Need to VENT? Family & Biz Mix?

I am also an independent business owner, www.freedomathometeam.com/cbende. I have 2 sons at home with me all day, 2yrs and 3yrs old. I have found that making an actual hourly schedule for what I need to do and hang it up on the fridge or wherever I can see it. It keeps me on track to give attention to the things that need it.  

Hey Everyone!

I'm new here, but not new to being a WAHM.  I've actually been successfully running my own on-line home biz for a little over 3 years now.  I'm a mom of 2 (ages 3 and 5) with a hubby and 2 dogs (who are also like my children).  In addition to that, I coach my 5 year old's soccer team and do volunteer work at our church.  Am I busy or what???  Being a nurse by education, I am a master of multi-tasking and prioritizing.

I found out EARLY on that there is NO success that can compensate for FAILURE in the home.  So, I sat my family down (even though my boys were small) to share with them my WHY and my GOALS for our family.  I kept it simple for my kids with things like, "If you let mommy spend a little time on the phone TODAY, then tomorrow we can go to the park."  I set a DATE night with my hubby each week and the rules were simple:  NO BIZ or KID talk!  It's important for my continued success that he be on board and supportive of my choice to do this for US.

I set "office hours" and stuck to them.  How could I do business if I wasn't actually open for business?  Keep a calendar so that you can see at a GLANCE what your day/week looks like.

Schedule "MOMMY" time and stick to it no matter how far behind you are in the laundry or dishes.  Your sanity will thank you for it. (so will your feet!)

Most of all--take time EACH day to thank your lucky stars that you have the BEST job in the world--the job of a WAHM!!!!  A million moms working outside of the home would trade places with you in a heartbeat, if given the chance.

Hope this helps you all...

Edie--mom of 2, CEO

I'm a mother of a super cute 1yr old boy. I also run my own web design company from home. The biggest sanity saver for me was coming to terms with needing in-home childcare so I could actually get my work done. I still get to have Sean home with me even when I can't spend every waking moment with him. So much of it does come down to scheduling, multitasking without going batty. The other big thing... which I'm still learning to do... is taking time for myself every once in awhile. It seems like there is no time for anything between work, work, and yeah, work. But taking a break for myself, even though I feel guilty for neglecting all my responsibilities, really does help put things into perspective for me, clear my head and reset!

My husband and I farm so we are home all day. It does tend to get a little ruff at times but the joy of being home with Alexis almost 2 years old makes everything ok at the end of the day.

we live in home and have our childcare business so we are also in home most of the day
we are a couple for 19 years and ups and downs are forever
as yesterday we have a good sale in one of our stores 20 wii's
and we was in a good move
but we start to talk about spend less money in gas bcs is expensive to go out and hubby answer me, well u can go any time u want

well was not the answer I was expecting but hurt me...
but as I said marriage is ups and downs
not matter how many years

acapulco1964

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