CLARK STACIE CLARK STACIE - HER LIFE Magazine
CLARK STACIE CLARK STACIE - HER LIFE Magazine
CLARK STACIE CLARK STACIE - HER LIFE Magazine
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herlife | working womenSeparating Work and Personal Personasby candi smithOver 150 years ago, SojournerTruth proclaimed that she couldbirth babies and plow fields—andemphasized, “Ain’t I a woman?” The morethings change, the more they stay the same.We still work at home, outside the homeand everywhere in between. Ain’t womenwondrous?But it’s important that as you forgeprofessional and private personas, you setclear boundaries to help create rhythm inyour life. Fortunately, today’s woman hasmany resources available at her fingertips tohelp guide her with this duality.Separate your work and home lifestylesby using technology consistently. Forinstance, carry two different mobile phones,ensuring that only one is used for work callsand emails. It allows you to continue tocommunicate with necessary professionalcontacts throughout the day and frees up yourpersonal cell phone for calls from family andfriends. Many employers provide a phone toyou for business purposes. Additionally, bydedicating a line to work calls, you can take abusiness expense write-off (if self-employed)for taxes.If you work out of your home, make sureyou dedicate a space for your home office.It psychologically helps you put on your“professional hat” when you need to haveyour head in the game. And it helps keep yourwork life from seeping into your personal andprivate time.Create structure in your day by using sometype of planner (online calendars work greatbecause they have reminders and notificationsthat might otherwise get missed on hard copycalendars). This allows you to have a set endof your workday, especially important if youtend to be a workaholic who has a hard timerecognizing when the workday is through. Italso keeps you focused on tasks that you needto complete.Try to keep a notepad handy at all timesfor when you have those flashes of brilliance(which usually come in the middle of thenight!). This allows you to jot down a fewprofessional notes, but quickly return to yourpersonal time. Don’t fully flesh out businessideas at this time—just refer to your noteslater to start the creative processes flowing.Create separate email addresses for yourwork and private lives, along with appropriate40 <strong>HER</strong><strong>LIFE</strong>MAGAZINE.COM