Needless to say, everyone wants to do what they can to keep their business growing long and strong, especially considering that the job market nowadays is so horribly unpredictable, AI is replacing everyone’s jobs (at least every boss and CEO in existence is pushing for that). So yeah, it makes sense. But you have to keep in mind, since you’re now your own boss, it’s not necessarily going to be as easy as you might have expected. Instead of the fear of being fired for making a mistake, one mistake (or more of course) could lead to fewer customers and a horrible reputation. Something obviously no one would want.
So, yeah, running a business from home sounds adorable at first. You imagine sipping a cup of tea, packaging orders in your comfy clothes, everything feeling cute and wholesome. And yeah, sometimes it is. But then there are the days where the dining table looks like a tornado hit a craft store, you cannot find the thing you literally just put down. There’s major mistakes, and there’s annoying little mistakes, but here, with your business, you need to take every single one of them seriously.
Clutter that Somehow Multiplies
Yep, there’s always that moment where you think, that this table is the new office. Then before you know it, there are receipts under your cereal bowl and your laptop is balancing on top of two rolls of tape. Yeah, you get the picture here, so stuff piles up so quickly, and it just slows everything down. It becomes a mission just to pack a single order because everything you need is buried under yesterday’s packaging and random paint brushes. Hopefully, you won’t end up like this, but start picking up the clutter; it can only get worse if you let it pile.
Dealing with Last Minute Shipping Error
Do you run an ecommerce? Are you a thrift reseller? Well, if you’re taking orders online and shipping them out (regardless of platform), then this one is definitely for you. So, a lot of people are super guilty of shipping everything out at the last minute. Now, when it comes to certain platforms, you can take your time for shipping (but ideally don’t because customers want their stuff ASAP).
But of course, for some platforms, you have a set time limit of when you can ship (Etsy, Vinted, and eBay, for example). Now, the problem is that a lot of business owners will ship everything out last minute, and last minute they deal with issues like needing printer ink because they ran out, or need more paper, or lack packaging material. You get the idea here, but don’t put things off to the last minute; it almost always ends horribly.
Trying to Work in The Same Space Life Happens
Well, if you’re working at the dining table or the living room couch at least, then you absolutely need to pay attention! As you know, the dining table is where everything happens, like breakfast, homework, family chat, and now, somehow, business operations. So, just mixing those worlds gets stressful, like when someone moves one tiny order to the side, and you have a complete meltdown thinking everything’s ruined. It is not ruined, but it feels like it.
For some people, it really is a luxury to have a workspace, but if you can just try and buy a cheap corner desk or something, so it can be tucked somewhere, so your work doesn’t get mixed up with daily life. Life really does get a bit easier that way.
