I’m going to have to agree with Shannon, the weather definately affects my focus level.  So then I thought, what about a whole season?  Can it be that you are more productive during the different seasons? 

Well, it’s finally here, my favorite season, fall!  Just walking outside to get the paper you feel light as air ready to take on the world and maybe even go for a jog (I drank another cup of coffee instead J.  Summer in SC is pretty hot and VERY humid.  If you have errands/appointments during the day, then by the time that you return, you feel pretty tired and exhausted.  I guess it would stand to reason that I’m not as productive.  What about winter?  I guess in the winter there’s nothing to do but huddle indoors and work….so maybe I am more productive.  I’ve never really thought about it but will pay more attention when the temp drops below 55 degrees (to a Southerner – that’s cold).  We’re used to flip-flops and tank-tops for most of year.….not sweaters, hats, gloves, parkas, and boots.  I don’t know how you Northerners can stand it.  But, I guess you can get used to anything.  In fact, our northern friends look like their going to pass out when we hit 90…which is most of the summer.  So, my parting advice:  If fall is YOUR most productive season…..seize the day so you can slack off laterJ!!

Do you suffer from a “little” anxiety as you build your home-based business?  Feel like you’re just waiting for all of your work to show results?  Anyone who operates a home-based business probably has probably experienced this.  You market your product/service, network, work on your website, submit press releases etc.  But here’s the problem….a lot of what you end up doing, at least in the beginning, is WAITING.  You know that that just one phone call, one client, one opportunity can transform you from the Waiting to “Working like a crazy person”.  So how do I maintain my sanity?

Breathing and meditating.  I learned this from a yoga show on FIT TV.  I basically watch….I don’t actually do the exercises J, except for this breathing thing….this I can do from the couch.  Breathe in through your nose slowly for 4 seconds, hold for 16 and exhale through your mouth for 8.  As your lungs get stronger go up to 5, 20, 10 then 6, 24,12 and so on.  You get the formula.  You can almost feel a chemical change in your body.  Your shoulders relax, oxygen gets to the brain, some of the tension seems to leave your back and when you’re done, you feel like you can get back to it.  It works even if you’re not waiting but working like crazy.  Try it……Practice It…..It works!