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Work from home time …and how to gain it

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Five Tips on Gaining Work From Home Time -

1. Plan ahead & Plan Well – this is a well trodden path but it’s well worth repeating. I’m not just talking about a to-do list here, I’m talking about taking all that RAM of info in the front of your brain and setting it down in a system you can trust will not let you forget anything and give you a much extended work from home time. When you have a system your stress goes down, everything is covered and you’re more creative and able to function on focused tasks. The grand master of all this and the guy that wrote “Getting Things Done” is David Allen, instigate his method, it has changed the way I work forever and dinner is always on time
2. One hour of Quiet Time early in the morning â€“ I can get more accomplished in this hour than I normally can all day.Â Getting up before the kids (and spouse) is precious.Â It takes time but you DO get used to â€“ and addicted â€“to it.
3. Keep Phone Calls Minimal– And Short . Friends have a tendency to think we have plenty of spare â€œchatâ€ time, so avoid all unnecessary phone calls during your peak work times.Â Talk to friends while cooking dinner or on the way to pickup the kids.Â Â Donâ€™t even pickup calls from telemarketers, bill collectors, or anyone you donâ€™t know.
4. Use your computer!Â Email is so much quicker to get a complete message to someone without all the chit-chat.Â You can send a cordial email and get your message (and answer) much quicker.Â Use your computer to pay bills and any other tasks you can automate.Â (birthday greetings, homework help, alarms, calendars, reminders)Â I have all my bills set up on auto-pay, and let me tell you, bills get paid while I am asleep and it reduces my stress A LOT. More tools homeworkers coming soon.
5. Take breaks.Â You can become a bundle of stress if you donâ€™t stop to eat, take a swim, or even a nap when youâ€™re sick.Â (Yes you are allowed to be sick.)Â Convince the kids to nap with you if need be.Â Â I find if I am so tired I canâ€™t function, a short nap will recharge my batteries and let me make it through the rest of the night.

There will always be a struggle for work-at-home-parents to achieve balance. We all find things that work for us and the trick is to use the tools we do find, it doesnâ€™t do my family any good if I am such a grouch from working.

Home Business Security

I’m sure, like me, you have more passwords for more sites and services than the pentagon and keeping them stored safely and within easy reach can be a real problem. I’ve come across this new, and free, service that puts home business security up a couple of notches by storing all your passwords behind a master password in your browser.

It even stops that terrible habit, we all have, of giving the same password for everything by generating passwords that it stores. To top it all the whole thing is web-based so you can sign in to all your sites from any computer without jeopardizing your home business security.

Take a look at their video, below, this is their link and let us know your thoughts on the web tool so others can benefit.

Advantages of Working At Home

There are many good reasons to choose to stay at home and find work you can do from your home office or home business. The Work At Home industry is booming these days with more parents wanting to stay at home and more legitimate opportunities for disabled persons to find a way to make a decent income. Why is working from your own home office such a good idea? Here are just some of the advantages and benefits of working at home.

â€¢ Setting your own hours â€“ You are in charge of when you work and when you donâ€™t

â€¢ Spending more time with your family â€“ More quality time for you and your loved ones

â€¢ Saving petrol money â€“ You will not have to spend money on petrol when all you have to do is walk to your home office

â€¢ No commute â€“ You do not have to drive to work through that rush hour work traffic

â€¢ More work opportunities â€“ You have your choice of jobs depending on your area of expertise

â€¢ Tax Breaks â€“ Contractors and freelancers can use their home office as a tax deduction â€“ This may or may not apply for certain employee based positions

â€¢ Less stress â€“ Working from home allows you more freedom and there is little to no on the job stress or competition

â€¢ No office politics â€“ Even if you Work At Home in a position that requires sales, there is very little pressure to compete and promotions from within are based on productivity not popularity

That is a short list of reasons that working at home is so popular and desired by many. Many mothers of small children choose to work from home so they can choose their own hours and work around the kids and still contribute to the household income. Some couples even work from home by either using separate home offices or by staggering shifts.

Stick around – hiremyparents is coming soon – proper opportunities from UK companies allowing you to choose the job or project that fits with your skills andÂ circumstances.

Things to think about before starting your home-based business

hiremyparents will be with you all the way once you’ve started your home business, we’ll deliver all the leads and opportunities you require, but being a parent is pretty much a full time job as it is, things can get tough. Take a look at these base questions and really think whether a home-based business is for you. The rewards are amazing, both financially and for your lifestyle, but you should take a long look in the mirror first because it will be hard and often lonely work.

1. Does your business have legs? Have you researched your business idea, your customer base and competition? If you haven’t you’re not ready to go it alone.
2. What are you going to do about childcare? Working from home, means working from home. This means you still need childcare. If you can’t afford it or intend to work when your kids are asleep or in school, ask yourself can your business and your stress levels take it?
3. Is your family behind you 100% and can you afford to fail? Depressing thought but essential to know because starting a new business is time consuming and a money drain for very little return in the first year.
4. Have you sorted your finances out? Do you know what your start up costs are and how you’re going to find the money?
5. Can you really work alone? If you’re good a good self starter who can motivate her/his-self, and pick her/his-self up when things go wrong being a home based entrepreneur could be the right choice for you.