Your Business Shouldn’t Take the Holiday Season Off
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Over the years I have noticed that the holidays can be a difficult time for moms who work out of their homes to stay focused and stick to their regular work routine. While working out of your home does give you flexibility, you still do have a business to run and people counting on you to deliver your product or service. So,
while it may be tempting to "ditch" work more than normal to run holiday errands, bake cookies, decorate and take more breaks than usual, I caution you to be careful to not go overboard. Plan accordingly, just as
when you worked out of the home. |
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When work needed to be done, you couldn’t decide to simply not show up for work or leave during the work
day because you wanted to have fun, instead of being in the office.
Granted, all people get vacation time and you need to, in essence,
schedule your own vacation time from the business you do out of your
home.
Being your own employer takes discipline, and requires that you make
sound and professional decisions. You need to remind yourself that even
though the holidays are here, you do have a business that still needs to
run and be taken care of. Depending on your business, and whether you
own that business or work for someone else, you need to make a plan that
will carry you through the holiday season while still creating the time
you want away from work. By playing hooky too much, you will fall behind
in all you had hoped to accomplish, and be complaining about it when
January hits, and even worse, not bring in as much money as you need
each month. Remember, real businesses in the real world don’t stop when
the holidays hit. They need to go on as they always do throughout the
entire year.
This holiday season, be sure to make a plan, take some extra time off to
enjoy family and festivities, but at the same time, making it a priority
to continue with your work and business in a professional and
responsible manner.
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Cyndi Webb is the Founder and President of
Moms Network – an organization dedicated to the promotion and success of Moms in business. Since 1997
she has promoted and worked with thousands of work at home moms in
coaching and guiding them in how to help grow their businesses. Over the
years Moms Network has evolved to include more than 20 websites offering
free resources to moms from all walks of life. Cyndi makes her home in
Minnesota with her husband and two children. |
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