Support: Work at Home Moms

Support for work at home moms (WAHM).

Design a Home Office - Tips for Setting Up Your Work Space
Take a big step to ensure your success as a Work at Home Mom. Design a space of your own as a Home Office. Of course, you can begin working from a laptop in whichever room you’re in, whether it’s the kitchen or the dining-room. But the constant interruptions will drain your productivity and sap your energy. At the end of the work-day, you’ll find you haven’t got a lot of work done – sometimes none at all. It’s time to set up your very own home office.
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Busy Kids - Keeping Your Kids Busy While You Work at Home
Help! You’ve got a deadline to meet, a big project to handle and just at that time your kids forget how to entertain themselves and want Mommy’s attention all the time.
Here are some practical tips to help keep the kids engaged and out of your hair while still getting your work done.
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Getting Hubby On Board
One of the biggest challenges many of us face when we first start to work from home is getting our husbands on board. Many of them aren’t exactly excited about initially losing the income we used to make working outside the home. Or if you haven’t been working, hubby may be worried about getting less attention, or that he’ll have to help more with the kids and around the house (which he will).
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The To - Do List ... Your Best Friend
One of the biggest problems of working from home is staying focused and getting the things done that need to get done. Not only are there work deadlines to meet, you also have dirty laundry laying around, there are dishes to clean, and you have to make sure you pick up your child from soccer on time.
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Balancing Work and Home Life
One of the hardest skills to master when you are working from home is to find a good balance between work and home life. Since you are working in the same place where you play with the kids, cook dinner and do your housework, it’s hard to separate the two. That’s when you end up doing laundry when you should be finishing a report, or spend your evening working because you walked over to check your email.
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Dealing With the Isolation Being A WAHM Brings With It
In the beginning we love being able to get up, grab a cup of coffee and walk to the “office” in our pjs. Who would ever want to go back to those crazy commuting days? After a while we slowly begin to miss those chats around the water cooler and being able to walk over to a coworker’s desk. Being stuck at home and isolated from the rest of the adult world is one of the biggest challenges we face as work at home moms.
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Finding Enough Hours In The Day
I’m guessing that it took you about a week to find out that there just aren’t enough hours in the day when you work from home and still take care of your family. Your list of things that need to be done seems to be getting longer each day. Here are a few things you can do to get more done in less time. Give them a try and see if there aren’t enough hours in the day after all.
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Quick and Easy Marketing Ideas
No matter what you are doing to work at home, you can benefit from more business. When it’s time to get the word out about what it is you do, here are some quick and easy marketing ideas.
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Avoiding the WAHM Weight Gain
It happens to the best of us. A few months after starting to work from home we step on the bathroom scale and discover that we’ve gained 10 pounds. How did that happen? Sitting in front of the computer can add pounds quicker than we’d think. The good news is that, with a little initiative and self-control, you can not only prevent more weight from creeping on, and you can get rid of your excess weight altogether.
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How To Work On The Go
As a mom you are constantly on the go. After all one of your job descriptions is apparently being a personal driver for your kids. Since you are going to spend a good bit of time each week driving the kids to and from soccer practice and ballet, why not make the most of that time and work on the go? Here are some ideas on how you can make those time slots more productive.
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When Stress Is High – How To Unwind
Let’s face it, every job has stressful periods (no pun intended) and it is going to happen to you when you work from home sooner or later. A deadline sneaks up on you, you are dealing with an annoying client, or your computer messes up at the worst possible moment. One of the problems with working from home is that you can’t avoid bringing your work home with you – it’s already there. So how do you unwind when you get stressed in your home office? Try a few of these tips.
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Creating your own Income Opportunities
Have you been looking for a way to earn money from home? Why not take the skills you currently have and build a business around them? You will be able to create your own work schedule and can choose to work with local businesses or with people you meet online.
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Creative Childcare Solutions For WAHMs
If you are a work at home mom, you probably became one so you could spend more time with your children. However, there will most likely be times in your business when you will need to arrange for childcare. The following are some creative solutions to your childcare dilemmas.
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Easy Time Management Tricks for WAHMs
Many people assume that work at home moms have it easy; however, if any of those people have ever lived a day as a WAHM they would know it isn’t so simple. There are children to take care of, a house to clean, a dog to walk, groceries to buy, dinner to cook and dishes to wash. Oh, and then there’s that business to work!
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How to Stay Confident in your Decision to be a WAHM
If you are a WAHM, there will probably be some point where a relative, friend, or even a stranger will ask you “so, when are you going to get a real job?” Those kinds of questions can hurt, especially when, in reality, you are working very hard. Here are some suggestions on how to deal with those insensitive comments.
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Organization Tips for WAHMs
Do you have piles of papers on your desk? Is there a stack of receipts shoved in your drawer? Do you ever find yourself looking for a phone number that you just know you wrote down somewhere? If you are suffering from a lack of organization, here are some suggestions on how to tackle it.
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Remember to Take Care of Yourself
By nature, women are nurturers and care-takers. If someone within a 50 mile radius has a problem, a woman will try to help them! WAHMs are no exception. They spend their days caught up in a whirlwind of taking care of their families, housework and working their businesses. However, a WAHM can easily forget to take care of herself!
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Simple Ways for WAHMs to Balance Work and Relationships
No one has ever said that marriage is easy. Balancing your business, kids and marriage can be especially difficult. When you are feeling stressed, it is easy to put your relationship on the back burner. Here are some ways to keep it front and center.
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Stepping Out of the WAHM Comfort Zone
As a WAHM, you probably have a circle of WAHM friends that you may have met locally or online. They share in your successes, offer advice when you get stuck and listen when you have a bad day. They understand your life as a work at home mom.
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Teaming up with other WAHMs on Joint Ventures
You have probably heard the old saying: “two heads are better than one”. Have you ever thought of applying that to your business? Teaming up with another WAHM is a great way to expand your business while learning new skills.
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Tips for Staying Focused on your Business
If you are easily distracted, staying focused on your business can be harder than doing the actual work of your business! It is very easy to procrastinate, especially when you are a WAHM. There are always ‘so many other things to do’.
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Tips on Avoiding the Comparison Trap
Have you ever heard of a term called “healthy competition”? Competition can be a driving force when used properly. For instance, when two or more WAHMs get together and see who can sell the most product in a month or who can make the most customer follow-up calls in an hour can be fun. Having that competition going can give you something to work for and you may end up accomplishing more than you would have otherwise.
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WAHM Networking 101
If you have been searching online for work at home opportunities, you have probably come across several websites, message boards and forums. These message boards and forums will allow you to meet and network with WAHMs across the world.
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Walking the WAHM Tightrope Balancing Work and Family
Sometimes, being a work at home mom can feel like walking on a tight-rope! Balancing your work-time and you family-time can almost feel overwhelming, but it can be done. As a WAHM you are ahead of the game. The following are some tips to help keep you balanced – and sane!
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What it Takes to be a Successful WAHM
Being a work at home mom can be one of the most satisfying things you can do with your life. You will be able to spend time with your family and have the opportunity to create a successful business. It takes a lot of work, maybe more than you realized when you first started out. Here are some tips on how to keep going when things get tough.
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Yes it is Possible to Earn Money from Home
Are you a mom looking for a way to make money from home? There are actually many ways to work from home, and if you are just starting your search, get ready to dive in! There are opportunities to work locally off-line and globally online!
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Time Management and Goal Setting
Articles to help moms get more done and achieve more out of life.