3 Bad Habits of Home Based Business

I used to think that working at home means waking up at any time you like, enjoy your breakfast and then have a cup of coffee while you sit in front of your monitor. Nobody is going to control and decide what you do. You may even have the luxury of time to watch some videos, read a book or even take a power nap.

As you know, I'm on the look-out for a job and meanwhile I have been doing forex trading in the comfort of my bedroom. I started to note that I have developed some bad habits since I started to work from home. 

1) Not Waking Up Early
I no longer wake up when my alarm goes off. Instead, I started to wake up later and later each day. Some days, I might sleep until noon! I used to wake up early because I need to commute to work and since this is no longer required, I began to sleep in. 

Solution: After realizing this, I have since forced myself to get up the same time I used to. It requires a lot of self-discipline and also sleeping early helps. 

2) Working All The Time - Over-trading
There is no fixed office hours saying that I have to start work at 9AM and knock off at 6PM, which led to me consistently looking at charts or news whenever I am in front of the monitor. What happens if you stare at the charts too much? Your tendency of wanting to enter a trade increases and that is not ideal. Our productivity will drop when we do not have sufficient rest.

Solution: Identify what are my working hours. I have decided that I will start work at 10AM and end work at 5PM or after my daily objective is completed.

3) Spending Too Much Time at Home and Not Doing Enough Exercise
After I got up from bed, the next area I go to will be my desk. I will sit there the whole day and even after I stop working, I will still be in front of the monitor reading news or watching videos. On some days, I will get out of my house to meet my friends after they knocked off but that is usually once or twice a week. 

Solution: I try to go out for a walk before and after I end my work. My eyes need to relax and I need to breathe in some fresh air too. I have identified lunch break and tea-break as well so that I do not sit at my desk all the time.



I wonder if there are other people in the same shoe as I am or perhaps, it is only me who is facing such a problem. Nevertheless, it is always good to identify the bad habits and change them. Despite the above, I do feel happy and find it enjoyable to work from home. You can accomplish a lot of tasks once you better manage your time.