Tag: Home Office

Running a home-based or virtual business can be difficult for many reasons. It's hard to focus, difficult to separate work and home, and harder to appear professional. Here are eight things you can do to make your at-home work more productive and enjoyable, as well as more professional, while still having a personal life.

Designate a Work-Only Workspace

If you are working from the same desk where you pay your personal bills and surf the Internet leisurely, it's going to be difficult to keep your work separate from your home life. Business and personal bills are placed in the same stack, files and papers get mixed up, and there is no mental separation between work and home life. You can boost your productivity by creating a workspace or office that is designated for work only. This will help you mentally separate work and home life – and as a bonus you can write-off a portion of your living expenses to reduce your business' tax liability (check with your accountant).