Balancing Your Home Based Business
by: Adrienne Davis
Millions of people long to work from home, and the lucky few manage to achieve their ambition. Once you have realised the dream, it’s important to maintain the work-life balance or you could find your effectiveness declines. Working at home still has its own pitfalls: you’ve left the day job and you’re no longer shackled to the desk by your evil boss. But your new boss can be even more tyrannical – it’s you!!
The urge to make your business succeed is powerful. All entrepreneurs feel that sense of urgency, and the need for perfection. By making that change to the next e-mail or tweaking the website, it’s going to make all the difference to the success of the business. I own up to being dominated by my own niche site, www.homebusinessadvisers.com. But we all have to remember that the most important business asset we hold is ourselves, and we should prize it accordingly. It is a truism that we only get one body, so we should take care. Treat yourself like a thoroughbred, with the right diet, rest and exercise.
Chances are that your workspace wasn’t designed for the job. If you don’t use an office chair you are likely to be hunched over your screen, risking upper back tension and repetitive strain injury. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting a complete ergonomic assessment: I left my job to get away from the box-tickers! It is possible to work in less-than-ideal conditions and survive, as long as we take some sensible steps and regular breaks.
The other risk of internet working is a decline in your fitness, if you’re not very careful. It’s easy to feel that time spent working out is time stolen from your business – try to change your mindset and see that this is a key part of your requirements. You need to maintain your fitness routine for the sake of mind and body. The work at home entrepreneur often spends hours each day without talking to another human being face to face.
To deal with your posture and fitness needs, try to ensure you get out of the chair at least once an hour, and do a few stretches and shrugs to release tension in your neck and shoulders. Stand with feet slightly apart and let your body relax downwards to touch your toes with the fingertips (or as far down as you can reach). If you repeat this one regularly it’s encouraging to see how much your flexibility can improve in a short time.
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About The Author
Adrienne Davis is a full-time internet marketer, working at home online since 2004 running homebusinessadvisers.com, a niche site for home entrepreneurs. She offers a clear and workable system for building a successful work at home business that can eventually match and surpass your current full-time income. She has extensive experience in marketing, business start up, training and employment law, and publishes a regular FREE newsletter and blog on the latest home business ideas – sign up today at http://www.homebusinessadvisers.com.
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