Working from home

Working from home, like most things in life, has both positive aspects and drawbacks.



The advantages of working from home are the fact that you do not have a boss, you have more flexible hours, you don’t have to commute, you are in comfortable surroundings and, if you are a parent, you don’t have to pay for child care. The main drawback of working from home is that you can become isolated as you have not got any workmates. Another drawback of working from home for some people is that you have to do all of your administration yourself and be in control of your economy. For some people the administrative side of working from home can be quite boring and time consuming. Also, for some people who were never very good at maths, being in control of the economy of their work from home business can be quite challenging. An example of a skill that could be used to begin a work from home business is hairdressing. I have a friend who has set up her own hair dressing business working from home. She loves cutting hair and having clients to talk to means she does not become isolated as a result of working from home. However she is terrible at maths and administration and just being organized in general so I imagine that running her own business working from home can be extremely challenging at times. Another example is a friend who is a graphic designer and works from home.



He loves the freedom of working from home as he is not a very structured individual however I can see sometimes that the isolation is getting to him as do the temptations to not work. Sometimes he gets out of bed in the early afternoon and watches tv for a few hours before even thinking about starting working so for him the problems to do with working from home are motivation. In summary there are pros and cons to working from home but if you can identify the parts of working from home that are likely to be challenging for you and tackle them head on, often the advantages can outweigh the disadvantages.