Comments on: Benefits of Working From Home

By: HART (1-800-HART)

HART (1-800-HART) — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:33:25 +0000

Unfortunately, while working at home SOHO there are as many distractions as there are time saving options … such as Bloglines, YouTube, keeping up with industry news and forums, Instant Messengers/Skype .. etc etc.

I started working at home in March 2003. I figured by the end of 2004 I would be able to afford to close the doors, and take Fridays off .. and by 2005 my work hours would be down to about 5-6 hours per day on that 4 day week (doing online business as well). Of course, then I started blogging in May 2005 and that changed that. I’m getting as much done as before, but finding that instead of taking days off .. I’m working all night or working weekends just to keep up or catch up.

It was a terrible summer for me. 3 day weekends at the beach with no internet and 5 day weeks crammed into 3-1/2 days in between. But, it’s always fun, right?

By: Andrea >> Become a Consultant Blog

Andrea >> Become a Consultant Blog — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:55:21 +0000

I absolutely agree. I decided to become a consultant years ago — before I even had a family — because I wanted to be able to have that work-life balance. Now that I have a family, I can’t imagine what life would be like if I had to go to an office every day. I believe in work-life balance so much that I blog about it a lot!

By: Andrea >> Become a Consultant Blog

Andrea >> Become a Consultant Blog — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:54:47 +0000

I absolutely agree. I became a consultant years ago — before I even had a family — because I wanted to be able to have that work-life balance. Now that I have a family, I can’t imagine what life would be like if I had to go to an office every day. I believe in work-life balance so much that I blog about it a lot!

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By: Dominic

Dominic — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:44:32 +0000

Kevin, I agree with what you say about taking advantage of communications capabilities. My business partner and I spent all of friday working from the a library and various cafes – we both only have home offices – but because we had a meeting on the other side of town, we decided to just stay there and work.

I find it surprising how productive you can be working from cafes with wireless. I also find it surprising how many people I mention it to find it odd. Oh well, more space in the cafes for the rest of us… especially when theres only so many power outlets to go around

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 13 May 2006 12:19:43 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with working from home. We worked out of our home and ran a 6Million dollar business, until one day our neighbor decided we shouldn’t do this and the city agreed. We thought it was time to get an office anyway, what a mistake. Working from home is the way of the future, I’m doing this remotely right now. Having a general meetig place and specific days for meetings is really what an office is needed for. With communications capabilities today, why should 1000 people jump in their vehichles and drive every day, sometimes 1-2 hrs each way. What a waste. Remote access and communicatiosn capabilities make the home office the only real office.

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:42:14 +0000

As a WAHD myself (that’s Work-At-Home Dad), I echo your sentiments about working from home and balancing family life with work. To me, the benefits far outweigh the challenges. And my job for Know More Media is so fun that I rarely feel like I’m even at work!

I hear ya about the getting up early. My boy gets me up at around 7 or 8 unless I get up first .

By: A Look at Art

A Look at Art — Sat, 06 May 2006 15:26:32 +0000

Notions on Working At Home: What I Did Wrong and How You Can Learn From My Mistakes…

I’ve just completed a week of really intense project hopping and so it was extremely timely that I happened upon 2 great posts last night which helped me so that I can avoid this in the future. The first post…