HWR> On the subject of Home office, I would like to know how people
HWR> can work at home without constant interruptions. My wife's
HWR> company is always mine. I cannot get 30 minutes of work in
HWR> without an interruption of sorts.
LMC> You need an office or work area that is off limits to anything
LMC> other than work.  Maintain regular office hours, and when
LMC> someone interrupts those office hours, very gently request
LMC> they treat you during those work hours just like they would
LMC> treat you if you were at work downtown in a bank.
LMC> It also helps if you have an office phone, and ignore the
LMC> house phone during office hours.
You didn't say too much about your situation.  Do you have your
home office in a separate room, or do you share the room like
bedroom, kitchen, etc.  That is an important part of the puzzle.
You have to separate home and office just like you where going
to work in an office building downtown.
You can dissuade your family from interrupting you during business
hours by keeping your door closed, developing a system of signals
that indicate if you are available or not (it could be as simple as
a sign like the once you see on shop windows that same "Open" on one
side and "Closed" on the other) barring any emergencies of course.
At the same time set aside a period in your schedule for your family
at the same sign every day (i.e. 2am in the morning! ;)
Of course it helps if you keep a 9 to 5 schedule in order to enforce
this (if your business allows for this)...with the odd night of
overtime as it is required.
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