It’s easy to get lazy working from home

WARNING!  It is really easy to fall into a lazy pattern when working from home.

Seriously.  It’s too easy to say “I’ll do it later”, “I want to watch this show first”, etc.

Now, don’t get me wrong.  One of the HUGE perks from working from home is the ability to have a flexible schedule.  But you must work or you won’t make any money.

By all means, watch your favorite show every day!  I do.  But if you find that you’re not getting as much work done as you need to, create a bit of a schedule.

Obviously, make the schedule comfortable for you but if your fav show comes on at 1:00 p.m., make it a point to work 2 or 3 hours before then.  Then use your show as a bit of a break.  Watch your program, eat some lunch.  Then go back and finish up whatever work you need to do.

It’s best to have your environment quiet when working because it’s too easy to get distracted.  I admit, I have my T.V. going in the background way too much…and yes, I get distracted sometimes, but I do turn it off when I know I need to really get some stuff done.

If you find at the end of the week you only worked 10 hours when you needed to work 25, set a schedule for yourself…again a flexible one, yes, that’s one of the reasons you’re in this right?  But make an outline that you can stick to for the most part of when you will set everything else aside and work.

For me, my most productive times are at night.  The kids are in bed, the dogs aren’t wrestling, no phones are ringing…it’s just me and my computer.  If I need to get something work-wise done during the day, I do…and I do bits and pieces of work during the day…but I’ve always been a bit of a night owl anyway and because I work from home, I do what works for me.

I don’t really take jobs that require my full attention during the day.  It doesn’t fit my work-at-home plan so I don’t do it.

That’s the great thing…you make your OWN work-at-home plan:  when you will work, what your fees will be, what type of jobs you will or won’t take, whether you take on a long-term or short-term position or project or a mix of both, and so on.

So make your plan and make the rest of the world fit in it!  Just be sure that you don’t get too lazy and distracted with your freedom and that you still bring home the bacon…FROM home!

K