Comments on: Maybe not a 4-hour work week, but not 40 hours either http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/ Social media, marketing and more for the 40-plus entrepreneur. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Raymond Treder http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-220030 Raymond Treder Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:45:54 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-220030 If Apple didn't help make computers as well as Starbucks failed to help to make espresso, how appear experienced these people become so thriving? Right onto your pathway to achieve the state-of-the-art and a lot interesting products, even though envigorating, is often a fairly crowded region. If possible, Apple company and also A coffee house built their particular market. If Apple didn’t help make computers as well as Starbucks failed to help to make espresso, how appear experienced these people become so thriving? Right onto your pathway to achieve the state-of-the-art and a lot interesting products, even though envigorating, is often a fairly crowded region. If possible, Apple company and also A coffee house built their particular market.

]]> By: Revere Corruption http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-112801 Revere Corruption Wed, 11 May 2011 06:03:13 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-112801 My name is Dan Rizzo. I am the mayor for life! You punks better get used to it.. Kiss the ring. My name is Dan Rizzo. I am the mayor for life! You punks better get used to it.. Kiss the ring.

]]> By: Lisa Rothstein http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Lisa Rothstein Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:15:56 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-1529 HI Andrea I just discovered you blog. Great niche! (Liked your article about niche-phobia too.) I think you're doing the right thing. After much trial and error of unproductive days and frustrated evenings when I looked back on how little got done, it's important for someone who works from home to keep to at least a rough work schedule. For one thing, many of your clients DO work 9-5 and don't have a lot of sympathy if they call at 10:30AM to find they've woken you up. For another, see Parkinson's Law in Tim Ferriss' book: work expands to the time alloted, so short dealines and tight schedules mean you work in a focused and productive fashion, while having all the time in the world means that projects sprawl out over days without any special efforts at procrastination. With a schedule you can DECIDE to take a day off and feel good about it. Without one, you DO feel guilty anytime you take a few hours to play golf or read a novel. See also the book The Now Habit by Neil Fiore, where he talks about the concept of Guilt-Free Play. Anyway, great blog! BTW, though, did you know that the teleseminar link does not work (at least when I signed up i got an error message). Lisa HI Andrea
I just discovered you blog. Great niche! (Liked your article about niche-phobia too.)
I think you’re doing the right thing. After much trial and error of unproductive days and frustrated evenings when I looked back on how little got done, it’s important for someone who works from home to keep to at least a rough work schedule. For one thing, many of your clients DO work 9-5 and don’t have a lot of sympathy if they call at 10:30AM to find they’ve woken you up. For another, see Parkinson’s Law in Tim Ferriss’ book: work expands to the time alloted, so short dealines and tight schedules mean you work in a focused and productive fashion, while having all the time in the world means that projects sprawl out over days without any special efforts at procrastination. With a schedule you can DECIDE to take a day off and feel good about it. Without one, you DO feel guilty anytime you take a few hours to play golf or read a novel. See also the book The Now Habit by Neil Fiore, where he talks about the concept of Guilt-Free Play.

Anyway, great blog! BTW, though, did you know that the teleseminar link does not work (at least when I signed up i got an error message).
Lisa

]]> By: Laurie/Halo Secretarial http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Laurie/Halo Secretarial Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:23:13 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-643 I think I'm lucky, because as a work at home mom, my kids kind of "force" me to step back from my work throughout the day to pay attention to their wants and needs. And I'm grateful for that, because it's so easy to get caught up in one more email, one more blog post, just ONE more task and suddenly it's two hours later! I work for myself from my home for flexibility AND fewer overall hours. Take care! I think I’m lucky, because as a work at home mom, my kids kind of “force” me to step back from my work throughout the day to pay attention to their wants and needs. And I’m grateful for that, because it’s so easy to get caught up in one more email, one more blog post, just ONE more task and suddenly it’s two hours later! I work for myself from my home for flexibility AND fewer overall hours.

Take care!

]]> By: Home Office Warrior » Home Office Tips and Hints — The Links http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Home Office Warrior » Home Office Tips and Hints — The Links Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-642 [...] While I also don’t know if the 4-hour work week is obtainable. This post provides a possible solution; maybe not a 4-hour work week, but not 40 hours either. [...] [...] While I also don’t know if the 4-hour work week is obtainable. This post provides a possible solution; maybe not a 4-hour work week, but not 40 hours either. [...]

