The reasons people express for eager to work from home are many and varied, but most home-based business owners cite the power to line their own hours as a serious think about their decision to figure reception. However, many of us that have work on home businesses often fall under a trap that flies directly within the face of their stated desire for time flexibility.
The strong growth in home-based business activity continues and, according to the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, fifty-two percent of ALL small businesses are home-based.
Some home-based business owners have been known to become “workaholics” because their office is so accessible. Do not become a slave to your business…get out of your home office regularly to renew and revitalize yourself.
Close the door to your office or otherwise remove yourself from your designated “work area” and enter your “home” area to measure your personal life. If your business involves the utilization of the telephone and you discover it difficult to ignore a ringing phone within the office, simply turn the ringer off and switch the quantity on the electronic device way down. If your business is internet based, just close your computer (or a minimum of escape from the monitor and keyboard).
As a work at home business entrepreneur, you certainly are not required to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week just because your business is in your home. After all, your office or workspace is just an area in your home…it is not your home itself!
Working and living under the same roof has a host of advantages, but it can present some challenges (in addition to the workaholic syndrome mentioned, above) and stress factors.
Here are four ways to create a less stressful home business environment:
-Remember why you wanted to become involved with a home-based business (i.e. more time for family, work schedule flexibility, etc.)
-Have discussions with your family members and get their input about the working arrangements and the amount of time they want with you.
-Use good time management techniques. Keep a list of tasks by order of importance. There are many low costs and effective “day planners” or “organizers” readily available today.
-ALWAYS take a little time to “smell the roses”.
While not experiencing the negatives common to a corporate office working environment, the home-based business owner may occasionally experience stresses and frustrations that are unique to working at home.
Networking with other home-based and little business owners provides a chance to attach with others who could also be experiencing an equivalent stresses/frustration that you simply are. Sharing stressful and/or frustrating issues with somebody else within the same situation can relieve your stress and should bring you good advice from a special point of view.
As a final note, remember to observe Home-Based Business Week each year (it is always the week of October that includes the second Tuesday).
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