Tips For The Reality Of Working At Home

Tips For The Reality Of Working At Home If youve been dreaming of being able to work from home and have finally started to live the dream the first month of working from home is a reality check. This is the time you figure out what will and will not work for you. You might have set up your working space according to cute ideas on the internet and discovered that you hate actually working that way. You may realize that you need to get dressed in order to be productive. You certainly will discover that everybody (including you) thinks you can do all the household chores as well as your job. Working from home does not mean you can do it all. It means you can be flexible in figuring out what works best for you and your family, but some things will still need to be delegated or eliminated from your lifestyle. Get everybodys input on what is important and prioritize the top three for each person. One couples list looked like this: wife wanted laundry kept up, kitchen neat, and bed made. Husband wanted laundry kept up, living room neat, and cookies always in the cookie jar. So the family priorities were laundry, picking up once a day, making the bed in the morning, and keeping cookies around. Everybody living in the home has a job. Let little kids make their own beds and put their toys away. They get better at it the longer they do it by themselves. Really! Relax standards. Health safety hazards are important, but perfectly folded towels arent. Working from home means you CAN do a lot more!  Most of the time you have the flexibility to move the laundry from washer to dryer during the day or keep an eye on something in the oven. You can plan work times around naps or get a mothers helper a few times a week. Every family has different needs, and those needs change as its members grow. The reality of working from home isnt like a daydream, but it is the best choice for many families.