tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43378405598210084322024-10-02T08:16:52.035-04:00for telecommuters, freelancers and all who work from homeChatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-31377466150938220852013-12-31T11:59:00.001-05:002013-12-31T11:59:30.487-05:00

It's that time of year. This is the time of year to make plans for 2014, but before you start, take a little time to look back at 2013 and ask yourself some questions. What did I accomplish in the past year in my work-from-home job? Did my career go as expected or hoped? What item was I lacking that would improve my productivity? What limited my accomplishments… money? time? commitment

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-66048268059747493072011-09-04T13:35:00.000-04:002011-09-04T14:56:01.932-04:00

Your Internet goes out. A child is home sick. An earthquake caused cellphone outage. You need to stop and prep for an approaching hurricane. (Yes, I'm talking to you east-coasters.) Sometimes our workdays don't go as smoothly as we hope. When those days happen, use the freedom you enjoy working from home to make adjustments. We have the luxury of working whenever we choose. Take advantage

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-53886731134642632102010-02-15T16:01:00.000-05:002011-09-04T14:56:20.515-04:00

Yikes! It's February already, and I'm still using my 2009 files: or rather NOT using them and piling all my filing on top of the cabinet. With tax time rapidly approaching and the beginning of the year only a memory, it's past time to take a half hour or so to pull out the old 2009 files and replace them with 2010 files. At the same time, I'll do a little house keeping, tossing some things,

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-63363844528013740412010-01-04T09:04:00.008-05:002011-09-04T14:56:38.385-04:00

Welcome to a brand new, shiny year. Ah, the possibilities! For many of us today marks the first day in the new year that we get back to our work routines. This is a good day to take a look at those routines and decide if they are working as well for us as possible.Yes, routines offer comfort but, more importantly, they are important  tools for those of us who work from home. We can use

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-67522586960014691262009-12-30T09:45:00.002-05:002011-09-04T14:56:54.352-04:00

This is the time of the year to make plans for 2010! But before we start, let's take a little time to look back at 2009 and ask ourselves some questions. What things did I get accomplished in the past year? What was my biggest surprise in 2009? What was by biggest disappointment? What new things did I learn in the past year? What new friends did I make? Did my career go as expected or hoped?

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-67348190540138587102009-12-14T09:10:00.002-05:002011-09-04T14:57:11.294-04:00

We are all different and work according to different cycles but, for the sake of this particular argument, let's say we all begin our work week on Monday. On Monday morning we have a clean slate in front of us for the week. All things are possible, but how often have you made it to Friday afternoon, looked around and wondered what you accomplished during the week? It is a discouraging feeling

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-16741549588770165882009-12-09T15:35:00.000-05:002009-12-09T15:35:33.925-05:00

The holidays are right around the corner and, if you haven't done so already, you should sit down with a calendar and plan your days off! Yes, you get days off! No, they aren't PAID days off but value them anyway. Even if you are a big believer in hard work, reward yourself with a bit of time off this season. It doesn't have to be a couple of weeks (doesn't that sound nice?): If you take even a

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-27720353032140622402009-12-07T12:07:00.001-05:002009-12-07T12:17:03.235-05:00

Many of us define our own work. That is, we decide how we will spend our work days and what we hope to accomplish in that time. We decide what is most important and what can wait a few days. We decide. Or not. If you've ever spent a day being busy, but at the end of the day haven't accomplished anything on your working palette, you fell into the "or not" category. You weren't focused on what

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-58096598922713662672009-12-06T11:20:00.002-05:002011-09-04T14:43:06.136-04:00

If you believe (as I do) that compartmentalization is the secret sauce to a successful working from home experience, then you will understand why I feel that a clearly-defined and segregated workspace is critical to high productivity in the work-from-home lifestyle. We are all creatures of habit. The goal here is to have a space/desk/chair/room/whatever that triggers your ”at work”

Chatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445621124231309947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337840559821008432.post-58773724347680758652009-12-06T11:13:00.001-05:002009-12-06T11:13:56.247-05:00

For years, until recently, I got up at 5:30 am, left the house at 7:30, worked at an office from 8 to 5, took an hour for lunch and errands, reverse commuted and arrived at home just in time to start cooking dinner. No decompression time for me. Whew! The Holy Grail of Working From Home was calling to me.Then the incomprehensible happened. I was laid off! So… was this a disaster? or an

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