I was recently thinking about some of the positive aspects to working outside the home. For instance, commuting can be a real source of frustration for many who do it on a daily basis.
But I was thinking about how it can also be used as a time of transitioning. That commute can help you move from home mode to work mode and then vice versa when the day is over with.
Depending on how long you are commuting and the form of transportation you take, you could spend your time unwinding by listening to music or reading. The point is that there is an opportunity to make that transition from one thing to the next.
It is how you separate your home world from your work world. And I think that’s important.
But when you work out of your home, there isn’t the opportunity to make that transition. It is as if your day all just flows together and there is nothing to really break it up.
In fact, I have come to realize that I never transition because I mix work with the home. I might write a few blogs and then clean the kitchen. I write a couple of articles and I throw in a load of laundry.
When my children are home, I work on building my writing platform but then I stop in the midst to quick run them somewhere. There seems to be no opportunity to really separate my working world from my home world.
And quite honestly, I’m trying to decide if that’s a good or bad thing. I see both sides of it. I feel like I might be more relaxed if I was able to have a point of transition but then I appreciate the flexibility of mixing both.
What about you? Do you think transitioning works for those who have a home-based business? Is it a good or bad thing?
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