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10 Common Work from Home for Yourself Misconceptions

I think it must be the years of this kind of thinking – perhaps since the start of the Industrial Age – that has entrenched an idea so deeply in society: that “real” work means that you wake up every day, put on nice clothes, get in your car, go to an office building somewhere, [...]

Work from home tip: The laundry can wait

Does this seem familiar to you? Wake up. Start working (notice I skipped brushing teeth, getting coffee, getting dressed…) Stop working to open the door/gate/whatever for UPS/FedEx/USPS person. Resume working Stop working to get dressed/brush teeth/eat breakfast Resume working Stop working to pick up the clutter, start a load of laundry, feed the dog. Resume [...]

Work-free Weekend

As a small business owner, you’re probably used to working all weekend. I know that I am. Again, in my earlier post about workahol-ism, I don’t generally consider my work “work”, but for the purposes of this blog I will. I had a work-free weekend on Saturday and Sunday and I must say it was [...]

Writing Statuses: Better than a to-do list?

OK so maybe not better, but different in a very good way. I was drafting a status e-mail to one of my clients tonight, and it was amazing the clarity that came as a result of it. When I sit down to write a to-do list, it always fills up with junk! When I sit [...]

To work from home…

or not to work from home, that’s the question! Working from home. Seems ideal, doesn’t it? Waking up, sending out e-mails over breakfast… modifying a website while watching “The View”… responding to quote requests while burping the baby. Well, recently I’ve had cause to wonder if working from home actually ISN’T the ideal everyone says [...]