B2B with a Twist Publication - Work • Stay • Play October Edition Work Stay Play Winter 2018 Edition | Page 15

B2B - Keeping you in the know
taining a healthy
fe balance
Plot some personal time Manage your time, long term
When personal issues arise, it can be tempting to bury yourself in
your work. Don’t do it If you don’t make time for your personal
life – your “me” time, including your family and your health – you
won’t have a business to go back to Create a timeline of your activities. Specific computer programs
can help with this, or you can customize your own Excel
spreadsheet or Word table.
Have set work hours – and
stick to them Include family commitments – such as holidays, birthday parties,
etc. – so you don’t forget that you are unavailable for work on
those days.
Set work hours for yourself and do everything in your power to
stick to them. Otherwise, before you know it, you’ll be working
until midnight every night.
Whether you work for yourself or not, it’s important to feel
confident about your finances. In order to do this, you need to
get some accounting software in place and use it from day one.
Cash flow is one of the biggest challenges facing small businesses.
You should start using accounting tools early on so you know
what’s going on, financially, from day dot.
Make your workspace work for
you
Working for yourself does tend to require long hours and not
much downtime, so invest in equipment that will support you.
That includes getting a comfortable chair, an ergonomic
keyboard, a support stand for your laptop, etc.
An ergonomic assessment of your workspace is worth every
cent.
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Find time for your finances
Put dates across the top and activities down the side. Break each
task into components.
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