The Self Employment Work Day:

Posted by KC Morgan Nov 23, 2006

“I can always do that later.” “I’ll get back to it after this movie’s over.” “I’ll look into it right after dinner.” Sometimes, self employment is too relaxed. And when you get too relaxed, you get lax. What does that mean?

That the work doesn’t get done. When you notice yourself falling behind, or working extra hard two or three days out of the week and doing much less on other days, you may have self employmentitis. This is a condition that results in having too much freedom with your time.

When it comes to making your own hours, it’s a little too tempting to go astray. So what if you slack off? You’re the boss, after all.

The only trouble is, when you have trouble making your own hours work for self employment, then you’re having trouble making self employment work for you. In order to make money, you have to get the work done.

For tips on how making your own hours can get a whole lot easier, learn how to Get Organized at Work.

Sometimes, you’re not having trouble making you own hours or finding time. Sometimes, you can get into a self employment slump and your creative juices stop flowing. Read the Creative Writing discussion for tips on getting your gears back into motion.