successful home working
Homeworking dilemmas
Challenges faced by home workers and ways to deal with them
Autumn changes to the home working wardrobe
97 months ago
So our Indian Summer is over and temperatures are back to ‘normal for the time of year’. What does that mean for the home worker who often spends hours a day seated at a computer, a situation guaranteed to chill the bones of the most warmblooded soul?
For me it means beginning the layering [...]
If you can work anywhere, how do you ever switch off?
137 months ago
Technology enables us to work remotely in all sorts of places that not long ago would never have been considered suitable – bedrooms, hotels, airport lounges and so on. This has given many people the freedom to ditch the commute and live in a location of their own choosing, but it also brings its [...]
Working from home and cake – perfect partners
78 months ago
So I’ve already told you about the unqualified success of last week’s How to Work from Home – The Inside Guide, which was a Marketing Masterclass with the irrepressible James Layfield. But naughtily I haven’t written about the previous month’s group. (Could it be any coincidence that the subject [...]
Lunchtime for home workers
128 months ago
Make sure you have regular breaks and stop at lunchtime – the received wisdom for all home workers wanting a balanced lifestyle. San Sharma, the community manager of Bitsy, tweets every day just before 1 pm to remind home workers to take a break. And I always tell people exactly that in my talks [...]
5 places to work when you don’t want to work from home
5010 months ago
Today’s guest post is by San Sharma, an old long-standing home working friend of mine. Over to you, San:
Working from home is great. I’ve been doing it, on and off, for about five years. There are times, however, when the allure of the television, the biscuit tin or the unmade bed are too much [...]
Home working bag lady
451 year ago
Last week we spent three very busy days in London, meeting old and new friends and business contacts. I had appointments in places all over central London and carried my laptop around to find cafes and other places I could get online. (The Royal Festival Hall is my latest discovery – loads of [...]
Good habits for home working
391 year ago
Today’s guest post is by Sebastien Powell of MessageBase, a telephone answering and virtual office service that helps any freelancer or small business look like a pro (and was one of the supporters of The BIg Jelly). Seb works from home himself and knows how easy it is to fall into bad [...]
Creating space for a home office
91 year ago
When it comes to creating a home office, it’s clear that home workers are as resourceful as they are varied in their needs and working preferences (Who needs a separate home office?). We’re all different in our working patterns and, in turn, what constitutes our ideal working environment. [...]
More on home office doors
01 year ago
This post was inspired by some chats I’ve been having with people who have recently left corporate life to start their own business from home. It was first published on www.workshifting.com, the site for people who work out of coffee shops, hotels, airports and their homes every bit as much as the [...]
Who needs a separate home office?
191 year ago
I’ve noticed that articles about home working usually insist you must have a separate workspace, with a door to close against distraction and to mark the distinction between work and home. Having spoken to many home workers with all kinds of home working arrangements, I don’t believe this is the [...]
More on clearing out – home office or further
51 year ago
by Judy
in Homeworking dilemmas
Clearing out and getting rid of stuff I no longer need is one of my favourite activities, when I’m in the mood. Poor A once said, ‘If you carry on like this, in a few years you’ll only have a bed and a toothbrush!’ Which I thought was a hoot, but do you know, there is also something quite [...]
When you want to get out of the home office more
141 year ago
At the start of the year many of us make resolutions to get out and meet more people – easy to say, and easy to book for some events, but then the doubts might start kicking in.
Experience of wearing myself out right up to the last minute with the ‘shall I go, shall I cancel?’ question – and then [...]
Heating for home workers Part 2
41 year ago
by Judy
in Homeworking dilemmas
We’ve now been conducting our heating experiment for two weeks and the verdict is that, in this house, keeping the heating on low all the time has very little effect on the amount of condensation produced by cold walls and single-glazed windows. The only thing that makes a difference is the [...]
More hints for staying warm when working from home
81 year ago
Lots of you have already shared tips on keeping warm while working from home, from hats, bodywarmers and hot water bottles to copious cups of tea and staying close to your heat-generating computer! I’ve just been given some advice from an expert in damp-proofing about heating your house during [...]
