Submitted by: Michael Pascu

We all dream to be able to work from home. It is easy to dream until the moment it becomes reality. But how well can we plan and organise things to the point we forget we are working from our living room?

Let us go over the most common mistakes that we do when we start working from home.

1. We spend to much time alone

Loneliness is the fact most people complain about when they start working from home. We start spending to much time in front of the PC and forget to socialize. Because there no more meeting we might forget to get out a few days in a row. The exception is if maybe we work in sales and thus the client interaction is almost mandatory.

2. Chaotic schedule

One wants to work more and forgets to unplug and even feels guilty if he stops. One can end up getting up early and the first thing he does is start working. And in the evening one cannot go to sleep because he is thinking about different aspects of the project or different projects.

3. You accept to many interruptions

You can start to spend too much time on so called socializing networks because you know there is no one there to look over your shoulder. Or you could start talking on the phone too much.

An advantage of working from home is that we learn to work and to better appreciate what we earn. We become more aware that money does not grow on a tree and that it requires steady work and a lot of dedication.

Regardless of the options we make, and even if we get the best advice, and listen to it, the latter being the hardest part, we might not obtain optimal results. We must go at it by a process of trial and error. I suspect this is not what one wishes to hear, but the truth is better than a blissful state of ignorance.

Working at your approach will get you there!

You seem available for any house work available and your family might not understand that you are at the work desk and not in the living room.

4. Lack of priorities

If you do not manage to make a plan that you can follow on a daily basis, you end up losing time.

These mistakes, or better called challenges can be overcome with simple techniques.

1. We should schedule time for family and friends. This sounds like work, but it is a way to make sure that we do not forget about this part of our lives.

2. The schedule is the solution for this point also. We must make it and stick to it.

3. If from the get go we make it clear to everyone around us that this is work and we also make it clear to ourselves then much less interruptions shall happen.

4. Once again : schedule. It is that important. Prioritize and schedule tasks.

An advantage of working from home is that we learn to work and to better appreciate what we earn. We become more aware that money does not grow on a tree and that it requires steady work and a lot of dedication.

About the Author: Michael Pascu is a Marketing and Public Relations Specialist. He is most proud of his latest project

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