Entrepreneurship

5 Tips for Working from Home

It’s a lot harder than it looks

Oliver loves it or hates it. I’m not quite sure which.

The ability to work from home is the dream for many people. You can wake up late, make some coffee or enjoy your breakfast, read the news, take care of your kids, work when you want, and run some errands whenever you want.

This is the dream but it is also a fantasy.

Working from home is a lot more difficult than people realize. As more and more workers attain the ability to work from home they are beginning to realize that it is not all it’s cracked up to be. I see complaints from many work-from-homers (WFH) saying they have a hard time maintaining a consistent schedule, difficulties focusing, inabilities to get to sleep, or problems with motivation.

When you have a boss looking over your shoulder it’s a lot easier to focus on your work. When you work for yourself, you have to have dedication, focus, and the ability to motivate yourself to get work done.

So how do you do it?

I have been a work-from-homer for a couple of years now. I run a digital marketing agency where I help people advertise online, I run a couple of e-commerce stores that mostly sell t-shirts, I write self-help books I sell on Amazon, and I do freelance writing for various online publications. I…