Finding Time for Personal Projects and a Businessby Kori Rodley Irons | More from this Blogger 13 Jul 2007 07:59 AM Time management is one of those issues we talk about regularly around here in the home business Blog--but it is usually in relation to how to balance home business responsibilities with family life. For some of us, figuring out how to find time for our own personal projects can further exacerbate the time management dilemma. In addition to running my own home-based business and working a more "traditional" (albeit flexible) job and raising a family as a single parent, I am also working on "the book." Having been published in other genre, I'm determined that my version of a writing life includes writing larger texts. However, finding time to work on "the book" when there are so many other things I could and should be doing to either generate immediate income for my little household, or care and nurture my family--is very tough indeed! I think when one works a traditional job, it can be easier to separate the work world from other things. Running a home-based business tends to make everything smoosh together and the boundaries become blurred. If a person has the time to do a "project" at home, he or she also has the time to do a little more work. Achieving balance without guilt can be challenging. It doesn't have to be a book that one is working on, it can be a hobby, a class, gardening, personal development, etc.--it often comes down to a matter of prioritizing and scheduling, and each person has to work that out for his or herself. Me? I try to get up a little earlier in the mornings and take the manuscript to bed with me at night, and any down time or moments when all my other work is done and the house is quiet, I try to snatch up for work on the book. It does mean that things are slow going, but they ARE going! See Also: What Are the Characteristics of the Ideal Freelancer? Working From Home: 6 Time Management Tips Learn more about Kori Rodley Irons  Bio has been removed by administrator Relevanthome business tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags projects, time management, writing Discuss this article
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