Set up a schedule

You will not be able to accomplish anything unless you set up a schedule and stick to it. Professionalism means - working when you don't feel like it. People who are employed outside the home know what *that* is like - most people are 9 to 5-ers and have to go into work and produce whether they feel like it or not. Freelance writers, on the other hand, or anyone who works from home - sometimes feel like if they're not in the mood, they'll just put off their work until they are in the mood...then two days later they find themselves with deadlines they can't meet and an unhappy client. And then there's that old adage, don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. This is particularly true if you have a client who is himself a procrastinator...and will put off doing work with you (for example, if he gives you dictation every day via Skype, except on those days when he doesn't feel like doing it... then one day he wants to get allllll caught up and that's the day you were going to work on some other work that you'd been putting off... it can turn into a vicious circle! So be a professional - work every day whether you feel like it or not.