I’m coming off our end-of-summer vacation and I thought it would be a good day to talk about independence. Not for you as a work-at-home-mom–for your children! Being a working mother means a LOT of juggling. Many of the kids I know who have moms who work outside of the home are pretty independent for their age,...
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The past few weeks I’ve been talking a lot about limits, boundaries, lists, self-discipline when it comes to distractions…I thought it would be nice to talk about something fun! After you’ve done such a good job getting (and keeping) yourself on task, you should consider setting up a reward system for yourself. I...
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How many times have you sat down to work with a full list of things to do, spent the whole day at your desk working along and by the end of the day realized that you didn’t really get much done at all? Yeah, me too. More than I’d like to admit I’ve been on the “what in the world ate up my time?”...
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I never used to be a list person. In fact, I was almost an anti-list person. The idea of keeping lists made me feel old, boring and too tied to the order the list created. Then I started working from home and realized that without something to keep me organized and on track, I was lost. So, I started making lists. I found that...
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Let’s talk limits! Without limits when it comes to your work and work times, you’ll find yourself in the midst of burnout faster than you can imagine. Suffering from burnout can lead you right back to where you don’t want to be–in the office, convinced that this “working from home stuff” is...
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Today I’m tackling boundaries. Every work-at-home individual (not just moms!) needs to set boundaries. These are for those who live with or around you–these are not to be confused with limits (which you set for yourself–and we will address here eventually). Here are the things that I personally feel are very...
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