successful home working
Home workers' favourite things
Photos and text sent in by readers of the things that brighten their day
Thank you, thank you
101 year ago
I’m a bit late starting the blog today, as the Radio Somerset bus is in Frome, and I was invited to be a guest on the Morning Show with Emma Britton. She does a slot called Have Your Say to discuss a news topic, and asks listeners to phone, email and text with their opinions. Today’s topic was [...]
Don’t get it perfect, get it out there!
91 year ago
On Friday we published the new home working style page, despite my doubts about the page presentation, which seemed a major flaw given the subject matter! But I decided to go ahead on the basis of ‘don’t get it perfect, get it out there’ as advocated by my friend and mentor Nick Williams, and my [...]
Home cooking for hungry home workers
161 year ago
Hardworking home workers and their families need sustenance, but often we lack the time or inclination to think much about food or take long to prepare it. A is the chef in this household, and enjoys combining just the right ingredients for the right textures and flavours.
I love eating the [...]
My home working hero
101 year ago
Several people have said to me recently that I’m very lucky to have my own IT department in the shape of my partner, Andy. I am indeed, and he is the power behind the site, keeping me on track with everything from setting up Skype calls to improving SEO, as well as working as a very insightful [...]
You’ve got to be joking
151 year ago
I’ve no idea how it happened, but apparently it’s Thursday again! The last two Thankful Thursdays we’ve had celebration of our home working successes and the little things that make us happy. Today I thought it would be fun to share what makes us laugh while working from home.
In Work from Home [...]
What makes home workers happy?
251 year ago
I’ve been reminded by a tweet this morning by Heather Bestel that last week when I invited you to share your home working hurrays I called it Thankful Thursday.
Well, it’s Thursday again, it’s beautifully sunny, it’s the time of year I enjoy the most, and I’m fortunate to have a day without [...]
Pets for home workers cont
81 year ago
Further to my post last week about home working routines on bank holidays, I decided on a kind of half-way course – to do a post today but to make it a lighthearted follow-up to the piece on home workers’ pets.
As well as the comments on the post, I received quite a few tweets. Dog people came [...]
What are the best pets for home workers?
101 year ago
Amongst the recent home workers’ favourite things featured here were a couple of cats and watching birds in the garden. It’s started me thinking what the best pets for home workers are.
I’m a cat person by nature, although I’ve been cat-deprived for a long time now since my elderly tabby and [...]
Favourite home worker things No 10
121 year ago
Ian Dicks is an illustrator and much more who lives in Lyme Regis and, with a partner, has just created Jurassic Coast Visitor, a guide both online and in print to that beautiful stretch of Dorset coastline.
‘I bought this little blighter at a garden centre… it’s a big green and red fly (I [...]
Favourite home worker things No 9
11 year ago
San Sharma is online community manager and web editor at Enterprise Nation, the homeworking website, based at home in London.
“Despite all of the Feng Shui advice I share with our readers at Enterprise Nation, I find myself working in the corner of my home office in a dimly-lit basement flat.
“I [...]
Favourite home worker things No 8
11 year ago
Isabelle Bano is a personal and professional development coach in London and has provided our first piece of technical home working kit:
‘It’s a great idea to blog about the things that home workers like. There are so many different little helpers that people like. The little soapstone Buddha [...]
Favourite home worker things No 7
111 year ago
Today’s home worker’s favourite come from Harriet Smart, who lives in Edinburgh and writes ‘historical and contemporary fiction that emphasizes warm and well-drawn characters against a background of world events and compelling settings’. She’s also the co-creator of the Writer’s Café software [...]
Favourite home worker things No 6
11 year ago
Charlotte Baker of OutThereHQ is ‘building a community and place in Winchester that has a café’s buzz and is full of people working on interesting projects.’ Which means lots of freelancers and self-employed people, I imagine! Charlotte is also going to be starting Jelly there in the autumn. [...]
Favourite home worker things No 5
111 year ago
Chrissie Slade creates skincare solutions for pampered guinea pigs and nominates this box as her favourite home working item:
‘Here is one of my inspiration boxes Some people collect shoes, I collect Essential Oils and use them every day as part of my “job” creating skincare products for guinea [...]
