I’m a professional Web designer working from home. I’ve always had a problem with this notion of separating home from office. It’s good advice to have a physical separation, but this idea of knowing “what’s work and what’s life” doesn’t always apply.

I chose to start freelancing because I enjoy doing what I do. There are always new things to learn, and learning them is as much my hobby as it is my job, so I find that I’m never really *not* working. If I turned it off everyday at 5pm, my business would stagnate pretty fast.

The idea of having a separate email address and phone for business doesn’t work for me either. Using my business email address in non-work-related activities (like posting this comment) helps me to build my brand online, which will make me appear more professional than having two identities will.

And having one phone number doesn’t matter much either as long as I make my hours of availability clear to my clients.

Maybe it’s just me.