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5 Ways to manage being a work-from-home mom

Happy Friday!! I don’t know about you, but this week definitely flew by!! My husband had the first few days off of work which was SO NICE. I cannot express how nice it is having an extra set of hands around here so I can get ahead on work.

Since he works for himself, he does have times that he’s slower and it’s not by choice. We’ve been very fortunate since moving to NC and he’s been booked pretty solid two weeks to a month in advance. That ended this past week and he had nothing on the books set in stone. While normally I would have been panicking, I’m much more confident in both him and our financial situation. We save for times like this and I have full faith in my husband that he will find more work. Sure enough, he got work for Thursday, Friday and Saturday…plus has the next few weeks booked up. Now when he’s randomly off, we take advantage of extra time with our family, we run errands and get caught up on doctor’s appointments and we cook more!

So, in some other exciting news – we’ve decided to get the girls enrolled in a part-time daycare program. I’ve come to the conclusion that if I really want to grow a business while being a mom, I need some help. I’m currently able to do what I do with them home, but since I’m looking to increase my workload it just makes sense that I get them enrolled in a program. I’m excited for new opportunities with work and I’m happy my girls will get some fun socialization a few days a week in a loving environment!

Speaking of working from home, today I’m over at Wealth Gospel discussing 5 Ways to manage being a work-from-home mom. If you work from home with kids, or even are just at home with kids, I have some good tips that I’ve been using for the past 2 1/2 years to help me stay organized and get things done!

Happy Friday, everyone! I have some great posts lined up for next week and can’t wait to share them!

Keeping your relationship a priority when working from home

Anyone that works from home knows that it can be hard to separate your work life from your home life. That means emails may be checked while playing with your kids, blog ideas may be brainstormed when cooking dinner and you may be spending your evenings glued to your computer instead of with your loved ones. I know all about this first hand, as I’ve been working from home (with kids, no less) for nearly three years now. Along the way, it’s been a top priority of mine to not lose sight of the important things in life – especially my marriage. With close to half of all marriages ending in divorce, I want to make sure mine isn’t one of them. While I truly enjoy working and love what I do, it shouldn’t be my entire life.

Today I’m sharing tips on how I manage to keep my relationship a priority while working from home with little kids over on Tie the Money Knot. If you’ve been struggling with balance in your life, this isn’t a post you’ll want to miss! Head on over and check it out!

Grow your income as a freelance writer

I’m in the process of reading How to blog for profit (without selling your soul) by Ruth Soukup *this is an affiliate link* and plan on doing a review of her book soon. In addition to blogging, I’m a freelance writer and editor. I’ve been doing this for nearly three years now and feel like I have some pretty good tips for those starting out or for those who are looking to take their blog / freelance writing career up to the next level. It’s all about hustling and striving daily to hit your goals. Success doesn’t happen overnight for anyone, but especially for those of us in the freelance career.

To see my entire post on growing your income as a freelancer, head over to Debt Discipline here!

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5 Ways to stay motivated when working from home

Working from home definitely comes with it’s fair share of challenges. I have two little kids (read a typical day in my life here) and I recently wrote a post on how to be productive when working from home with kids. I stay productive in a number of ways – I try to wake up early so I can get a jump-start on my day, I tire the girls out in the morning with an activity that way they’re (more likely) to take a solid, very necessary, afternoon nap, I always work ahead of time and I work every single day. Yup, even weekends (I’m trying to give myself one “rest” day, though).

A day in the life of a work-from-home mom

I love reading people’s “A day in my life” posts, so figured I would do one myself 🙂 To recap, I’m a work-from-home mom of two little girls, ages 2 1/2 and 1. Life is BUSY now, but we make it work and I’m happy to be able to bring in an income from my home. Everyone has their own schedule and own way of doing things…this is mine.