Readers of A List Apart share tips and advice on working from home while juggling family and day-to-day commitments. I could get into Sarah Bray's pancake idea... We make breakfast time a special time to connect. Sometimes we'll make pancakes together. (They're faster than you think.) We always talk about what we're going to be doing that day. After breakfast, we have some special together time. We'll ... Read full entry

If you think distractions and procrastination are problems when you are working alone from home, see how you go getting any work done if you have a young family sharing the home workspace with you. The most common complaints about working from home are family-created distractions and self distractions. The distractions I experience now, though, are so different from the "cube" distractions I dealt with in my corporate jobs, ... Read full entry

Loneliness 2.0 Loneliness, despair, depression... these are some of the less pleasant accompaniments to working alone from home. While many find it satisfying, many miss the working company of other people. There are alternatives for those working alone though, and options worth exploring before throwing in the towel and taking an office job. Telecommuters can tell you that no matter how much you love yourself, like your freedom, or enjoy the ... Read full entry

How to organise your paperwork. We needed to discuss this topic sooner or later, sorry to bring it up now... Are you struggling to manage the paper in your work day? Learn a super fast way to sort and organise your paperwork with the four Fs - finish it, forward it, file it or flick it. Winning the war on paper is all about having a great sorting system to organise ... Read full entry