Freelancing From Home and Staying Productive
If you have chosen to work from and not from an office, then you are probably faced with the same problems that I am, most notable is the problem of staying productive! More experienced freelancers have probably long tamed the beasts that tempt us when working from home…
how do you stay productive at home?
The Main Advantages
- Working to our own schedule
- Low overheads
- Convenience
- Not working for ‘the man’
Our Main Problems
- Working efficiently
- Separating home-life from work-life
- Lack of motivation
- Boredom
- Solitude
Working from home, is a slight paradox in the beginning. In that, well, we have spent most of our lives up to that point associating home as a world away from work, where you can kick back and relax. This notion, combined with all the other stuff that is happening in the home, makes concentrating a bit of a struggle for the best of us. As such in all my efforts to stay productive, I have realised one of the biggest things you can do is give yourself a dedicated working area.
A Dedicated Area
I have moved myself from the dining room table and set up a dedicated ‘office’ work space in a spare bedroom. It’s working out so much better, I have eliminated much of the distractions I have downstairs i.e TV and the Playstation! Working on the kitchen table, is a great way to kill any real ‘business’. Giving myself this full on work-area feels like a real positive step towards taking everything more seriously – less interruptions, background noise and temptation!
Psychologically, giving myself this separate space to work in has done wonders. Then, spending the time, to set it all up according to how I exactly want things. I have a noticeboard; postik notes and my organiser – so I immediately sit down and can see everything I have done, need to do and want to get done!
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Freelancing From Home and Staying Productive
If you have chosen to work from and not from an office, then you are probably faced with the same problems that I am, most notable is the problem of staying productive! More experienced freelancers have probably long tamed the beasts that tempt us when working from home…
The Main Advantages
- Working to our own schedule
- Low overheads
- Convenience
- Not working for ‘the man’
Our Main Problems
- Working efficiently
- Separating home-life from work-life
- Lack of motivation
- Boredom
- Solitude
Working from home, is a slight paradox in the beginning. In that, well, we have spent most of our lives up to that point associating home as a world away from work, where you can kick back and relax. This notion, combined with all the other stuff that is happening in the home, makes concentrating a bit of a struggle for the best of us. As such in all my efforts to stay productive, I have realised one of the biggest things you can do is give yourself a dedicated working area.
A Dedicated Area
I have moved myself from the dining room table and set up a dedicated ‘office’ work space in a spare bedroom. It’s working out so much better, I have eliminated much of the distractions I have downstairs i.e TV and the Playstation! Working on the kitchen table, is a great way to kill any real ‘business’. Giving myself this full on work-area feels like a real positive step towards taking everything more seriously – less interruptions, background noise and temptation!
Psychologically, giving myself this separate space to work in has done wonders. Then, spending the time, to set it all up according to how I exactly want things. I have a noticeboard; postik notes and my organiser – so I immediately sit down and can see everything I have done, need to do and want to get done!
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