Home office setup is really important for all of us that work from home. We’re going to be more effective if we set up our home office correctly from the beginning. We spend less time and energy finding stuff that we need. And we can earn more money because we’re organized.
Where is an ideal place to have your office? I suggest that you have it in a room in your house with the door that locks and closes for privacy, for confidentiality, and security of your documents. Get a lockable filing cabinet, especially if you have children or guests in the home.
Another great reason to have a separate office space is when you’re working in your office, you can have visitors in your office. By having a separate entrance, they won’t have to go through your house and see your messy laundry or your dishes that aren’t washed. Also, you don’t have to look at your laundry and dishes, so you can mentally block out those personal tasks and focus on your business.
I recommend having a separate home office landline phone that rings only in the office so that way you can have a life: When you close your door to your office and you go out of your office, you’re not at work anymore. Otherwise, if your office space is in the common room, you’re always at work. You’re always being reminded of your work. You’re always looking and thinking that there’s something to do. With no separation between personal life and business life, it can get overwhelming.
A couple of important considerations in your office space: one is the view which I consider to be very, very important and also lighting especially if you can have natural lighting.
To have an effective home office set up, we also need to organize our files. Put them on shelves and use labels for them. Label the binders. Label the shelves. Put grouped things that are similar and use labels so you can find them quickly and easily. You can even use color coded labels or you can just take a highlighter and color your labels so that you can group similar things together.
Select a private but productive place for your office. Get the tools you need. Implement SYSTEM to free up your time. SYSTEM stands for Save Your Self Time Energy and Money. Clean out and organize regularly. Run your business as a business, even if it’s at home.
