This morning I read a couple of blog posts about time management. TheWahmBlog.com has Tips for the Newbie Entrepreneur about managing time. And at the InternetBasedMoms.com Staff blog Annette mentioned an article about the health hazards of 24/7 online writing and blogging in her post, Too Dependent on Technology and Computers.
One of the challenge of running a home business is that it can be difficult to walk away from the work… it’s always there in the next room. When you work at a job somewhere else, you go home and get away from it every day. Here are a few tips that help me manage my day.
- I use a calendar/daily planner program with pop-up alerts to move me through my daily to-do list.
- I set my email client so it’s not continually checking email and alerting me to new messages, because I can’t resist looking when I hear that notification.
- I try to clear my email inbox first thing in the morning and last thing in the afternoon.
- Repetitive tasks are automated as much as possible. For example, I use autoresponders to send reminders when memberships and listings expire, I manage spam with a great filter, and I use a program to type repetitive phrases and paragraphs with just a few keystrokes.
- I do the work that requires the most focus in the morning because by the afternoon I’m much less productive.
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How do you manage your busy schedule?
