The Magic Act-Managing Your Time Before It Vanishes
There is just not enough time in the day. You’ve heard it before and if you are a work at home mom you’ve probably said it several times. You may have even said it several times today. Twenty-four hours seems eternity when you are anticipating a special event, but flies by far too rapidly on a normal day.
There are strategies that will help you manage your time more effectively and efficiently. Schedules have to be made even if you abhor structure. Visualizing the week all at once really creates the necessity to eliminate things you can live without. You may realize your children are involved in too many activities and you can’t be two places at once. That’s right even with all the technology we have clones are still “too controversial.” Sorry moms!
You may have to make a few schedules – one for home, one to keep the home based business rolling along smoothly, and one just for your personal time. The idea of scheduling is to eliminate a lot of clutter and guess work so the fewer schedules you need to adhere to the better your schedule will actually work.
Structuring your chores so that you are not looping around and backtracking like the kid in the Family Circle cartoon is a simple yet monumental achievement. In house chores as well as out of house chores are equally in need of being planned.
Structuring homework, dinner and bed for the kids and doing the same for your major chunks of time is a great way to keep everyone in a rhythm. This is not to say that you can’t deviate from the schedule from time to time. In order to manage time more effectively there should be a structure to the main core of events.
Keeping your home-based business on track and being certain deadlines are met, clients are happy, banking gets done is another reason for a separate business schedule. Incorporating the business life into the personal life is a unique process. This is a challenge for all mothers but holds a unique feature for work at home moms. Being at home and having to be separate from home is a challenge in and of itself. It can be achieved and has been successfully done, so don’t give in to the lack of time. Make time work for you.
Kristine Higginbotham of The Natural Life
Name: Kristine Higginbotham
Tell us a little about yourself:
I have two children ages 2 and 4. I enjoy cooing and going for walks.
What is your business name and web address:
The Natural Life Inc. http://www.thenaturallifestore.com
What inspired you to become a work at home mom:
I do everything I can to help save the environment and life a natural lifestyle. This give me an opportunity to promote cloth diapers and help the environment and be at home with my kids.
Tell us a little about your business:
We offer natural and organic products at affordable prices. We have tie dyed baby and childrens clothing, pre-fold diapers, Fuzzi Bunz Diapers, Organic cotton crib sheets. We also have natural and organic skin care products such as bath products, cold creams, oils and lotions.
Is there any advice that you would like to share with other women:
Hang in there!
What has been the most effective advertising method for you:
Diaperpin.com
Can you share with us one negative business experience that you learned from:
I read that the best way to start an e-business was through Yahoo Small Business. I started out with them and it was very expensive and confusing. Plus, my website was not that great. I found a WAHM to re-build my website and it is much better and much cheaper!
