I've been self-employed at home – unproductively, eventually moved to an office because I hated the isolation of working at home.

My favorite environment is in an open cubicle with lots of people coming up and asking me questions constantly – go figure!

I'm planning on retiring at the end of this year (I'm only 43 – what will I do with all that time!) – maybe I'll renovate houses – if I'm not afraid to enter the market – who knows?

I think it's easier to become more self-disciplined as you get older and learn more about yourself and what works for you.

I do have to recommend an absolutely fantastic time management system that's making it's rounds around the net now – and I've tried them all – it's called Autofocus and was developed by Mark Forster (he wrote 2 great books: “Get Everything Done, But Still Have Time to Play” and “Do It Tomorrow”. ) Trent at The Simple Dollar reviewed one of his books and loved it. You can check it out at http://www.markforster.net – the forum has a lot of self employed people on it as well as desk jockeys, so there's a good mix of people.

I think it's valuable when self employed to make your own structure to the day. Most people have this experience on weekends occasionally when you literally want to just sit on the couch and watch TV all day or surf the net. I think it's key to take at least one day completely off each week and a couple of evenings too – and because you're not employed, you can do this when everyone else is at work which makes going to the zoo or museums etc. a much more pleasant experience.

Keep up the good work, you have a great blog!

I've been self-employed at home – unproductively, eventually moved to an office because I hated the isolation of working at home.

My favorite environment is in an open cubicle with lots of people coming up and asking me questions constantly – go figure!

I'm planning on retiring at the end of this year (I'm only 43 – what will I do with all that time!) – maybe I'll renovate houses – if I'm not afraid to enter the market – who knows?

I think it's easier to become more self-disciplined as you get older and learn more about yourself and what works for you.

I do have to recommend an absolutely fantastic time management system that's making it's rounds around the net now – and I've tried them all – it's called Autofocus and was developed by Mark Forster (he wrote 2 great books: “Get Everything Done, But Still Have Time to Play” and “Do It Tomorrow”. ) Trent at The Simple Dollar reviewed one of his books and loved it. You can check it out at http://www.markforster.net – the forum has a lot of self employed people on it as well as desk jockeys, so there's a good mix of people.

I think it's valuable when self employed to make your own structure to the day. Most people have this experience on weekends occasionally when you literally want to just sit on the couch and watch TV all day or surf the net. I think it's key to take at least one day completely off each week and a couple of evenings too – and because you're not employed, you can do this when everyone else is at work which makes going to the zoo or museums etc. a much more pleasant experience.

Keep up the good work, you have a great blog!

Anyway, great article — there is much truth to your thoughts… I'm glad I'm not the only one who works most efficiently with a full plate.

Although as an executive I can set my own schedule and work from home whenever I want, I pretty much never work from home. I like going to the office, talking to folks face to face and being in an environment which is work oriented. This greatly improves my ability to get things done.