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Home Based Business: How To Be Successful

June 3, 2014 by Blog Editor

Working from home has many advantages. You can be your own boss, work in pajamas, set your own hours and there are many other benefits to be had. Many people want to work from the comfort of their own home. This is a goal that a lot of people set for themselves, and one that many people achieve. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of people unable to achieve this goal. If you want to run your own home based business and be successful, the tips that follow can help.

First of all, you need a detailed plan. Having a business plan will give you a direction in your business. It is helpful in getting all of your business actions down on paper so you can see every little thing that has to do with the business you want to run.

Next, create a workspace. It is helpful to have a separate workplace in your home. Not only does this help house all your business supplies, but it helps keep your work life and home life separate. At times it can be hard to focus on your work when you are at home and other things are going on. If you have a special place to work that is designated only for work, it is much easier to get work done and forget about your home life. It is also easier to tell your family that if you are in your home office, you are working and you should be allowed to work.

Your home job should be treated just as a normal job. It will be your normal job and needs the same attention that you would give a job you had outside of the home. You should set work hours and days for yourself and stick to it. Give yourself breaks and lunch, days off and vacation time. This will help keep you focused on your job and working like you should.

You also need to be patient when you start your own home based business. It will take some time for your business to get established. It is important to persevere and not give up easily. Starting a business takes a lot of hard work, especially in the beginning.

When you work at home, you need to stay motivated and disciplined. It can be hard sometimes when you are at home to get work done when there are dishes in the sink, laundry to be done, a yard that needs to be mowed or your favorite show is on TV. You will have to follow the guidelines that you set for yourself in order to make sure you work enough hours and get the things done that need to be done.

Motivation and discipline are important, but it is also important that you do not get burnt out. It is easy to overdo it when your work is at home. Again, try to follow the guidelines you have set and do not work too much.

Working from home is a great opportunity. Many people have been successful running their own business from the comfort of their home and you can, too.

2013 Review Thingo

January 15, 2014 by Blog Editor

Here we go again! Previous episodes: 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before?
Moved to Inverness? Grabbed my finances by the bollocks at long last? That’s all I can remember. Must keep a note of this stuff during the year.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next this year?
Write every day. About 63% successful there. I also chose a word of the year: Focus. It was ace! But not in the way I thought it would be. I thought it’d be all about fitness/career, but with the unexpected happenings of Q3 it became about focusing on what absolutely, really needed to done… as opposed to the “problems” and “urgent tasks” of my mind’s invention. It felt rubbish at the time but I’m far less procrastifaffy these days.

Pancake Place, Dunfermline

Pancake Place, Dunfermline

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes! I lost count.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thankfully.

5. What countries did you visit?
Australia, Dubai, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. All work trips except going home to Oz via Dubai.

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked in this one?
Fluffy baffies! (that’s slippers if you’re not in Scotland)

7. What dates from this year will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

  • March – briefly visit to my friend Paula in Dubai, en route to Australia. We drove out into the desert at sunset and I loved that sparse landscape. Thank you Paula!
  • April – a mini road trip with Rhi for a family BBQ with some happy reunions, topped off with a cake/coffee debrief/detour on the way back to Mum’s.
  • July – scorching day on Islay, paddling in crystal clear water with tiny fish scuttling about. Never thought I’d get in the water in Scotland!
SWOON!

SWOON!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting through the fucker without too much whinging!

9. What was your biggest failure?
Ignoring my instincts on a particular decision. It’s turned out even more crapfully than the instincts predicted, d’oh. Never again!

Also failed to progress beyond the dishcloth, knitting wise!

Also failed to progress beyond the dishcloth, knitting wise!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A julienne peeler.

12. Where did most of your money go?
Moving.

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Oz.

Blurred due to excitement

Blurred due to excitement

14. What song will always remind you of this year?
Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy. The CD has been in the car for months. Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak / Somewhere in this town. Somewhere in this town? Let me guess… AT THE JAIL!?

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Happier!

b) thinner or fatter?
About the same.

c) richer or poorer?
Poorer. Moving is pricey.

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Read fiction.

17. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Emotional eating of KitKats.

River Ness pedestrian bridge

Christmas lights on the River Ness pedestrian bridge

18. How did you spend Christmas?
At home in my jammies, just me and Gareth and many 30 Rock episodes.

19. Did you fall in love this year?
Nooo… but would I write it here if I did?

20. What was your favourite TV program?

  • 30 Rock – I got into it after watching all of Season 5 on the Dubai – Glasgow flight back in April. Gareth and I have been going through the archives this winter.
  • Parenthood – Pure comfort telly. Good stories with mostly non-annoying characters. And everyone has perfect hair. Sometimes you just need that.
  • Sgoil nan Cuileanan/Puppy School – last spring we got hooked on watching a bunch of dogs learning to be obedient, in Gaelic. Who knew we’d end up living in the Highlands? It makes me want to get a dog just to try and get on the second series.
Sgoil nan Cuileanan

Sgoil nan Cuileanan

21. What was the best book you read?
Life After Life.

22. What was your favourite film of this year?
I didn’t see any new ones that really struck me but my Netflix favourites were All About Eve and the Senna documentary.

Birthday slice

Birthday slice

23. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 36, took the day off work and pottered around Inverness. I went to Velocity (best cafe in town by far) and had a wodge of outstanding lemon marscapone cake for breakfast. Then I went jeans shopping. What kind of masochist does that on their birthday? Which led to dressing room tears which led to pondering the cake/jeans connection and vowing not to feel that shite on my 37th birthday which led to Googling personal trainer Inverness which led me back to weight training and the rebuilding of healthier habits. So not a bad day really!

24. What kept you sane?
Friends near and far.

25. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I can’t remember! I need to keep a Lust List during the year.

26. Who did you miss?
Everyone in Oz. It got worse after the visit!

Aussie pubs are awesome

Aussie pubs are awesome

27. Who was the best new person you met?

  • My blog buddy Helen, finally in person, 13 years after we met in the diet blog olden days when we paranoidly blurred the faces of our progress photos.
  • Sas at last!
  • Shona the Personal Trainer
See ya, 2013!

See ya, 2013!

Getting A Home Business Started That’s Based On A Hobby

December 29, 2013 by Blog Editor

Getting A Home Business Started That’s Based On A Hobby

Are you someone that likes doing something that others have told you they’d buy if you ever started a business out of it? If so, you’re going to be happy to hear that home businesses are started all the time in this way. There are a lot of ways to do this, and this article will outline those.

What kinds of things do you want to sell from your home business? Are you making a product or are you offering a service? This is important to know so that you can create a website and sell things all over the world. If you’re just dealing locally, then it may be a better investment of your time just to stick with classified ads. You’re probably going to need to expand in the future, however, so it never hurts to create an online presence early.

If you are going to be building a website, you must consider your options first. There are a lot of details you have to go over. One such detail will be the company that you choose to host your website. This company must be well known, and they need to maintain a great up-time so that your site isn’t going on and offline too frequently. When you hire someone else to make a website for you, make sure that you’re asking for references. This will help you to be sure that you’re dealing with someone that knows what they’re doing.

What are you going to be charging to offer this product to others? It’s important to think of this because if you’re not making more than you spend, you’re pretty much giving things away. While it feels good to give people things for a great price, it won’t be good for you financially to do so if it costs you more to make something than you’ll be making. Also consider your time, because that costs money too when you’re in business. Anything that you have to do that relates to your home business, no matter how much you enjoy doing it, should cost something.

Create an office space in your home and set up concrete rules for yourself that you never break. Since you’ll be working from home, it can get a little tempting to see what’s on TV or to just take too many breaks in general. Ignore personal phone calls unless it’s an emergency and consider getting a phone line that you only use for business. Make sure that you take care of anything personal when you’re not working so you’re paying attention to what you’re doing. This is your job, so treat it as that.

With some dedication and a lot of hard work, creating a home business shouldn’t be too difficult if you enjoy what you’re doing. This guide should have given you some things to think over before you begin on your quest to be financially independent. Take it all in and read over it again if you still have any questions.

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