How to Organize a Successful Home Business

For all of us that are trying to run an at home business, it can be difficult to get the office organized. I have thrown together a few helpful things that I have done in my home office to get it organized. An at home business can be ran successfully and in an organized way, just keep working at it. 

Keep your work space completely separate from the rest of your home. Whether it be a separate room, or even a small corner of a room. Some people even use a closet for their home office. In order for you to stay organized and be successful, this office area has to be separate.  It can also be used as a home business tax deduction as long as that portion of your home is separate. Tax Deductions you may be able to use for a direct sales business or home business.

 

 Keep your work time and your home time separate. Schedule all of it each week, and go by your set schedule. When you do this you tend to concentrate more on what you are doing at that specific time, not worrying about the other things going on in your life. 

The main thing I have learned is you have to be organized. The first thing you need is a organizer. Shop around and check out the different styles and designs. Find the one that works perfectly with your business. Organizers can offer a lot of different things, and can be very useful in your business as well as your personal life. 

Buy yourself 2 different filing cabinets, or designate 2 drawers if you have a large cabinet. Make sure you have a file for everything, and be sure that everything gets filed as soon as you finish with it. This way when you need it, it is there. This will also save you time when you need it. We all need the extra time. 

Clean your desk. Take everything off. Start putting things back in order of the most used to least used. If you don't use your tape or stapler all the time, why have then directly in front of you. Always keep you a notepad handy. I have found that I always have to jot things down. 

 

If you sell merchandise from your home keep up with your inventory. Your inventory is what you make your money on, so make sure you keep up with what is coming in and out of your stock. If you have orders that you prepare, do it as soon as you find out about it. That way you are not trying to get everything together at the last moment, and it saves you a lot of time. 

We can all run a great business from home. Whether it is online, a service, or direct sales from home try to make your life as simple as it can be. Good luck with everything.

Finally Starting to Write Again

 

In 2009, I started writing online to make extra money. I started really enjoying writing. I would create articles on a variety of topics and it gave me a kind of piece in my life. In addition I started getting a decent following. At one point in 2011 I was making about $1200 a month. Then I had a son, became a single mom, and moved three states away with my family. At that point I had to find employment that had a regular income, so my writing went on the back burner. I even sold several hundred articles for a decent amount of money.

Now that I have finally gotten money put up, and will be moving soon, I have started writing again. I am only editing a few of my old articles, but I will be putting up more content soon. I will also be finding other platforms to submit my work to. Please have a look at some of my work on Hubpages. If you know of any great writing forms please comment and let me know.  

One thing I have learned through the years of not writing is that I should have kept doing it, because I enjoy it. I let life take over something that I enjoy, but hopefully now that we are doing ok financially I can grow my writing portfolio and my home business.

Getting Everything together Finally; Home Business

 

Well since my post, 2022 Is Finally the Year to Start my Home Business, there has been some changes to the plan with my home income and my future. We will be moving soon! I will take time off to spend time with my family and really start my home business, and probably so much more.

To begin with we will be signing on the new house in Arkansas next week. It has been a process and a few trips to Arkansas. All of the work has paid off though. We found a wonderful 2200 square foot home on five acres for only $180000. The house is beautiful and does not need much work on it at all. It also has a great area that I will be putting a couple of small buildings for the kids to have areas for themselves and I will be getting a building to put my home office. 

My income options has changes some too. I have decided to sell my current home. I learned that I can profit over $100000 on my home. Once I learned that I knew I had to sell. That will give me enough money to take a wonderful road trip with my kids and my mom. This trip will also give me the ability to work on our families website, The Traveling Family Adventures, I am truly hoping this will give my family an opportunity to grow closer and create a larger income from the blog.

So hopefully in the next couple of months I am hoping i can share more experiences and tips that I learn. I am a single mom of two amazing kids, I have a degree in business, and I am going to finally take advantage of both. I will use my degree to expand my home business and I will be able to spend more time with my young kids before they grow up and Mommy is not as important.