]]> By: Mark Parbus http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Mark Parbus Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:32:46 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-640 I am a 48 year old man who had a 20 year career with the 2nd largest pharmaceutical company in the industry. I started my own consulting business when I was caught up in a down sizing because I wanted to be available for my 14 year old son and support my wife who does not have any hour flexibility. I cook and take care of the dishes with my son on the nights that my wife works. I help with the homework and run errands. After spending a lot of time in a hotel room for so long, I am enjoying my time home. I also wrestle with the 8 to 5 hours that I think I should be working. The beautiful thing with what I am doing is that I actually do not feel like I am working. I read the 4 Hour Workweek also. I agreed with the fact that we should have a sense of how much we need in our lifetime to support the lifestyle that we want and not any more. This prevents us from working all our life to amass an amount of money that we think that we need and then are too old to enjoy it. All about balance. Mark Parbus http://babyboomerjourney.blogspot.com/ I am a 48 year old man who had a 20 year career with the 2nd largest pharmaceutical company in the industry.

I started my own consulting business when I was caught up in a down sizing because I wanted to be available for my 14 year old son and support my wife who does not have any hour flexibility.

I cook and take care of the dishes with my son on the nights that my wife works. I help with the homework and run errands. After spending a lot of time in a hotel room for so long, I am enjoying my time home.

I also wrestle with the 8 to 5 hours that I think I should be working. The beautiful thing with what I am doing is that I actually do not feel like I am working.

I read the 4 Hour Workweek also. I agreed with the fact that we should have a sense of how much we need in our lifetime to support the lifestyle that we want and not any more. This prevents us from working all our life to amass an amount of money that we think that we need and then are too old to enjoy it.

All about balance.

Mark Parbus
http://babyboomerjourney.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Andrea Stenberg http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Andrea Stenberg Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:13:14 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-627 Of course, the crux of the matter is, even when we're doing the laundry and the groceries, it's not exactly relaxing. I guess we're so used to being busy, we just can't turn it off. Of course, the crux of the matter is, even when we’re doing the laundry and the groceries, it’s not exactly relaxing. I guess we’re so used to being busy, we just can’t turn it off.

]]> By: Melodee Patterson http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Melodee Patterson Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:42:30 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-626 This post really hit home with me, Andrea (no pun intended). I've been a Virtual Assistant for two years and I'm still fighting that urge to work 8 hours a day during "normal" working hours! I do allow myself to do the wash and the grocery shopping during the day (how daring of me!) but the guilt is definitely there. Why can't women relax? Men don't seem to have a problem doing it :-) This post really hit home with me, Andrea (no pun intended). I’ve been a Virtual Assistant for two years and I’m still fighting that urge to work 8 hours a day during “normal” working hours! I do allow myself to do the wash and the grocery shopping during the day (how daring of me!) but the guilt is definitely there.

Why can’t women relax? Men don’t seem to have a problem doing it :-)

]]> By: Andrea Stenberg http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Andrea Stenberg Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:03:19 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-622 Jacki, I'm still laughing. You are so right! Jen, I hear you. And of course, when your kids are up all night, it's always when you have a deadline you can't miss the next day. Andrea Jacki,

I’m still laughing. You are so right!

Jen, I hear you. And of course, when your kids are up all night, it’s always when you have a deadline you can’t miss the next day.

Andrea

]]> By: Jennifer http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/229/maybe-not-a-4-hour-work-week-but-not-40-hours-either/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Jennifer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:49:12 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=229#comment-621 As I was doing laundry at 1 am last night(I left my office at 11:30 pm, after working a full day - well mostly a full day - I did Jelly ) while my husband was snoring.. I wondered why does he get off so easy? and again I wondered at 2 am when I had to get my 6yr old a glass of warm milk because he was coughing so bad and at 4 am when the 2yr old got up and wanted Milk. and at 5 am when he got up with an exploding diaper and at 7 am when I finally pulled myself out of bed because I was getting tired of being hit on the head with a stuffed moose. I'll be here until 5 today. go home make dinner then back to the office after I put the kids to bed until midnight or so because of deadlines today. and I will wonder what he's up to tommorrow on his "day off" while my kids are at the sitters. Gotta love being a momprenuer. As I was doing laundry at 1 am last night(I left my office at 11:30 pm, after working a full day – well mostly a full day – I did Jelly ) while my husband was snoring.. I wondered why does he get off so easy? and again I wondered at 2 am when I had to get my 6yr old a glass of warm milk because he was coughing so bad and at 4 am when the 2yr old got up and wanted Milk. and at 5 am when he got up with an exploding diaper and at 7 am when I finally pulled myself out of bed because I was getting tired of being hit on the head with a stuffed moose. I’ll be here until 5 today. go home make dinner then back to the office after I put the kids to bed until midnight or so because of deadlines today. and I will wonder what he’s up to tommorrow on his “day off” while my kids are at the sitters. Gotta love being a momprenuer.

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