This conversation was sponsored by Nature’s Bounty® Earthly Elements™, but all opinions are my own. 

I often joke that blogging for me is a full-time job with a part-time income. While it feels liberating to be your own boss and having uber flexible schedule, I occasionally found myself simply wasting time when I could have been doing something productive instead. Over the years I experienced two of the biggest problems of working from home firsthand: working too much, and doing nothing at all when your mind is blank.

As a latent workaholic, I always felt like working a lot made me more productive, but as a result I never had time to go out, watch my favorite TV shows, or just enjoy life in general. Blogging was my life. It felt right at first, but eventually I got tired of it and moved to a much more streamlined schedule. On the opposite end, when I couldn’t squeeze out any words I would waste time reading my friends’ Facebook statuses and Twitter updates. Needless to say, those did not enrich my life nor did they make my work day more productive. And here’s where my advice comes in… After years of trial and error, I developed a set of rules and tips that help me stay organized while working from home. View Post