Juggling It All Guilt Free-Work At Home Mom

There are many aspects of motherhood that cause guilt. There’s being stressed and snapping orders to your three year old, not always getting to go on school field trips with your second grader, and there is the ever popular not being able to afford certain luxuries you teenaged daughter wishes she had. Take these examples and then throw being a working mother in the mix. You will have the perfect recipe for guilt. Go a little further and be a mother who works from home and the guilty entrée just got really spicy.

There is a remedy for food that is too spicy and thus there is a cure for the guilt you feel for what you might perceive to be shortcomings as a parent.

First you need to be assured women who work outside the home also share in the majority of things you feel guilty about. There is a simple factor that magnifies work at home mom’s positions - the kids (and the world) see you are home and may not understand why you cant bake cookies for the class, or come eat lunch with them everyday.

Explaining to children, even toddlers, that working from home means just that, you are working, and that you take your employment very seriously is one way to help them understand your position. Let them know it is the same as any other job where a person leaves the home, commutes, and comes home at five. Add the fact that you are much closer for them if there is an emergency at school or if the babysitter is not feeling well, etc. Kids are resilient and understanding by nature. They will feel safer knowing how your world works and where they stand in it.

Certainly if you were to weigh the wonderful blessing that working at home allows you to share with your family they far outweigh the bad stuff.

Decorating Decisions-Functionality Versus Practicality

You have a home-based business and you are limited for space. You are grateful for the office space you have but need effective storage and organization suggestions. Everything must serve a dual purpose in order to get anything accomplished. Think practically and you will be amazed with the functional furniture you will find and what you can truly do without.

In creating the perfect home office, space and furniture varies greatly with the products or services your business is geared around selling. Depending on what your business is all about, and the money and time you have to spend, your possibilities are endless.

If you are limited for funds you can dumpster-dive or scour thrift stores for great finds. Thinking outside the traditional box can find you in an office with an old door for a desk. Eclectic is in, if that is what you are into. An office needs to allow for personality but when limited for space your imagination may have to lead the way.

Having an organized space is important. With limited space this may be a challenge but not one that should cause a business idea to collapse before it gets started. Filing information in unusual places adds character and personality.

If money is not an issue, and it’s important for you to be in style, there are many modular storage containers in stores. There is also office furniture in all types of styles and price ranges.

You can achieve the perfect home office. Work at home moms can have the office they desire in no time, no matter their price range or personality. It just takes a little bit of planning, measuring and shopping