Beating the Top 10 Problems of Working at Home is a new post over at Home Office Warrior.
They include:
- Separating work from the family life
- Not enough space
- Being taken seriously
- Cannot get any work done
- Lack of Privacy
- Strain on family relationships
- Working too much
- Feeling isolated
- Self-discipline or self-management
- Zoning, home and condominium association regulations
I have been lucky! The only problem I have encountered is being isolated. During such times, I force myself to get out and do something constructive to make contacts. If you can remember that this is your profession and you make a living from it, you tend to stay focus. Keeping everything in perspective keeps you balanced.
"Beating the Top 10 Problems of Working at Home"
Posted by Grant Griffiths: “Beating the Top 10 Problems of Working at Home is a new post over at Home
I think the one issue with me while working from home is one that you have not listed. That being 'time management'. The other issues come with the territory, such as a lack of privacy or a strain on family life. Those offset the blessing of not having to commute to work and stuck in traffic for hours on end.
Grant:
I do work form home time to time, and your blog has been inspirational. I still have trouble shaking the feeling (self-generated) that I'm out of the loop when I'm working at home. I feel a bit isolated, and am bothered by a sense that I'm being less than serious. When I put on a suit, and drive to the office, I feel charged up…this has far more to do with my own psychology than anything else. The balance that I strike is by having a functioning office at home, and using some the technology that you have described, and coming home to work when I need to disconnect from the world a bit, and reconnect with my family.