De-Stress Your At Home Job

Ring. Ring. The phone just doesnt stop ringing when you work from home. Working from home can be the most fullfilling experience of your life, or it can be the most stressful - the choice is yours. Here is what I have learned to do, to help keep my job my job, and my home my home.

1. Plan your work hours ahead. You set your own schedule, so you can be flexible. Work time is for work, and only work. When you are done working, be done.

2. Go to the "Office". Get ready as if you were going to see 10 people first thing in the morning. You will be much happier to work with yourself all day.)

3. Manage your personal calls. Personal calls are very distracting. I value my work time, and do not accept any calls that are not work related during work time. If it is important, they will leave a message. If it is urgent, I call back, if not, I wait till after work time to return the call.

4. Run errands, don't let them run you. You must plan time to run your errands. We all have them. Not everyday, nor every week, but we all certainly do have them. Consider 1 day a week that you will run errands, set appointments and do favors for others. This is not necessary to do every week, but it is easy to get overwhelmed with requests, appointments and errands, if you do not have a plan.

When you value your time, others do too. If you give it away for free, to everyone, all the time... you are going to be a very busy and stressed-out person. Being balanced will help you breeze through your work week and leave you feeling revived... stress-free. Our hobbies, family and non-work-related activities renew us, and rejuvenate us. They are an important part of our life. Be persistent, consistent, and efficient to be able to "power down" work at the end of the day. Your daily tasks should be complete because you were not distracted. All emails are completed because you worked diligently. So you can turn off your computer at the end of the day, and smile...victoriously!

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