There is no place like home, and whilst running a massage therapy practice from home has its advantages like no rent and less power cost there are some disadvantages you need to be aware of if you are thinking from setting up your massage therapy business from home. 1. Stay focused It's easy to become distracted sometimes when you work from home doing massage therapy. It's too easy to say "Oh I'll just get a cup of coffee" whilst writing your all-important massage business plan. When things are difficult or challenging in your massage therapy practice you can easily head straight for the comforts of your home and not go back to the important tasks at hand. In a massage therapy clinic away from home, you can become more focused and can get more done than at home for this very reason. No distractions and nothing to use as an excuse to distract you from something you'd much rather not do. If possible have your massage therapy treatment room away from the main living areas. If you have a spare room as far away from the rest of house as possible then it will prove not only quiet but less distraction should prevail. 2. Set your hours. While working from home gives you more freedom over the booked massage therapy treatments, it also gives you more room to become lapse at keep up with other tasks that are important such as bookkeeping, keeping up to date with client history files, washing towels, cleaning down the room from the days activities. So try to set strict working hours for certain tasks. Since you are seeing more people during the day and most likely in the evenings too, make sure you allocate the next morning to catch up on all these other tasks that are essential to running your massage business. 3. Getting It Clear With Family. As great as they are, family need to understand your working boundaries. It's too easy for the kids to knock on your door whilst doing a massage or trying to get your massage therapy client records up to date. Your family need to be fully aware (emergencies excepted of course) that you are not to be disturbed during certain allocated working hours. You can say that between 7pm and 8.30pm you need to be undisturbed after you finish treating clients for the day. That way you can get all those things done that you don't get time to do during the day when treating clients. 4. Adhere to that massage therapy business plan. A massage therapy business plan is a working progress of what direction you are going in your massage therapy business. It's a map to achieving your goals and attaining the massage therapy business you would love to have in your life. A massage therapy business plan is not just something you write on your computer because you've been told you should. A massage therapy business plan, if done with heartfelt joy for your massage therapy business, is fun, colourful and enjoyable. It should be a plan of what you are going to do and how you are going to do it. Its your own personal guide to your success. Working from home can be great fun and very relaxing. It gives you complete control over your environment and can give you many years of enjoyment. Always remember to put it into perspective and avoid the saboteurs. Good luck! |
