Working on your focus while working can be tough, particularly when your workspace isn’t isolated from the remainder of your house. You need a personal place to work, where you can shut the door and not be upset by the world on the other side of it. Each week, make a work schedule and discipline yourself to keep to it. You are your own boss now, and your sole worker, so you have got to keep yourself in line to have a high production yield. Set goals for yourself, and time limits within which to complete each project. Provide time at the start and end of your work hours to test your email and make your replies polite, but as brief as possible . If a lengthy business call or a family emergency cuts into your scheduled work hours, try to compensate by working a little longer for a couple of days. Having discipline doesn’t mean standing over yourself with a whip or adamantly sticking to your schedule, come what may, but barring unforeseen events that require your immediate attention, you diligently apply yourself to your business during the time you have set aside for it.

When you treat your jewelry making as a business, so will others. Eventually everybody will become used to the changes you make to accommodate your new business schedule, and honoring your work time will become part of the daily routine. As your business grows, you almost surely will need to readjust your working routine to keep up with the demand for your blue sapphire jewellery, but if you worked outside your home before turning your hobby into a business, it is going to be like returning to a former routine, and will not seem such a drastic change to your family.

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