working from home.

sorry i haven't posted in a while

busy schedules at home

plus 

traveling for work

plus

training for a half marathon

do not lend well to keeping up with the blog

but i've been trying to keep up with reading yours! 

today, however, i installed lightroom 2.6 

(YAY!)

and have loads of errands to run for work

but hopefully i'll be able to make some time 

to have lunch with h

get some laundry done

and make an emergency grocery trip

before all this snow hits! 

for today

however

i wanted to share with you a post i recently found

about tips for  

working from home.

everyone always asks me:

don't you LOVE working from home?

don't you LOVE working in your pjs?

do you get bored? lazy? lonely?

i don't love it,

although i love the situation it puts me in - 

getting to live with my love

and near my loves

in the city i love,

but i wouldn't wish it on anyone.

i always wear "real clothes"

although usually jeans.

i don't get bored or lonely.

if i do i work from a coffee shop for a bit.

i try not to be too lazy.

but this post really highlighted some GREAT tips

some that i stick to and work for me

and others i've never heard of 

and some i want to try. 

some of her tips

(just the main bullet points):

be healthy

this is probably one i'm pretty good at 

and that has improved greatly since working from home.

i eat a good, healthy breakfast & lunch,

and i'm not as stressed when i go to bed

knowing if i don't get to shower until noon it's okay.

get up and get dressed in the morning as if you have a "regular" job

i strongly agree.

set mini-deadlines

 i'll only let myself check google reader & twitter

if i can check something off my list ( :

keep up with the housework

this is really easy when you have to spend hours

on long conference calls

mostly on mute hehe.

get out of the house once a day

i usually walk the pup

or go out to lunch with a friend

or walk to the coffee shop

or if it's raining, do work from the coffee shop.

it feels good to have a change of pace!

work of a task list

love this -- i use tadalists to keep my to do lists

personal & work related

gaurd your time

 i find it easier to do this from home

because at the office i was very social

and now i can choose when i'm ready to "chat"

and when it's time for work.

allow plenty of time for pootling

see conference call, above. 

nap

i don't always get to do this,

but sometimes if i'm having a really hard day

i'll spend an extra half hour in bed

(clutching my phone of course)

and work through my lunch.

reward yourself frequently

i usually do this by taking a fru-fru lunch 

going out 

or watching trashy tv for a 1/2 hour

or making cookies.

break the rules sometimes

i am not afforded this luxury

but occasionally

i'll run a personal errand after i run 8028320 work errands.

all my time has to be accounted for, 

so it's not really breaking any rules.

do you work from home?

how do you function?

do you wish you worked from home?