A Checklist To Help You Start to Work From Home By Jon-Marc Spatcher
Introduction • There are more and more people looking to gain the time freedom you can achieve when you work from home. • Companies are allowing people to work from home and others choose to in order to gain extra income to the household. • Whether you are proof reading, you are a mystery shopper or you are stuffing envelopes it can be a daunting but exciting time. • In order to get you up and running I have produced a checklist of the things you need to consider to be as productive as possible when you work from home. •
1. Create some space – Have you created an area where you can focus on work? – – Is it in a separate room from possible distractions? i.e. TV, the kids, pets. – – Can you shut a door between the two areas to ensure you can focus? •
2. Work to your strengths – Have you thought when you work best? Identify when you work well and when you don’t
– – When do you lose focus throughout the day?
– – When are you most focused during the day?
– – Have you listed your other commitments? i.e. kids, walking the dog, the gym
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3. When Are Your Hours of Work? – What times are you going to work between?
– – How many hours do you need to be doing each day?
– – What time are your breaks?
– – How many breaks will you have?
– – When will you finish for the day? When do you relax?
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4. Create your schedule – Have you put a schedule together to capture all of the points above?
– – Does this ensure you are working when you are at your best?
– – Are you still getting the time freedom you want? If not, do you need to adjust this?
– – Are your family getting ‘quality’ time with you?
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5. Know what you need ‘To Do’ – Have you made a list of the things you need to do? – – Have you prioritised these by importance and urgency? – – Have you ordered these so you can work through them in an order? •
6. Have you created some targets? – Have you set SMART targets for the day? – – Have you set targets for the week? – – Have you thought about where you want your business to be in a month? •
7. Get motivated! – Have you thought about what motivates you? Inspirational music, poetry or quotes? – Have you surrounded yourself with these things in your work area? •
8. When you are having a bad day? – Have you thought about how you will react when you are having a bad day? – – How will you refocus? Will you take a break or change what you are doing? •
9. Have you told your friends and family? – Have you told your friends what you are doing so they can support you?
– – Have you told your family what you are doing so they can support you?
– – Do you feel supported enough?
– – Do you need to look to join a group, a forum or a network to get additional support?
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10. How will you congratulate yourself? – How will you recognise the successes?
– – How are you going to celebrate your little successes?
– – Who will you celebrate the successes with?
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11. Keep an eye on the accounts – How much is not working going to cost you? – – How much do you need to make each – – week/month/year to break even? – – How much do you need to make each – – week/month/year to consider it a success? •
12. Track your progress – Have you scheduled in some reviews of YOUR performance? – Have you identified what you are going to track? – Can you measure these against your targets you set earlier? – Can you ask family members, business partners or colleagues how you have performed? – Are you being completely honest with yourself about your performance? – Where do you need to improve? – How are you going to improve? – By when are you going to have improved?
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Good luck with your adventure & Enjoy it!! •
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