5 Tips for a Great Work/Life Balance

When you work from home there is always a fine line between work and life balance. Here are my 5 essential tips to help you balance your work and personal life.

1. Try and get a dedicated office space - if you can't stretch to your own room start off like I did 10 years ago with a bureau from Ikea - I now work from a large room and find I have so many more exciting ideas and lots of space to flesh them out!

2. Keep your work-related stuff IN your dedicated work space, not spread around your home. Your lounge is for lounging, your bedroom for sleeping and like they say on MTV Cribs "this is where the magic happens" etc! Do not let others spill their stuff IN either. You will find you will gain more focus and get more done which means more profits!

3. Surround yourself with inspirational images, not too many of the family perhaps just one kids picture from school and a framed photo of your loved ones on your desk so you focus on what your reasons for working: my reasons for to give my family an exceptional lifestyle and financial freedom. What are yours?

4. They say "a tidy desk is a tidy mind" - most large corporates insist on a clear desk policy when you leave the office at the end of the day, one of the reasons is obviously security but you will find that you work so much more productively the next day when you walk in and there is a clear slate to work on.

5. At the end of your "office day" remember to physically close your office door whether that door is in a dedicated home office or you work from a laptop on the kitchen table - close the laptop down. Then go play with your kids, go to the gym whatever you do for leisure.

Try one of these tips and let me know the results TODAY - let me know tomorrow what happens, how you feel, what you do and is your mind clearer? Call Caroline on 0780 313 6023 if you want to work more productively and spend more time your family and on the nicer things in life. Email me your results at caroline@carolineoneill.co.uk