Dear Fr. Lee.
It sounds like  you have a good system. Thanks.
Harold Russell
 FLMC> Hello Harold W. Russell,
-=>> Quoting Harold W. Russell to Howard Scaggs <=-
 HWR>> I am new to Fidonet. On the subject of Home office, I would
 HWR>> like to know how people can work at home without constant
 HWR>> interruptions. My wife's company is always mine. I cannot
 HWR>> get 30 minutes of work in without an interruption of sorts.
 FLMC> You need an office or work area that is off limits to
 FLMC> anything other than work.  Maintain regular office hours,
 FLMC> and when someone interrupts those office hours, very gently
 FLMC> request they treat you during those work hours just like
 FLMC> they would treat you if you were at work downtown in a
 FLMC> bank.
 FLMC> It also helps if you have an office phone, and ignore the
 FLMC> house phone during office hours.
 FLMC> BTW, I am a lawyer as well as a Priest.  That makes for a
 FLMC> double load of problems.  I have two lines in my law
 FLMC> office:  one for the law office, one for the rectory (for
 FLMC> those occasions when no one else is in the rectory).  Being
 FLMC> a Priest is priority, and lawyer second.  I have (after 20
 FLMC> years) trained my family to make "social calls" on the law
 FLMC> office line when it is law office hours, and the rectory
 FLMC> after law office hours.
 FLMC> I still occasionally have someone call on the rectory line
 FLMC> and say something brilliant like, "I called your law office
 FLMC> line but the line was busy so I called on the house line."
 FLMC> Since I must answer the rectory line no matter what I am
 FLMC> doing (it is more important), everyone knows I will answer
 FLMC> it if I am nearby. But, calling on the rectory line to
 FLMC> socialize, when the law office line is busy, is idiotic,
 FLMC> because when the law office line is busy, it obviously
 FLMC> means I am on the phone and can not "socialize".  This used
 FLMC> to be a daily occurrence, but, after pointing out the
 FLMC> illogic, most of my family has finally "gotten the hang of
 FLMC> it".
 FLMC> Just remember to be gentle, but to be very firm.
 FLMC> Good Luck,
 FLMC> Fr. Lee
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