Work at Home Job Search       Find The Perfect Home Business! Free Match Up Service
150 Home Biz Opps Got a Blog? List it for Free! Free Fax Covers
HOME BUSINESS STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES  ||  WORK AT HOME IDEAS  ||  BIZ OPPS  ||   ARTICLES  ||  CLASSIFIEDS   ||  MESSAGE BOARDS
WAHM Directory  ||  Promote Your Business ||  Links  ||  Freebies  ||  Kid Stuff  ||  Recipes  ||  Work at Home Blog  ||  Contact  ||  Advertise
TOP 20 WORK AT HOME JOBS IN YOUR CITY  ||  WORK AT HOME JOB SEARCH  ||  OUR SITES  ||  PRINTABLES   ||  BIZ TOOLS   ||  ABOUT 




What’s a sick day?

admin Posted in Work at Home, Work at Home Tips Comments Off on What’s a sick day?

 

I have been sick for about 10 days now. Not just the "I’m not feeling very good" kind of sick, but the "I need to be in bed" kinf of sick. And needless to say, it stinks! It is bad enough being sick and trying to keep up with regular mom and family duties, but throw in the fact that you have a home business to run and that is enough to make your head spin.

So, what exactly do you do when you find yourself under the weather and business deadlines still need to be met? First of all, you need to listen to your body and take care of yourself. If you don’t, you will just prolong your sickness and become even more backlogged with your business.

If you know that you are going to be missing deadlines, send a quick note off to your clients letting them know that you are ill and that you will take care of them as soon as you can AND if that is ok for them.

If they are in dire need to stick to their deadline, you may need to line up that extra helping hand to take care of anything that absolutely cannot wait OR attempt to spend just a small amount of time working at projects that are essential to keep on track with.

Ask your family to help out where they can. Kids and hubby can help out with mailings or reading email for you for any emergencies.

Hopefully you won’t be down for the count too long, your work and business WILL still be there when you are better. Try and do the very few things that have to get done, and then try to shut down your mind from working at home and take care of you. You can then mend faster and be stronger when you do get back to business.

 
Facebooktwitterpinterestlinkedinrssinstagram
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

TGIF? What is That?

admin Posted in Work at Home Comments Off on TGIF? What is That?

 

It’s Friday. Most people who hold down a job are proclaiming the "TGIF" (Thank God It’s Friday) acronym. Funny thing is…. for many of us work at home moms, "TGIF" doesn’t mean much as far as a sense of "relief" goes. Most work at home moms find that they need to also put in some hours on the weekend for their business. At least that is how it goes around here.

We all try and plug away during the week to get done what we need to, but when juggling children, household duties, volunteer obligations along with running a business… sometimes 24 hours in a day just isn’t enough.

The weekend can bring a bit of extra help when dad is home and can take on some of the responsibilities, which in turn can give you some extra time to catch up on the weekly tasks that slipped through the cracks. Many work at home moms who are involved in direct sales are holding parties, open houses or making deliveries. As work at home moms, many times we need to fit our business responsibilities in where we can. I use the weekend to answer emails that weren’t "urgent" during the week and to catch up on paperwork along with website changes that weren’t critical.

So even though most of the working world is singing the "TGIF" tune, myself, along with many other work at home moms are saying.."it’s just another day."

 
Facebooktwitterpinterestlinkedinrssinstagram
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

No such thing as a summer slow down

admin Posted in Work at Home Comments Off on No such thing as a summer slow down

 

For those work at home moms who are very serious about running their business as a business, as opposed to as a hobby, (and NOTHING is wrong with having a hobby business, please don’t misunderstand what I’m saying)…there is no summer slow down for us. Our bills remain the same, so the money needs to continue to come in and this summer, I think my phone has been ringing more than it has in the winter & spring.

At times I envy those work at home moms who do see a bit of a summer slow down and are in the position to be able to experience that. While it is wonderful to work at home and have the flexibility of rearranging your schedule, the busier your business becomes, and depending on the nature of your business, that flexibility can move further away. As our businesses grow, many times the work hours may need to change. What started out for me as a mainly working at nite business, has come to the point of really needing to be available for much of the daytime – regular business hours. I am dealing with individuals and companies who have "regular" business hours so need to adjust my schedule to that. I’m still able to get alot of work done at night, as that is the easiest after the kids are in bed, but some business contacts and issues HAVE to be handled during regular working hours.

While summer may not be slowing down for my business, I do still make sure to take the time to enjoy the sunny days with my kids with a variety of activities. Still enjoying many of the benefits and reasons of wanting to be a work at home mom.

 
Facebooktwitterpinterestlinkedinrssinstagram
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

« Previous Entries
Next Entries »