Do You Treat Your Home Based Business Like a Business?
Many people are trying to balance an at home business and a busy family life.
Because of the internet, home businesses are common.
Many of these businesses are run by women.
But some women find it difficult to separate business and family, and family tends to encroach on the time that a mom may want to devote to her business.
Women that decide to become stay at home moms have a lot of responsibilities.
The business becomes secondary.
And then the business suffers.
Here are some tips to keep both work and family running smoothly: Develop a Consistent Routine Allocate time every day to devote to work.
If you try to squeeze work in with a 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there approach, you will accomplish nothing and be very frustrated.
It is important to set aside undisturbed time for work.
Get Childcare You may be home all day - but it is hard, if not impossible, to work and manage children at the same time.
To avoid this stress, childcare is a must.
If this is not an option, enlist your spouse's help and set aside some time each evening or weekend where he will take over childcare duties so you can work.
Use Your Time Efficiently Don't get distracted during your work time.
No personal phone calls, laundry, chores, errands, etc.
Work time is precious, don't squander it.
If you worked outside of the home you certainly wouldn't be doing laundry during office hours.
Live By Your To Do List Again, to use your time efficiently, you must set a to do list.
Before you start work for the day, make sure you have a list of tasks that you want to accomplish - and do not deviate.
You will get a lot more done this way.
Despite your best intentions, family needs will just take over on some days.
As long as bounce right back into the routine, this will not hamper your progress.
Remember, by treating your business as a professional endeavor - other people (your customers) will take you seriously.
And this will lead to success.
Because of the internet, home businesses are common.
Many of these businesses are run by women.
But some women find it difficult to separate business and family, and family tends to encroach on the time that a mom may want to devote to her business.
Women that decide to become stay at home moms have a lot of responsibilities.
The business becomes secondary.
And then the business suffers.
Here are some tips to keep both work and family running smoothly: Develop a Consistent Routine Allocate time every day to devote to work.
If you try to squeeze work in with a 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there approach, you will accomplish nothing and be very frustrated.
It is important to set aside undisturbed time for work.
Get Childcare You may be home all day - but it is hard, if not impossible, to work and manage children at the same time.
To avoid this stress, childcare is a must.
If this is not an option, enlist your spouse's help and set aside some time each evening or weekend where he will take over childcare duties so you can work.
Use Your Time Efficiently Don't get distracted during your work time.
No personal phone calls, laundry, chores, errands, etc.
Work time is precious, don't squander it.
If you worked outside of the home you certainly wouldn't be doing laundry during office hours.
Live By Your To Do List Again, to use your time efficiently, you must set a to do list.
Before you start work for the day, make sure you have a list of tasks that you want to accomplish - and do not deviate.
You will get a lot more done this way.
Despite your best intentions, family needs will just take over on some days.
As long as bounce right back into the routine, this will not hamper your progress.
Remember, by treating your business as a professional endeavor - other people (your customers) will take you seriously.
And this will lead to success.
