Work at Home? Not Enough Hours in the Day

By Jeffrey Moore

Work At Home: Not enough hours in the day. You want to work at home? Not so easy sometimes. Today was quite simply, exhausting and overwhelming. I’ve been working since about eleven o’clock today and have been working non-stop for about fifteen hours. Right now a huge advantage for me having a home based business is the fact that I’m saving a lot of money on gas. I went to mail some letters out today and forgot what outside looked like. I’ve been inside updating my website and making phone calls all day, this is hard work!

What has proven difficult for me are the distractions, albeit necessary or unnecessary. For example, Bill, who has advised me greatly on marketing and website design; e-mails me his input on suggested changes and ideas. Today he sent me about ten e-mails. Every time he sends me an e-mail, I try to make updates to the website as soon as possible, otherwise I forget what to do. Usually when this happens, I have to end up doing updates on top of what I’ve been doing. I started putting all of my ideas in a big red notebook with lined paper. Now, when I can’t get to something or have an idea, I put the thoughts in my notebook and date them. Now, I just need something to remind me to go back and read my notebook!!!

However, I truly believe my past job prepared me for doing a number of things at one time. Being a principal has several similarities to me working at home now. You will never have enough hours in the day to get everything accomplished. Focusing in on one or two tasks is never something I was accustomed to, and this hasn’t changed. You have to have your act together.

For me the difference right now between the jobs for me is th e fact that I was always whipped at the end of a day. Now, I feel much more energetic and less stressed even though I’m probably working harder than I ever have. I think one explanation is the newness factor of running a business at home. Another one could be my internal clock. As weird as it sounds, I am a night owl and have never enjoyed waking up early. Even to wake up an extra hour later works wonders for me, and I can stay up later and get more work done. Yet, I still can’t find enough hours in the day!

My advice: Prioritize! Find out what are the most important goals you want to achieve and work form there. Don’t stress out if you don’t get something completed, but try to complete something. Reward yourself for accomplishing tasks. You don’t have to go buy a plasma television, but congratulate yourself for a job-well done; have some of your favorite food, go see a movie, take a nap! Enjoy the time you work, but don’t get bogged down into not having enough hours in your day!

Jeffrey Moore, former principal, turned entrepreneur now runs several successful online business; including his online business directory, allaboutsouthfield.com. To gain instant access to all of his amazing strategies, insights, and resources, visit: http://www.workathome-bluejfm.blogspot.com

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