Lonely in Your Home Business? Here's Some Tips
By Naz Daud
Working a business from home can
at times be a lonely endeavor. One
of the main problems with a home-based
business is the lack of personal contact and interaction with others in a normal
business environment. I really enjoyed the random conversations of a busy office in
my last place of work.
Sure most people who work from home belong to many networking sites… but it is
not the same… or is it?
After a while I did get used to working alone when I made some changes & learned
to break up my working day.
I invested generously in ensuring that I have all the creature comforts in my home
office. There is nothing worse than working in a cold room without all the amenities!
I have been blessed with an amazing view that really helps...when I look out of my
office all I see is the garden and a river.
I have a regular schedule that gets me out of the office daily. I try and pop out for
lunch and meet some friends or people that I do business with. Sometimes I might
just go for a short brisk walk to my favorite deli. I occasionally work in the
summerhouse when the weather is fine.
I tend to pop out around 4:30pm to do 30 minutes of shopping before resuming
work again. These breaks help to keep me sane. I play a variety of music in the
background but sometimes I find that it breaks my concentration especially when I
am trying to focus on something complicated.
The biggest challenge I have now is to remember to try and stop working. Isn't it
great that when you can work no more, you can leave your home office and sit in the
lounge and relax until work mode grips you again?
I used to take my lap top with me in the sitting room, but eventually I stopped doing
this as I found it far too stressful! Just seeing that machine out of the corner of my
eye, even though it was switched off made it hard to relax! Now the computer
mostly stays in the office and is not allowed in my relaxation areas.
I still break this rule occasionally like first thing in the mornings when I am writing
or responding to mail and blogs that I have written.
My family often complain that even though I spend a lot of time at home… I am
really not there. I don't get it! I guess they mean that I am in my own world and
sometimes hardly notice them. I know what I should do to change this but it can be
hard to separate home life from work especially when business is thriving.
I do not have any problems with neighbors, primarily because I run an Internet
business and as such have no stock requirements apart from basic stationary. The
only way they know I am working at home is when they see my car parked in the
drive or I have some visitors.
Business should be fun and if you are not having fun working from home then
perhaps it is time to make some changes? You might even really start enjoying your
business once you have strategies in place for dealing with working alone at home.
Meet the writer: Naz Daud is the owner of CityLocal Business & Franchise
Opportunities.
By Naz Daud
Working a business from home can
at times be a lonely endeavor. One
of the main problems with a home-based
business is the lack of personal contact and interaction with others in a normal
business environment. I really enjoyed the random conversations of a busy office in
my last place of work.
Sure most people who work from home belong to many networking sites… but it is
not the same… or is it?
After a while I did get used to working alone when I made some changes & learned
to break up my working day.
I invested generously in ensuring that I have all the creature comforts in my home
office. There is nothing worse than working in a cold room without all the amenities!
I have been blessed with an amazing view that really helps...when I look out of my
office all I see is the garden and a river.
I have a regular schedule that gets me out of the office daily. I try and pop out for
lunch and meet some friends or people that I do business with. Sometimes I might
just go for a short brisk walk to my favorite deli. I occasionally work in the
summerhouse when the weather is fine.
I tend to pop out around 4:30pm to do 30 minutes of shopping before resuming
work again. These breaks help to keep me sane. I play a variety of music in the
background but sometimes I find that it breaks my concentration especially when I
am trying to focus on something complicated.
The biggest challenge I have now is to remember to try and stop working. Isn't it
great that when you can work no more, you can leave your home office and sit in the
lounge and relax until work mode grips you again?
I used to take my lap top with me in the sitting room, but eventually I stopped doing
this as I found it far too stressful! Just seeing that machine out of the corner of my
eye, even though it was switched off made it hard to relax! Now the computer
mostly stays in the office and is not allowed in my relaxation areas.
I still break this rule occasionally like first thing in the mornings when I am writing
or responding to mail and blogs that I have written.
My family often complain that even though I spend a lot of time at home… I am
really not there. I don't get it! I guess they mean that I am in my own world and
sometimes hardly notice them. I know what I should do to change this but it can be
hard to separate home life from work especially when business is thriving.
I do not have any problems with neighbors, primarily because I run an Internet
business and as such have no stock requirements apart from basic stationary. The
only way they know I am working at home is when they see my car parked in the
drive or I have some visitors.
Business should be fun and if you are not having fun working from home then
perhaps it is time to make some changes? You might even really start enjoying your
business once you have strategies in place for dealing with working alone at home.
Meet the writer: Naz Daud is the owner of CityLocal Business & Franchise
Opportunities.
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