I is for Initializing a Conversation with Other Work at Home Professionals
As a work at home mom, it is important to have contacts who are other work at home professionals. You may need to have assistance with a project or need a reference for one of your clients. These contacts are also a great place to ask about new leads or advice. There are several places to get in touch and start initializing a conversation with other work at home professionals. There are all sorts of online places you can go to get in touch with the work at home community and several are dedicated to mothers. The following are three places to initializing a conversation.
H is for Having Fun While Being a Work at Home Mum
There are probably a million reasons you decided on a work at home lifestyle. As a mother, you wanted to be home with your children and actually get to see them grow, instead of having to shuffle them off to a daycare every day. You wanted more time to focus on your home and yourself. However, one of the reasons was surely not to fun while being a work at home mom. This is just a happy side effect of the work. You are probably asking what kind of fun you could possibly have while you are working. Well, there are several ways to have fun at home and still get your work completed.
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F is for Finalizing a Contract before Starting a Project
One of the most important things a work at home mom can do is check every detail of the contract before finalizing it and starting the work. You will save yourself a lot of problems if you make this a regular habit. There have been many women left with no recourse after completing a project and the other party did not pay. You will not only be out the money promised, but out the time and effort you spent on it, which could have been used on another legitimate project. So you yourself a favor and continue to read on for some helpful hint to make contract finalizing second nature.
D is for Doing it All as a Work at Home Mum
As a work at home mother you have to do it all or at least try to do it all. You are the supervisor, cook, housekeeper, personal shopper, child caregiver, taxi driver to your kids, and a contractor. If you stop for even a moment to think about it, you become overwhelmed. This anxiety can become even more pronounce when there are big projects due that coincide with life events, such as your child’s school play or ball game, a wedding or anniversary, or even an illness. These things can through your entire work at home world into a spin. However, there are a few preemptive steps you can take to lessen your stress and anxiety, should something come up.
