Comments on: How Do You Avoid OverWorking when Your Home is Your Office http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/ Make money online and home-based jobs in the Philippines. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Alfa http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/#comment-25634 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:01:25 +0000 http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/#comment-25634 @Gabs, Having my home office just a few steps away from my bed is currently a posing a great risk of not being able to schedule things the work the way it should be. But I know that have to be used to this setting or my health will definitely suffer. You're right it's all about self-discipline. Thanks! @Laura The thing is I love having too much to do, :-D, which makes it doubly hard for me to turn down jobs. @Gabs,

Having my home office just a few steps away from my bed is currently a posing a great risk of not being able to schedule things the work the way it should be. But I know that have to be used to this setting or my health will definitely suffer. You’re right it’s all about self-discipline.

Thanks!

@Laura

The thing is I love having too much to do, :-D , which makes it doubly hard for me to turn down jobs.

]]> by: Laura http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/#comment-25615 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:59:50 +0000 http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/#comment-25615 This is a tough one! It's so easy to work around the clock when you work from home. I agree with Gabs that it's important to set priorities. I also think that sometimes it's necessary to turn down jobs when you have too much to do. This is a tough one! It’s so easy to work around the clock when you work from home. I agree with Gabs that it’s important to set priorities. I also think that sometimes it’s necessary to turn down jobs when you have too much to do.

]]> by: Gabs http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/#comment-25596 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:24:31 +0000 http://alfamercado.com/alfa/2007/07/18/how-do-you-avoid-overworking-when-your-home-is-your-office/#comment-25596 What I do is I set priorities. If a project needs to be done urgently (as in life-or-death-for-my-client urgent) I'll spare no time nor sleep to have it done quickly, just to be done with it. For tasks of lower priority, I either: - delegate/outsource it to someone else, or - reserve it for my next "productive time" (hey, we can't be all that perky for work 24/7, right? =) I also set a personal boundary as to when does my work time end and when my personal time begins, and vice versa. Having your home office inside your own room has its perks as well as its pitfalls, and the only factor that can decide which of the two will prevail can be summed up in one word: self-discipline. Gabs What I do is I set priorities. If a project needs to be done urgently (as in life-or-death-for-my-client urgent) I’ll spare no time nor sleep to have it done quickly, just to be done with it. For tasks of lower priority, I either:
- delegate/outsource it to someone else, or
- reserve it for my next “productive time” (hey, we can’t be all that perky for work 24/7, right? =)

I also set a personal boundary as to when does my work time end and when my personal time begins, and vice versa. Having your home office inside your own room has its perks as well as its pitfalls, and the only factor that can decide which of the two will prevail can be summed up in one word: self-discipline.

Gabs

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