Finding Balance - 12 Essential Keys to Working from Home Effectively

Working from home often conjures up images of working at your desk in pyjamas, daytime television on in the background, and basically the assumed freedom of being able to decide when you do, what you need to do. While the freedom is very real, being master of your own clock and learning to juggle demands, responsibilities and family life is a learned experience.

Learning to work from home effectively and efficiently, while ensuring that your personal space and time remains sacred does take some planning and a disciplined approach. It’s so easy for work to bleed in to home life and all the more so when you work from home. After some 15 years of working from home, here are some lessons that I’ve learnt along the way.