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What do you do? |
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I provide law tuition, legal courses and research. The tuition and courses are done by post and increasingly over the internet. I now employ one person on a part time basis who comes into my home to work and about 10+ others on a self-employed basis who work from their homes. I also provide law essays by mail order. The essay service came about quite by chance when I was once asked to help a law student. The essays are a valuable teaching tool and not for the students to just copy! |
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Where do you work at home? |
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A converted garage. |
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Do you manage to keep your work and home life separate? |
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Try to.. and I lock the door now! |
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What is the best thing about working from home? |
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I can have a bath whenever I want. When the kids are ill I am on hand. |
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What are the negative points about working at home? |
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Children shouting when I am on the phone. Clients wandering my house and going into all my rooms, and phoning me all hours of the day and turning up without an appointment. |
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What was the deciding factor to help you to decide to work from home? |
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So I could bring up a family and not be too far away. |
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Does your homeworking pay the bills? |
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Yes. |
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How did you manage financially when you first started working at home? |
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It was fine. |
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What sort of work did you do before you worked at home? |
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I ran my own private investigation company! |
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How do you cope with distractions at home as compared to distractions in the workplace? |
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It is a lot easier because I can stop when I want. |
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How do you manage your time? |
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I wake at 4am every morning and start work. I normally do a 15-20 hour day but sometimes just a 5 hour day. It helps that I am an insomniac. |
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How do you cope with the isolation of working at home? |
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I love it. I don't like people :-) |
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What advice would you suggest to someone considering working from home? |
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Look at the advantages: no travel; go to sleep when you like; drink out of your own mug; and tell people to go away when you want!
Cuts down your overheads, more relaxed and take more risks than you would. You don't have pressure like having to compete with anyone, but on the other hand you have to have a killer instinct to work from home. You need to be self-motivated. |
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