Saturday, December 16, 2017

Home Business Scheduling

You might think that this blog post is going to be about scheduling appointments and working with clients, but it's not. The "scheduling" I am speaking of here has to do specifically with you - the tarot business owner.

Deciding to start a home tarot reading business is AWESOME! However, it can be difficult moving from the "structured" world of work (outside the home) to the "self-structured" work required for a home business. In the outside work world, you become accustomed to having your entire week's schedule based around whatever hours your job requires of you. You might be up at 5:00 am to shower, grab a quick bite for breakfast (if you give yourself time), get the kids ready for daycare or school (if there are kids in the picture), then you're off to deal with whatever traffic you run into to get to your job and start at the allotted time. Once there, your schedule is based upon whatever your job is within the establishment you work. You have breaks at certain times and lunch is scheduled in there too.

When you embark on a home business adventure, you must be able to structure yourself in much the same way as you did working outside the home if you want to ensure your business's success. It is important to rise at a decent time (no sleeping in until noon) and create a routine for yourself that works in conjunction with what you wish to accomplish on any given day. My day begins at 6:30 am Monday through Saturday. On Sunday, I allow myself to sleep in a bit.

You may, of course, decide to not work on weekends, so if sleeping in is what you need, you can do it then. If you have certain days during the week that you want to accomplish something specific toward your business, especially if you are also providing readings online, you might choose to only do personal readings in your home on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, leaving you Tuesday and Thursday to cover the online portion of your business. You decide how much you want to work and structure around that.

If you are married, your business structure must also work with your spouse's schedule. In my case, I can only take clients in the afternoon (and sometimes evening) as my husband is a musician doing band gigs and playing at nursing homes. Oftentimes, he does not get home from band gigs until 2 or 3 am depending on how far they have traveled to play. This means that he needs time to sleep, so taking morning clients would not work for me. This is why I also have an online business because I can focus on my online business in the morning and clients in my home in the afternoon and some evenings. If your spouse works a regular job, you might be able to take clients throughout the day without it being a problem, then leave your evenings free for family time.

Whatever structured schedule you are able to create, keep in mind that you don't want to book too many readings in a single day, especially if you are also doing online readings. Two to three clients per day is workable as long as you don't allow yourself to get burnt out. When you are burnt out, your readings will not be at their best and you may find yourself struggling to read the cards for your clients. You don't want that, so try to be realistic. Don't do your scheduling of clients based on money because you will bite off more than you can chew and burn out will be inevitable.

Keep in mind, that unless you become extremely popular in a very short period of time or live in a really large city where you can reach more people, you won't have clients every day anyway. On the days that you have no clients booked, you should make a decision the night before as to how to best utilize your time for your business. This might mean spending the whole day working on the online portion of your business if you have a presence online or you might spend the day running around and putting up business cards. Whatever you do, you should get up at your designated time and get started. You want to make sure that you are moving forward every day where your business is concerned - especially when you are first getting started.

The bottom line here is... you won't be able to spend all of your time in your pajamas. Having a home business is often harder than working outside the home BECAUSE you must be accountable for your own time if you want it to be successful. Creating a schedule for yourself will make it much easier for you to build a successful tarot reading business if that is where your heart's desire lies.


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