To folks who work traditional jobs, having an online business sounds amazingly fun, liberating and suspiciously like an extended vacation.

Part of this is spot on–you really can’t beat working your own hours from the comfort of your own home and collaborating with colleagues across the globe.

It’s a dream job, but there is a challenging flip side– most of us online biz owners find that we’re perpetually working, constantly online, and eternally trying to sheild ourselves from the virtual tennis balls that are constantly being hurled at our heads in the form of email, IMs, phone calls, RSS feeds and a never-ending source of internet stimuli.

When your dream business starts taking over your entire life, something’s gotta give and steps have to be taken to get your life and your time back under control.

Here are 5 tried and trusted ways to get your online workday back on track:
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Originally posted on March 13, 2007 @ 4:35 am