Loading ...I currently am running my business out of my home rather than out of my office because I have a toddler and my husband’s business is really busy. I need to be home during the day to take care of my daughter in addition to doing all of the house work. What works better for other home business owners: designating a day or two to just getting most of the house work done and leaving the rest to do mostly business OR splitting nearly every day up between doing house work and business?
I’ve recently tried splitting an entire week’s worth of housework between 7 days and have a long to-do list for my business that I would pick tasks from but I would still get disorganized and am being too inefficent. I cannot have a specific hour to hour schedule because of my toddler, I need to be flexible. Any suggestions?
I have found that as far as housework goes, the best thing to do is schedule that in the morning. First thing I do is put the coffee on, and while it’s brewing I quickly dust the living room and run the vacuum through, then I tidy the kitchen. I sneak the bathroom in whenever I have a spare 15 minutes or so, but if I don’t do it one day, it’s not the end of the world.
I find that sometimes when I just need a little break from work, I actually enjoy throwing a load of laundry in or quickly cleaning something. I use that time to think of my next move in business. Some days, I’m running around with a rag while talking on the phone! Some days, no housework gets done at all, other than the basics.
When you have a little toddler, schedules get messed up, and that’s okay…that’s why you chose to work at home in the first place.
Once your business is running fairly smooth, you will find that the other stuff just falls into place.
You will find that you aren’t as productive at a certain time of day, you see a pattern, so then you start to use that time for other things like getting groceries, Dr’s appts and so on.
Don’t try to be SuperMom/Super Business Woman/ Super Wife/ Super House Maid, or you will burn yourself out.
Just prioritize, do what you can when you can, and enjoy working from home and raising your child.
Keep focused on your goals, re-visit your “Why” and your goals every day, and go after them!
do what you can when you can. don’t try to schedule yourself to death. you’ll only get yourself stressed out, and accomplish nothing. is it possible to have someone come in to help you with the baby? i know it’s almost impossible to get anything done with a baby your running after constantly.
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