Working at home can be very rewarding, yet very challenging. Especially since most wages are based on productivity, not an hourly wage. Learn how to increase your productivity so that you will not have to work more hours to get more money.

a. Set up a workspace that is only used for you job. It would be great if this space had a door, but if not don't worry. Even a corner in the dining room will work if it is only used for the purpose of your work at home job.

b. Set up regular office hours and stick to them. This means that you cannot finish the dishes. If your hours starts at 9:00 a.m., then start working at 9 a.m.

c. When other people call during your office hours for a favor "since you aren't working," say no. You must stick to your office hours. If you don't respect them, no one else will.

d. Only check e-mail 2 or three times a day. It may be tempting to check to see what new clients or assignments every hour or more, but every time you do, you waste precious minutes. Even if it only takes 3 minutes to check your e-mail, if you check five extra times, you waste 15 minutes. Think how much work you can get done in 15 minutes.

e. Refrain from surfing the web. If your job requires you to be on the Internet, only use the sites you absolutely need to during office hours. Don't click on interesting articles when you check your email, this takes precious money making minutes from your job.