You
work anywhere from six to twelve hours a day in your cozy little home
office-cum-bedroom, admiring the view from your window and enjoying the
solitude while pounding the keyboards or playing with the mouse.
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In your own private
office, there is no standing in line for coffee in the pantry, no corporate
pressures, and no office politics. There is just you, your computer(s), the
telephones and the relaxed feeling of being at home--away from the madding
crowd.
But too much solitude can be bad. When the sound of silence gets to you,
where can you go for some human interaction? Here are a few places you
can start but don't get carried away by these extra-curricular
activities--you have money to count at the end of the day:
Start chatting online! Not in some
dating chat-room, (sometimes it can be exciting), but look for a home-based
business forum where you can connect with other entrepreneurs. You can
participate in various forums and chatroom such as WebmasterWorld. If you are an affiliate of Amazon.com, or with other forums, you can
participate in the message board discussions. This keeps you well-informed
on what's going on in your line of business. You can also learn some
techniques that others are using in their marketing strategies.
Participate in trade organizations and professional
organizations made up of business professionals like you. Joining
an organization allows you to actively network, get together with several
others in your community, and meet potential clients, partners and
investors. Check with your local
Chamber of Commerce for listings of such groups. Spend at least one-half day
per week networking at a function or event
Improve your skills or get some new ones!
You can enroll in a short-term
course to augment your skills. If you are planning to go online, take a
course on website designing or HTML programming. Knowing how to create and
manage your own website can save you a lot of money from paying an
independent webmaster to handle your site. Or if you just want to have fun,
you can join Toastmasters International -- this organization offers you the
chance to improve your speaking/presentation skills as well as meet with
several others in your community (and from all walks of life)
Volunteer your time. Volunteer at your
local hospital, community
organization, or even professional associations. Being involved in some
other projects and dealing with concerns of other people can give your mind
a form of relief from your own business. You can also work one day per week
at your local library. Join the church choir.
Give yourself a break. Take yourself out
to lunch; you can bring along an
assignment and make it a "working lunch." Or drop by your barber.
He never runs out of something to talk about. Changing your environment from
time-to-time prevents burning out.
Form a success team with a dozen or so
other home-based business
professionals, where you meet once a week, or call and email each other, to
discuss your business problems and offer one another some solutions. Better
yet, you can form a "business buddy" system with another
home-based worker, sharing trials and tribulations. More importantly, you
can even start and develop cooperative projects and marketing strategies
together!
And most of all -- Don't feel alone! There are literally thousands of other
self- employed, home-based workers today who are in exactly the same
situation as you. That means you are not alone.
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