Working at Home Moms
“Are you considering becoming a mompreneur so you won’t have to work a standard nine-to-five job? While it’s true you won’t be working traditional hours as a business owner, exactly what shift will you work as a business-owning mom? Kids’ schedules are chaotic, sporadic and undependable. How are you going to find enough time to actually get the job done, and when will you make it happen?
Too many moms just wing it and try to fit work in whenever and wherever possible. If you ask me, this is a surefire road to burnout. While it doesn’t have to be traditional, you do need to have a plan.
So what does a typical mompreneur schedule look like? There actually is no “typical” schedule that works for everyone, but here are a few ways to work it right.
The Sleep Shift. The most common way to get work done when you’re a mom who works from home is to do it when your kids are sleeping. For some, that means waking up at 4:00 a.m. before your family’s out of bed. For others, it means working late into the night after your kids (and hubby) have gone to bed. Others do a little of both, waking up before their kids do, working during nap times and then putting in a few hours after everyone else has gone to bed. Here’s a schedule that takes this last example into account:
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