Simple Strategies for Staying Organized

Some people are born organizers. They seem to have everything together, all of the time. Other people are not at all organized, and often spend more time looking for things or trying to remember what they were doing instead of actually getting anything done. Most people fall somewhere in the middle. They have it together much of the time but sometimes they have incidents where they misplace something or go off on a tangent and spend time doing things that are not all that important. In order to succeed in working from home, it is important that you be at … Continue reading

Using a Timer to Stay Focused

Time management is a subject that is often on the mind of those of us that work from home. How do we get our work done when there are so many other things that we could be doing, and all of those other things are within easy reach? One potential solution is to use a timer. It does not need to be a fancy timer, it can be as simple as the twisty one that you have in your kitchen that you use to tell you when it is time to take the cookies out of the oven. My kitchen … Continue reading

Suggestions For Dealing With Stress

There are some people out there that think that those of us who work from home do not experience stress. Those people have probably never worked from home. While working outside of the home certainly has its share of stress, working from home can also be stressful. If you work from home or are planning to work from home, you may want to think ahead about how you can prevent stress and how you can cope with it when it does occur. The key to preventing and managing stress is to identify what is stressful for you. Each individual has … Continue reading