I thought, at first, that working from home would be a total blessing.  I’d be more in control of my schedule, less stressed, more productive… I wouldn’t have to worry about my boss looking over my shoulder at my job (when I was working on my sites), and I could work comfortably on my couch… with out a cubicle in sight…

And after 2 full weeks of working from home full time, I realized that my laziness can EASILY take me over…

When I was working 8am-10pm, I was DEAD FOCUSED on every minute of my day… When it was time to write an article, I did it…  When I needed to write an ad, setup a PPC campaign, write site content… it was in my schedule… and it was on a to-do list.

But, now, the XBOX gets in the way… or movies-on-demand… or just messing around on the internet, or socializing with friends…  Really, ANYTHING but working…

We are a product of our environment.  When I was still working those hours, home was only good for 2 things… video games/tv time and sleep.   That’s pretty much it.

So, now, when I try to do work my sub-conscious tells me, “Adam, you’re walking in to the room w/ the 42″ plasma screen TV… you’re going to play video games or watch a movie…”  and I just go “ok!”   So, needless to say, distractions are at their utmost at home.  Especially w/ 2 dogs running around wanting attention too.

So, last Friday I decided to leave my house.  I put the dogs in their cage, grabbed my laptop, some books, some food and headed over to my mom’s house not but 20 mins away…  2 weeks prior I wrote 2 auto-responder messages and made some graphics for the new self-development site I’m launching in the next week or so…  yea, 2 WEEKS to do that!

One day ALONE with NO distractions and I create 5 more content-rich messages and I also completed the rest of the new opt-in page.

What am I getting at here?  Well, I didn’t take my own darn advice!

When you work from home you need to have a separate area that is distraction-free and dedicated to your business!

That way when family sees you in there, they know not to bother you because you’re working!  There’s NOTHING in that room that is going to deter you from your work…  maybe no TV, no non-business books…

This week, I’m going to try working from my DESK and not the couch and we’ll see how it goes!