Oct 06 2008
Starting Each Day
It’s 9:36 AM and I’ve just finished my first cup of coffee. As a work at home, home schooling, divorced parent, coffee is my friend. Besides drinking my first cup of coffee, I have already started working today. Parenting, I do continuously and without stopping.
Structuring time is not one of my strong points. However, it is important to have some sort of schedule if you have so much to do. While some people thrive with a firm itinerary of what they will be doing every minute of the day, I prefer something worth free form. Using a combination of Google calendar and an independent goal-setting program, I keep track of what I need to do, what I have already done, and how far I am to my goal. As a great lover of lists, this method works best for me.
No matter how you organize yourself, having set goals is important for any work at home person. Some people are incredible self-starters, while others need a big much to get anything done at all. If you are the latter type of person, you must pay careful attention to your to do lists and goals. Operating a home based business, or working at home, is not for everyone. If you do not have the appropriate ability to monitor your own time and get the job done, perhaps you should consider getting a traditional job.
As important as it is to monitor your time and focus on your goals, that is not to say that you cannot take breaks, take days off, or procrastinate occasionally. The difference between working for yourself and having a real job is that you get no vacation pay or paid sick leave. If you do not work, do you do not get paid.
It is 9:43 AM now, and I have not only finished writing this blog post, I have organized the first class of the day, put on a load of laundry, and poured my second cup of coffee. It looks like a fabulous day.
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I’m also a WAHM and lists are my best friends! Without them, I’d never remember all the things I need to get done in the day. Many days, I have half of my list completed before some people are even thinking about what to have for lunch!