Working at home is not without problems or difficulties.
I am not talking about the nature of the job but rather the external factors that can affect the productivity quite seriously.
The most common are distractions.
These, if not addressed properly, can effectively affect your work that would result to the deterioration of your productivity.
But before anything else, it is very essential to recognize what these distractions are.
The following are the most common occurrence work at home folks would encounter on a daily basis: Procrastination Surfing aimlessly around the net, one can develop the habit of laziness.
This would make you glued to the computer for a longer period whereby forcing you to neglect other aspects of living.
Noise Having babies, kids or children including pets around the house are perfect situations for distractions.
The commotions and noises they would create as a result of their activities are disturbances one has to bear on a daily basis when working at home.
Girlfriends Some folks claimed that the presence of their girlfriends around the house affected their productivities so that's why, they were looking for suitable places to work where there are no distractions.
Cellphone & Television Leaving the cellphone and television on can stray your precious attention away from your work every now and then.
So, it is best to turn these gadgets off while you're in the midst of an important project.
Working at home can sometimes make you lazy and your social life will suffer aside from gradually neglecting yourself.
That's why, it is very important to strike a balance between work and other aspects of living.
The ground rules you had set in order to not getting interrupted when working at home are bound to be broken and you need to find other alternatives that can allow you to work efficiently.
The following are few things you can do to make you more motivated to work:

• With laptop in tow, you can go to a local coffee shop or a public library.
  You will be amazed to realize that you can focus and do more work in these settings.
  Many swear that their productivity increase a number of times when they were working in these places.
  
• Upon knowing that you can work more efficiently outside of home, you can allow yourself to rent an office space.
  To have a quite place to work is the ideal way to go just to get away from all the distractions from home.
  
• Putting up an office out in the backyard may turn out to be a good decision and it is one thing that you have to consider if you have one.
  

But there are others who insist on working at home because it allows them to save precious time and money.
In order to stay motivated, here are a few things you can do:

• Have a visual reminder of the world outside that can be viewed from your desk like a window with a nice view or a big picture on the wall with a beautiful scenery.
  
• Take frequent breaks just to get away from the computer and walk around or do some exercise briefly in order to maintain good circulation of the blood.
  
• Make sure that the door in your home office has a bolt or lock so that others could not just enter the room without permission.
  

These are issues that exist when working at home and not all work at home enthusiasts have the same preference.
And it's a matter of knowing which do you prefer.
As this once popular old song goes, to each his own.