How To Make Home Life And Your Home Business More Harmonious
Working from home can be such an amazing part of your life. When you decide to do it, you’ll often realize that you get so much more freedom by working for yourself, than you can ever have when you work for a company.
But at the same time, you have to be proactive. You have to motivate yourself to work, find suitable office space, and actually, make some money.
Now, for most of us, we’re going to start at home. Because you don’t have to pay a rental fee for your workspace, and there’s no commute too. And it’s great to be able to build a motivating and professional office into your home.
Yet, at the same time, you don’t want that to encroach on your calming home life. So how do you find a balance between the two? Let’s take a look.
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Keep Your Home Life And Business Separate
The very first thing that you can do here, is making sure that you’re keeping the business and your home separate. If you can, or when you can, create a set working space.
Do not work from your couch, because then you’re blending the two. But keep your office away from the bulk of your living space, so that it feels more like a workspace.
It can be hard to get in the zone and want to start working when you are in an area you use for other things in your house. For many, it can be tempting to get pulled into watching TV or some other non-productive activity.
This is why having your own separate workspace is important if at all possible. I’m certainly not a tax expert, but by setting up a separate workspace, you may even have the opportunity to write off a portion of your rent or mortgage as a workspace for your home business.
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Close The Door As An Extra Barrier To Your Business And Home Life
But sometimes, that’s not enough. If you know that you’re tempted to run back to the office in the evenings, then you need to learn how to switch off after work. This is a mindset thing in some ways, but you can also do it physically too.
As entrepreneurs, it’s often hard to shut off our self-motivation muscles. If we aren’t careful, we may get sucked into working all day every day. Certainly having a solid work ethic is a good thing, but if all we ever do is work, it can hurt our results.
It can get to the point of just going through the motions. If you have any part of the content creation or sales process it can start to show and people can see you are feeling burnt out.
Making time for yourself and giving you time to recharge is just as essential as the work itself you are doing.
So shut the door to your office at the end of the day. And walk away. Because when the door is closed, it’s time to focus on the home.
Work On The Home Part
And then, you are going to want to make your home life a lot better too. So really work on the decor or making your home inviting and fun to be in.
Because if you love being in your home, then you’re going to forget that you work there too! Make your workspace an extension of yourself. The beauty of working at home is that you don’t have to work in a stuffy office or cubicle.
Make your workspace in your home into space you enjoy being in. This could be putting up awards you’ve won, photos of lifestyle improvements you’ve achieved thanks to your business, or even a vision board of things you will achieve because of your business.
I’ve personally turned my office into an extension of my nerd cave. I have pictures of and nerd memorabilia as it’s stuff I like to be around.
Whatever it is, customize it to become one of your favorite places to be in your home.
Invest In Improvements
Another move that you can make here, is to improve your home. Because sometimes, physical changes can make a huge difference to the balance and harmony in the physical business overall.
Whether you’re looking to extend your home or add something like a Baja Solar Carports, convert an unused space like your garage or even just renovating the entire home, it can really make a difference. The more you aim to use your home as a home, but also to keep the work stuff isolated, the better the physical harmony will be.
Depending on your climate, you may even consider building a mini shed and turning it into your outside office. If you think it will keep yourself more productive having to go somewhere to work, you might as well make your commute a few hundred feet!
This option could be much more cost effective than having to rent an office space, and it gives you a separate location from your home to work in.
Manage Your Mindset
But then also, you have to realize that some of this comes from your mindset. And if you’re constantly worked up about not having a balance or you’re always thinking about work when you should be relaxing, then you need to be able to manage that a lot more.
So as much as you will want to take physical steps and actions in the way that you’re finding harmony, a lot of the work needs to be in your mind too. Understand that balance is great to have, but most people when they are just getting started with their business are unbalanced.
Building a successful business takes focus and in the beginning, you may feel a bit unbalanced and that’s ok. There’s no comfort in growth and as you are getting a hang of building your business there will often be an adjustment period.
Working from home can be one of the best advantages of being an entrepreneur and with these tips, you can be more productive and happy in your home business.
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