5 Reasons Why You Need A Work-At-Home Schedule
One of the attractions of working at home is the vision of freedom it invokes -- no time clock, no time sheets, and no one to account to for how you spend your time. Yes, it is an attractive proposition, but like so many attractive propositions there is a heavy downside -- you are likely wasting a lot of time.
When I was working in the corporate world I would spend time every day filling out these large spreadsheets to account for my day. I worked for a large engineering company and my day often included working on a variety of projects for different clients.
I loathed this activity and have always dismissed it as a waste of time -- that is until my home business recently took off and I realized there simply wasn't enough hours in the day to accomplish all my goals.
I now have my own spread sheet and agenda for the day and have improved my productivity and reduced my stress immeasurably. If you don't think you need a schedule for your home business then think again -- and read on.
Why You Need A Work-At-Home Schedule
After a span of relatively unproductive days when my "To Do" list seemed to grow exponentially every time I looked at it, I knew something had to change.
Granted I was going through a rough patch. My home business was experiencing growing pains and taking up more than the usual time. After studying my time and chatting with some other work-at-home folks, I discovered five reasons to embrace the schedule.
five reasons to embrace the schedule:
It's too easy to waste time doing non-priority tasks
It's too easy to get sidetracked or distracted from your current task
Unscheduled work time can often overlap into your free time until you don't have any free time at all
Your free time can overlap into your work time until you fall behind with important projects
Concentrating your time and effort on highest priority projects means more gets done
I'm not the only work-at-home business person encompassing the schedule. I recently took part in an online forum where men and women had moved to embrace it -- and found it more freeing than restrictive. After all, you are still the one setting the schedule so you are free to schedule yourself for a 3-hour lunch, an afternoon off or a whole day whenever you choose.
If you find it difficult setting up your schedule and priorities for the day and week then perhaps your significant other or a friend can give you some ideas or help you set your schedule.
How do you plan your day? Let me know in the comments
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