Most mom entrepreneurs start their home based businesses to have a career that's flexible enough to have a meaningful family life. We give up the 9 to 5 grind but sometimes we end up feeling overwhelmed and a little isolated. Here are self-care and parenting tips that will help you juggle everything you have to do – and enjoy it!
Most mom entrepreneurs start their home based businesses to have a career that's flexible enough to have a meaningful family life. We give up the 9 to 5 grind but sometimes we end up feeling guilty, even though we work at home. This can be a daily struggle. When you're working, you feel like you should be spending time with your kids. When you're with your kids, you're worried about work..
I've always found fall to be the best season for a fresh start. The kids are back to school, summer vacations are over and everyone seems to have renewed focus. This is the perfect time to start prioritizing your business and get back into a groove..
You don’t have to look far to notice the rise of women entrepreneurs. What inspires women to work from home and start their own businesses? There are many reasons from a great idea, to a lack of fulfillment in their current job, to the excitement of taking a risk to the need to create a work/life balance.
We watch our children and our husbands do it, but for us work at home moms it’s so hard to do “nothing”. If you’re like me there’s always something you really should do, or what you could call “working mothers stress” especially if you work from home. You’re already mentally gearing up for next week and thinking of ways to get ahead—maybe it’s catching up on laundry, getting a head start on your next newsletter or responding to last week’s emails.
As a work at home mom, with many projects on my plate and on my mind, it's sometimes difficult to be fully "present" in the different activities that I do, be it work or family related. I get into an unhealthy multi-tasking cycle...you know paying bills while checking emails, cleaning my office while speaking on the phone, leaving too many applications open on my computer so I'm easily distracted.
Here we are in the middle of summer and there are moments when I'm really enjoying myself and others when I'm really stressed. If you're like me I swing back and forth between the two. There are moments with my kids where I wish summer would never end and there are those times when school can't start soon enough!
I've been hearing from so many women working at home who want advice on developing and maximizing an online presence. I think the reason for this interest is that they recognize the benefits of marketing online. The best thing about online marketing is that it allows you to create relationships with more people than you would normally come into contact with.
My husband Allan recently asked me why I love my business so much. One thing I shared is that I love change, fluidity and flexibility. I like to have boundaries but I also like to push them (and break the rules occasionally). I also believe there's nothing quite like entrepreneurship to help you learn who you are and what's important to you.
I'm thrilled to be celebrating my one-year anniversary of the launch of Metromom – I’ve learned so many great lessons along the way. One important lesson is to maintain a circle of business supporters. I whole-heartedly believe this... yet at times I've been challenged to maintain that circle of support.
When you commit to something either commit 0% or 100%. This means when you. That means if you know you can’t commit fully to something, just say no, rather than do it half-heartedly. And, when you say yes, go full throttle. This applies to your family as well.
It can be a challenge to find time for your marriage because, as a mom entrepreneur, you are juggling so many things. It's easy to put it too far down on the priority list. Serial entrepreneur and business coach, Kim DeYoung, shares some great suggestions on how to give your marriage the attention it deserves.
