Freedom! Oh, freedom!
You may be one of the liberated freelancers who echoes this popular chant as you reminisce on the freedom working from home provides. Earning additional income from the comfort of your home is exhilarating. In fact, you may even be considering making freelancing a full-time job. But, there’s a catch.
Working from home can seem alluring initially. Goodbye annoying alarms urging you to get up out of bed early in the morning! No more dressing up to go to work; working in your pajamas is the “in-thing”. Home-cooked meals beat exorbitant spending on dining out for lunch. Sounds awesome right?
There’s a flip side. It would be great if it was all merriment, productivity and comfort all day, every day. However, the ugly truth is that working from home can be difficult for 3 primary reasons. Don’t despair though! Nexxub has the perfect solution with affordable hot desk packages, or as we like to call it grabbing a Xub!
At home, a few steps away from your bedroom, living room or dining room? The TVset is beckoning , the couch seems way more comfortable than current your work position. You’re cradled in familiarity, wrapped in the comfort of that place where you relax and unwind from a rough day and unfortunately….you’re surrounded by distractions.
Here’s a classic example. The television may be off but you’ll feel the urge to relax and watch your favourite show for an hour. Just an hour. But that hour turns into 2 then 3 then 4 and before you know it the day has ended, the kids are home, you forgot to prep dinner and you achieved little or no productivity all day. Sacrébleu!
Nipping distractions in the bud is important for productivity. The Association for Psychological Science cites a study conducted by the George Mason University. This study revealed that “interruptions don’t just take up time, they also degrade the overall quality of people’s work.” You depend on your freelancing gigs for income and, therefore, can’t afford for the quality of your work to be compromised.
Solopreneurs who work from home lose the benefits of teamwork and external interaction. It can become quite lonely when you work from home. Paige Smith cites clinical psychologist Ryan Hooper who states that, “For some people, working from home can put their mental health at risk, causing feelings of isolation and disconnection. When you don’t have an office to show up to, you miss out on opportunities for regular social interaction and connection with co-workers.”
This is a point that tends to be true for workaholics who bring their work home with them every day. However, freelancers, sometimes without even thinking about it, fall into the same trap because work is home and home is work. Unless you’re very deliberate, you’ll find that you’re answering client calls in the middle of playtime with your son. You may also neglect an important point your wife is making while respond to a client’s WhatsApp message. It’s a vicious, never-ending cycle.
Nexxub’s hot desks or Xubs provide an affordable way to benefit from a co-working community. With hot desking, workers take whatever desk is available and only pay for the number of hours the desk is used. Renting one of these spaces at Nexxub allows you to:
Enjoy business support services such as a virtual assistant, a receptionist, meeting rooms, a locker or filing cabinet, a business address, legal consultation or simply coffee and tea when you need it.
Contact us today so the we can hook you up with the hot desk and the business services you need.
