P is for Picking Out the Right Home Office Equipment
Before you run out and buy everything in Office Depot or Walmart for your new home office, you need to stop and evaluate your needs. Many new work at home moms are so focused on getting their office set up, they never think about the things they absolutely need, such as the right computer, phone equipment, headsets, fax machine, scanner, copier, or an all-in-one machine. Also, office supplies can be overlooked as well. May WAH mothers forget to purchase extra ink or toner, and paper. Your home office should be comfortable and reflect you, but you have to be sure it functions properly.
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O is for Opportunity
If you are a beginner in the work at home field, there are plenty of opportunities for moms. You can start your own business, become a freelance writer, data entry work, customer service work, virtual assistance positions, sales, and much more. Being a work at home mommy does not consist of stuffing envelopes or paying someone to get to make earrings or doll hair anymore. They work industry has changed and more and more businesses are looking to fill their needs with personal outside of the office. This has opened a whole new world of opportunity for many moms to feel like they can have it all; the time with their family and a successful career. Below are some of the opportunities available to you.
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N is for Never Settling for Less Than Your Best
You may be exhausted from a busy schedule so far. Now it is late in the week and you are thinking about shortcuts or slacking a little. This is never a good idea for work at home mothers. You are setting an example for your kids and never settling for less than your best even when it is hard, is a great example to set. Plus, if you always give it your all, you never have to feel regret if a projects does not turn out as if you hoped. It is always best to stop and take a break than continue and look for ways to work subpar. You will feel better about your work and it will show. The following tips will help you always do your best.
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M is for Munching on Healthy Foods While Working
Sometimes as a work at home professional, you may tent to put your dietary needs to the side. You are more focused on your family’s and your client’s needs instead. Therefore, you probably do not give your snack choices much thought. This can be disastrous to your waistline and your health. Chips, sugary sodas, candy, leftover pizza, and other high fat, carbs, and sodium may taste great in the middle of a stressful day, but they are contributing to you fatigue. After all, the word fat is in fatigue for a reason. However, munching on healthy foods while working is a great way to combat that exhausted feeling at about noon. Below are some of the best healthy snack foods you can eat while working.
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L is for Looking Back on Past Business Mistakes
Every work at home professional must spend time looking back on past business mistakes in order to avoid them again in the future. You are not Superwoman, even if you feel like you are. Therefore, you will make mistakes; it is only natural. The key is to go back over them and understand where and why you went wrong. There is no cause to beat yourself up about the mistakes either. Even multibillionaires like Donald Trump have made mistakes that sent him into bankruptcy. The difference is, he analyzed them and learned from them. This is exactly how you should treat your mistakes, as learning tools for the future.
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K is for Kicking Back and Relaxing to Rejuvenate Yourself
In order for you not to become burned out, you have to incorporate time for kicking back and relaxing to rejuvenate yourself. Work at home mothers are in no way immune to the stresses of a work environment, such as deadlines and a heavy workload. In fact, they may become more stressed and overwhelmed at times, because they are working and providing their own childcare. Try these simple relaxing tips and unwind for a while.
You Are Never Too Old For a Bubble Bath
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J is for Just Spending Time With Your Children
One of the great things about being a work at home mom is just spending time with your children. This is truly a luxury many moms that have out of the home traditional job simply do not have. This is the main reason there are more and more WAH professionals: Family. Mothers and fathers that are out of the home and have to rely on daycare and babysitters miss out on most of their children’s first milestones, such as walking and their first words. In addition, the cost of childcare has not gotten any cheaper even though the economy is poor. So, when you combine the two, many mothers are left with only one logical option and that it to work and be at home with their children.
