Re: Working from a home office - Possible?
I fell into working from home after being made redundant from my permanent job about 4 years ago, it just so happened that my fiancé at the time earned enough to keep us both going, I always fancied being self employed but had no idea about how to go about it.
I picked up yellow pages and rang around design agencies and asked them whether they used freelancers, I got lucky with 2% of the calls, and then picked up my first job,
4 years later with Workstations and a small renderfarm, and a 19 month old son it was time to go out and find myself an office as daily distractions got too much.
My wife now works 3 days a week and I work anywhere between 5 and 6 days a week with reasonable hours spent working each day,
Working from home you have to be disciplined for it to work. but I did miss the chats in the office, and sharing ideas and thoughts, The isolation can also creep in a bit (Jack Nicholson in the Shining) but that is where Forums like this come into their own, the only downside is that I had little or no work life balance as there was no cut off point between home and work, and it was so tempting to go back up stairs and check on rendering in the evening.
I now have an office on a business park and have other businesses around me and there is a certain degree of banter, or as much as you can get from Accountants, lawyers, and companies that sell slimming products, but I enjoy it all the same, work life balance is much better and there is a cut off point each day.
Regards
Mark
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