Effective use of time is a concern of any business, but now it is really important to you while managing your home based business.
Just because you are at home does not mean that you shouldn't take your business seriously and sit on the couch and watch television all day and expect to make money.
Businesses will not be successful until you learn how to effectively manage your time.
One technique that I like to use is developing a schedule that works for what you are trying to accomplish.
The day planners that you wrote everything in and carried around with you were sometimes a hassle.
Now, most computers or programs have a calendar built into them that you can customize for your specific needs.
I use the calendar that is built into Google.
It allows me to add or delete specific items for every hour of the day if I want and every day of the year.
When you set up a task with time specifics, you can have it automatically repeat every day, every other day or whenever.
You can set up reminders for your schedule if you so desire.
These reminders can either be a notification on your desktop or an email notification that you can customize for when you want to be reminded.
It is important to note that you schedule your tasks in one hour blocks of time with a ten minute break in between.
The attention span tends to wonder if you spend too much time on any one thing, so it is important to break tasks into blocks of time so that you can focus.
This has proven to be a valuable tool in my daily operations and allows me to use my time effectively.
Another item that I like to use in conjunction with my calendar schedule is a timer.
This timer does not have to be a fancy state of the art time keeper.
An ordinary kitchen timer that you can buy at the dollar store will suffice.
After you have established your schedule on your calendar and prior to starting your task, start your timer.
Since you set your task schedule for one hour, set your timer for fifty minutes and start working.
The reason that you are setting it for fifty minutes is so that you can have your ten minute break.
If you need discipline to get you back off your break, take it with you and set it to the allotted ten minutes, and when it goes off, get back to work.
These two simple techniques will help you effectively use your time in your home based business.
Take note of what you actually get done during the day when you have the discipline of a schedule and timer.
Don't kid yourself, these methods may sound silly but they work and when they work you will notice a phenomenal difference in your work and business.