If you work for yourself - pls help me balance my life and work!

Re: If you work for yourself - pls help me balance my life and work!

• Santorini2011 member

  

  July 2012

  Set specific hours as if you were in an office.

  

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• tobysnuggles member

  

  July 2012

  I don't work for myself but I'm in a global position and between all the time zones it would be 24/7 if I let it. Set hours! It might be hard at first but people will soon learn that oh it's after 5 I won't hear from her until tomorrow. If you make yourself available all the time people will expect it. Also I separated my work and personal cell and do not have a data plan on the work one which means no emails unless I'm physically at my computer...it's changed my life! Otherwise I was too tempted to check/respond to email at all hours. 

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• Ready4theParty

  July 2012

  I agree! Set hours!

  See what your contract states, but if possible state that you will be in the office from 9-1 M-F. Then from 1-5 or 1-6, take the time to sort through paperwork, return emails and do administrative stuff.  Once your cut off time hits, walk out of the "office" and go do something personal not business related.

  I used to work from home and it was really hard to go back and forth between the two, but setting designated hours was one of the best things I did. 

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• charbakes

  July 2012

  It's an ongoing struggle. What seems to work best for me is having several employees that I can trust to do certain administrative tasks- and I usually adjust their pay to reflect their extra help. I also schedule everything to bejeezus. I have specific "office hours" where I allow myself to take care of legal stuff, finances, emails, all that sort, just like a professor would have office hours. I also have a work phone and a personal phone.
  

  

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