Great advice. I’m one of the few who does work fully from home — I’m a full-time remote assistant professor for an online university (and a travel agent ;)) and there is definitely a bleed between work, home, and other work that can sometimes be a big hot mess. Being disciplined, scheduled, and self-motivated is key!

I think this tip is great, I will have to do that to limit what I do.

Thank you for posting the article! I remember reading it (back when I got SELF magazine!) and this must be where I heard that phrase the first time.

Yes I agree, this makes me feel so much better about it.

Thank you for this post! I am the commenter on SHU who mentioned my desire to “home from work” less. I like all of these tips, especially to not use my “best” time for these menial tasks. I will try to use them during breaks. Also, the commenters here and on SHU’s blog have made me feel better. I think this is an inevitable problem.
Also, I’m totally at work right now, commenting on a blog! At home, I don’t often sit at my laptop so I don’t get to engage in blog conversations unless I’m on a break at work :).

@Sarah K – that makes total sense. In college, I worked overnight/front desk in the student center when it was open 24 hours during finals week. During the day there were frequent visitors, questions, problems. Middle of the night, not so much. I wish I could say I studied, but there was a lot of personal online perusing going on!

@Kristin – yes, I think it’s the slippery slope that’s the problem from a manager/employer perspective. In the Self article linked to elsewhere in this thread, the woman was literally spending 6 of the 8 hours at work planning her wedding. Not a great idea!