Setting up Your Home Office

It’s been over 3 years since I officially started working from home as a Virtual Assistant.

Today I finally decided to set up my ‘home office’. I cannot wait till this weekend to go to Ikea and get a real desk! What a great feeling looking forward to getting up and going to work! Yes, I know it can seem like a luxury being able to walk from the kitchen to the office, but for the last 3 years my office was IN my living room just at the entrance of the kitchen needless to say by blocking the entrance there was a lot of frustration from mine and my husband. My desk is the dining table, and my computer plays Transformers almost as much as I try to use it for work. My favourite part (not really) are the sticky fingerprints I find all over my new desktop the next morning after my son has watched his cartoons and played his games on it after dinner.

The worst part about having my desk and computer in the family communal area is when the phone rings, or a Skype call comes through. The kids think it is Oma and Opa from the Netherlands calling…and they both come running from all over the house. I try frantically to quiet down or go into the other room so mama can take a work call. Do you think a 4 and 2 year old understand this? Especially when they think it is Oma? You can see the issues I am facing.

So, with a little help from Ikea planner I’ve finally figured out what I need to set up my home office. Having attended this month’s network event at Mumpreneurs Northern Beaches Network where Penny Webb from Working Mums MasterClass told us all about how to organise yourself, your family and your business. I feel quite liberated and finally feel like a professional, even if I’ve been acting this way for the past 3 years.

Now all I need is a nameplate stuck on the door and my own assistant out at the front.

My tips for setting up your own home office

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