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Ways to Stop Wasting Time While Working at Home

  • Writer: Brad Crymes
    Brad Crymes
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • 2 min read

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Let’s face it, today’s society is very fast paced and there’s always something that needs to be done. With hectic schedules and needing to divide your time between many things, it’s can be a wonder that anything gets accomplished. More importantly, you have a home based business that you’re always looking to grow and expand. So, how do you make sure, you are spending your limited time wisely?

Ways to manage time

Designate a time frame in which you will dedicate your energy to nothing else besides working. Just like you would have if you worked a normal commute job, you should have a set schedule. Getting into a normal routine will make things easier for you as you develop the habit of using your time properly.

Along those same lines, it’s just as important that you eliminate all distractions as well. Let’s see where was I?… Oh, sorry I had to answer a Facebook post. Becoming distracted with the environment around you can be a terrible waste of time if you allow it to be. Answering personal call, emails, Facebook posts or even the television can keep you from being productive. Besides just isolating yourself away from these distractions, there are a few tools that you can find on the internet to help with computer related activities. You can do a search for time management tools, or better yet, look for software that can filter certain web pages for a defined amount of time.

Staying organized can help with your sanity and productivity. This is not an area that you need to go crazy with and 5S your office, although that would help. It’s simply developing your own system both on your computer and with your work area. Again, having a dedicated work area away from distractions should also help keep things more orderly. Furthermore, there are a plethora of time management tools that are now available on the Internet, that would help keep you organized.

Do what works best for you

Proper time management begins with approaching your situation sensibly, and figuring out what works best for you. By utilizing some of the many tools that are available, and committing to improve, you can slowly start to make improvements. It’s always best to recognize what your time wasters are, and work in that area first. Once you’ve started to make progress with isolating your work space for example, you can begin working on distractions. Being more productive should mean that you’re bringing in more sales, and expanding you down line, and that’s what we all want.

 
 
 

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