Productivity

This is the time of the year when my commuting into the office, full time employment peers tell me how lucky I have it because as a work from home contractor, I get flexibility over the holidays. This is true. I can make my own hours, if I’m so inclined. And I’m also extremely fortunate. [...]

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It’s 5:00 a.m. I’m working in the dark and my soundtrack is a snoring husband and the pound of the surf outside the sliding glass doors of my hotel room. When we booked this family vacation, our first in five years, I had every intention of unplugging and leaving the laptop at home. Then The [...]

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When you work at home you tend to spend more hours at your job.  Your work calls for you.  You sit down at 8:00 a.m. and work until 6:00 a.m. and sometimes you work longer days than that. You also stop a lot during the day, especially if it’s summer time and kids are home. [...]

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My office line rings day and night, and all hours of the weekend.  I try and answer it whenever I can but there are times when I hear it ringing on a Sunday evening and think, “Sorry guys. I’ll catch you tomorrow, it’s family time.” and head outside for the pool. I receive Twitter and Facebook DMs [...]

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I’m often told how I have a dream job. That I work for a great company, get to deal with the leaders in blogging and social media every day, and, especially, that I get to work from my home. Usually the people who tell me that working from home is wonderful and glamorous have never [...]

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My area was just slammed with what feels to be our 90th snow storm of the month. 18 inches worth of slamming to be exact. Yes, we’re having a snow day. I remember rare snow days as a kid to be special days of playing outside intermingled with hot chocolate and a good book. They [...]

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After discussing the frustration of returning to an office job after years of freelancing, it was hinted that perhaps freelancers are more productive and disciplined. I’ve been thinking about that ever since and I believe it to be true. For every office job I held, much of the staff wasted two to four hours each [...]

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Over the past decade I’ve seen many of my fellow freelancers come and go. For some, freelancing was a temporary means to an income while raising kids, finding permanent employment, or recuperating from an illness. Others, like me, did their best to make a full time go of it. Many of us are successful, however, [...]

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I make no secret of my daily battle with email. Every morning when I wake up I stare at the pile of requests and comments in my personal inbox, then I stare at the pile of requests in my work inbox. And then I bang my head on the desk for a while. Here’s the [...]

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