your family at bay.
Work Time, Home Time.
Make a schedule for when you're going to work and when you're not, and stick to
it. This doesn't have to be inflexible -- it's very silly to only work nine to
five every day, for example -- but it still really needs to be there. Without a
plan, you're 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 to draw clear lines between family time and work
time, 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's 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.
One of the biggest problems you have to face in your home business is running
errands for your family members! They simply take you for granted to do their
errands and responsibilities!
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're at home all
day? -- but you can't let them take away hours from work. 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'll have to make that hour up at the
end of the day, so they shouldn't expect you out of the office until an hour
later than usual.
Don't Do Chores.
Simply refuse to do the family chores while you are busy building your home
business! Your working hours are meant for just that -- working only!
Never give into the verbal threats are nags of your spouse and children when you
say a firm NO when you are supposed to spend time on your home business.
Slowly, they will begin to get the point.
It can be tempting to do the laundry or the dishes when there's a load of them
to do and work seems slow, but don't give it to it during your working day.
Chores eat up an amazing amount of time. One thing you can do to help resist the
temptation is to wear better clothes than you usually would when you're working
-- not a suit, but something business-casual that you wouldn't really be willing
to wash dishes in.
Have a Business Phone Line.
You need a phone line that's just for business to let clients leave messages for
you when you're not in the office. Say exactly that in the message: I'm not
in the office right now, but please leave your name and number and I'll get back
to you. Whatever you do, don't be tempted to take business calls
after-hours, or give out your personal number to business contacts -- this is a
sure-fire way to 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.
We all love our children. In fact, you started your home business to spend more
time with them and make yourself available more to them than when you were
working for some company.
But thing can go out of hand if you are not careful. This can harm your home
business as well as the children in the long run if you allow your children to
meddle too much with your working hours.
If you have children at home during the day (if they haven't started school yet,
or it's a school holiday), 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'll even cause trouble just to get you to sort it
out. They wanted to come and bother you at your office job too, you know, but
they had no way of getting there.
So how can you manage your children from interfering with your home business?
How can you have good working pattern right inside your home?
So what can you do when there are children in the house? After all, it's harsh
to just ignore them, isn't it?
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?
One of the biggest challenges on your home business is -- balancing the act of
working and living under one roof! Master it and make your home business a super
success.
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