Why You Need A Work-At-Home Schedule

byRobert-A

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Updated 8 years ago

Hello People

It never ceases to amaze me what the members will blog about within WA and to tell you the truth I’m even more amazed that they actually have the time to do this. I believe I’m like most members and think there isn’t enough hours in the day to get all that needs to be done on a daily basis.

I know that one of the attractions of working at home is the vision of freedom it invokes. There’s no time clock, no time sheets, and no one to account to for how you spend your time. It is a very attractive proposition, but like so many attractive propositions there is a downside. Anyone have any idea what this is?

You are most likely wasting a lot of time.

Way back in the day when I worked for the UK government I used to spend a lot of time entering data into huge spreadsheets to account for my days and all the people I used to train. You may or may not like working with spreadsheets but I did and I was very good at creating a spreadsheet for virtually every task I had to do.

A lot of my colleagues used to think it was a waste of my time and I could be better employed doing something more constructive. Every one of those people changed their mind when it came to publishing their end of month stats. I had everything for myself at my fingertips while they where running around like headless chickens trying to find these figures or those and what about those other ones buried somewhere in the filing cabinets lol.

What I’m saying is - having my own spreadsheets and agenda for every single day 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.

You should always have a "To Do" list and you should be working your way through it every day, and this is only if things are ticking along but what happens when disaster strikes and you have no backup plan in place, or you don’t have the information to hand to get yourself out of a sticky situation?

After studying what you have to accomplish on a daily basis to keep your business and your website running smoothly you will soon realize that you must have a schedule:

1. It's too easy to waste time doing non-priority tasks

2. It's too easy to get sidetracked or distracted from your current task

3. Unscheduled work time can often overlap into your free time until you don't have any free time at all

4. Your free time can overlap into your work time until you fall behind with important tasks

5. Concentrating your time and effort on highest priority projects means more gets done

I recently took part in an online forum where men and women had moved to embrace a Schedule - and found it more freeing than restrictive. After all, you are still the one setting the schedule so you are free to schedule yourself off for a 3-hour lunch, an afternoon, 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 help you set your schedule.

There you go people - As I said above. If you don't think you need a schedule for your home business - then think again.

I wouldn’t mind knowing what other members think about this so please leave a comment.

Have a great day/evening.

Robert Allan

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