31
2008
Working While You Travel
Those of us who work from home enjoy the luxury of being able to set our own hours and work when and where we choose. With that also comes a lot of planning and responsibility. To be successful choosing your own work schedule still means you need to put in the hours necessary to be successful.I have traveled quite a bit over the past two weeks and although I was able to complete some of my work … there were some hurdles I ran into as well.The first weekend I brought my laptop but since most all of my time was spent out on the boat I didn’t really get to all of my “work.” I had high hopes of doing plenty of research and writing while I was gone but that just didn’t happen. I was able to assist customers and answer email via my Blackberry … but other than that it was a bust. Of course after the buckets full of Vodka/Redbull I doubt I was in any shape to work. LOL
Last weekend I went “home” to San Diego to be in my girlfriend’s wedding. I brought my laptop and figured I’d have plenty of time to be creative … but once again … I was just too distracted. Other than the wedding activities I was also busy seeing family and friends – playing tennis, wakeboarding, beach volleyball, nights out on the town … it was great … but again … not much was accomplished as far as work goes.
What I couldn’t predict was that I would not be able to use my wireless internet on my laptop (still not sure what happened there) and due to this I couldn’t pull my email down through Outlook. Next thing I knew my mailbox on the server was full and I stopped receiving email (from two accounts) completely. *sigh*
In hindsight, I would’ve prepared several blog posts and had them post through the scheduling feature on WordPress. I also would’ve checked into my email problem much sooner! I get about 100-200 emails on my main account … so I should’ve known much sooner there was a problem. Guess I was just in “vacation” mode.
Have you had a good or bad experience trying to work while traveling? I’d love to hear about it. *SmiLes* Suzanne
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The most attracting factor of working from home is ability to garner resources, time and at work at your will. You can have your wireless connection and can sit and work on terrace, lawn and garden. Simply awesome is this. As You mention we can work while traveling or attend important things on a holiday too..though holiday means holiday.
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Ya its nice idea….. By reading this blog i understood that we can enjoy the vacation as well as we can gain money…. I count down the days until I leave for my trip around the world but this ideas helps me to reduce the work pressure…
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