Each customer has a file. She writes grants, does consulting on various communications issues and organizes events. I just decided I can't be effective if I'm juggling too many balls. If it doesn't fall into one of the categories, I look hard at whether it's something I need to be doing. The home office has pros and cons.
Work is always there, yet it gives freedom and flexibility.
At first, it's easy to be distracted by housework when working at home. It takes time to develop the self-discipline to focus on the job at hand. One of Toomey's resolutions is to streamline and simplify. I simply don't have the room to keep it all in front of me. It's helpful every now and then, whether it's New Year's or the middle of June, whatever year you operate from, to stop and regroup.