Work At Home Musings

When you work at home you wear many different hats during the day – chef, chauffer, tutor, maid, webmaster, entrepreneur and mommy! Is it possible to do everything you need to in one day? I often find myself running out of time each day and wondering where all the hours went.

One of the first things you can do to manage your time more effectively is to try and create a schedule. This will work well some days, but not others. However, if you have it written down it is much easier to get back on track the following day. Start your schedule by first listing the fixed items. For example, if you have school age children, you have definite drop off and pick up times. Next block off times for general tasks (i.e. cleaning, web design, cooking, phone calls, etc.). I find this easier then trying to be really specific. I used to start with one task and let it take over the whole day, now I limit my time for each task. Yes, the house is not 100% clean every day, but at least a portion gets cleaned everyday. Sometimes I am like Veruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – I WANT IT NOW! I want my website to be finished. I want the kitchen painted and the living room curtains hung. I want all the laundry washed, dried and put away (in my dreams). But now I have learned that working on each area a little each day makes the week go a lot smoother and more gets accomplished.