Fuelled by Coffee

Work from home? Create your own routines! I have been lucky to have worked from home since I started my business nine years ago and have managed to develop a routine which works for me. When I started out, I felt that I should set working hours and stick to them. I tried all the ‘train your brain’ tactics to trigger my ‘servant’ response and fool myself I was attending a regular workplace. I’d had practice in being an employee, so I knew the drill. I got up in the morning showered, dressed, grabbed breakfast and left by the front door. Then I walked off the porch along the driveway and back up again, let myself in and turned left into my office. I’m not sure who I was trying to fool, but it ended up making me laugh at myself and I gave up after a week. Then I used a time book. Clocked myself on and off. I had normal morning tea and lunch breaks, but I would go back into the main part of the house to grab a coffee and a sandwich. Then I went through a phase of using an old cof