Working From Home: Five Important Things I’ve Learned The Hard Way

Posted by HollyHanna under Startups
From http://www.theworkathomewoman.com 3859 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on October 3, 2013 9:50 pm

The fact is, working from home IS a tremendous blessing. But, it also comes with some unique challenges. And while everyone’s personal situation tends to be a little different, here are a five important lessons I’ve learned along the way.

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Written by kingofcontent92
3849 days ago

Working at home have real advantages on someone especially to those who are single parents because they can easily integrate their time to their work and work but it may become a disadvantage because at home, their are many distractions that can take your mind of something you are doing so important.

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Written by janesheeba
3850 days ago

It is indeed impossible to please everyone. Striking the right balance between good to work and good to family is the key – and it is one of the most challenging things for women working from home. I used to feel guilty all the time; and I used to have people comment at me that I am at home and still do “less” house related work and spend most of the time sitting on my chair.

Well, I slowly taught them that I am STILL at work and that I bring home income – so the fact that I am AT home doesn’t mean I am always free and available.

At the same time it is a real blessing to be able to attend to kids, do the household work at our flexible timing etc. – like be there for the family while at work!

So, ya, finding the balance is the key – it takes quite a while to figure out the right balance and its perfectly OK.

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Written by bigmoneyweb
3858 days ago

We will never be tired of learning man, we all learn as time goes on which is why no one is ever perfect. This post has really been a source of motivation to me, thanks for sharing it with the BizSugar community.

Val

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Written by BizRock
3858 days ago

You raised some excellent points!It’s important to understand what work-from-home practices work best for you...Thanks for the great article.

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Written by tcamba
3859 days ago

A dedicated office space is one thing every work at home professional should definitely consider. They should assure themselves that they will feel comfortable working at their home office cause it would definitely affect their productivity.

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