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Healthy Habits For Home Based Professionals

When you work from home, you have an opportunity to fit nutrition and exercise into your schedule more than you would if you worked outside of the home. Of course, on the flip side of that, your work area is probably within an easy walk of your kitchen. You know, that room where all of that tasty food is kept. If you love food as much as I do, you will have to exercise some will power in order to keep yourself from cooking and eating all day long. Here are a few tips for avoiding the temptation to indulge … Continue reading →

Your Home Based Business Is Quick And Nimble

One great thing about owning and operating your own business is that you do not have to get anyone’s permission to make changes to the way that you do business. When you are in charge of everything about your business, you can adapt quickly when you sense that there may be a better way of doing things than the way that you are currently doing them. This adaptability can give your home – based business a competitive edge against other, larger businesses that are unable to change as quickly. One way that you can adapt is to add new products … Continue reading →

Home Based Work Can Adapt To Your Ever Changing Life

Just now, I noticed how many times I have arranged and rearranged my work schedule within the past week. Such a juggling act would certainly not be possible if I were working at a job outside of the home. One might think that constantly rearranging one’s work schedule could become stressful or tiresome. I have actually found the opposite to be true. Having the freedom to create a work schedule that works for me means that I am able to adapt to different work and family related situations as they arise. For example, one of my writing clients asked me … Continue reading →

The Times They Are A Changing

Lately I’ve been struggling to find my identity. So much of my life I was someone’s wife and then, even when I wasn’t someone’s wife, I was still someone’s mother. People needed me, I had a purpose, someone to take care of, someone who depended on me. My only child turned eighteen over the summer so that was a big shift in itself. I went from being consulted about things to being informed of decisions my daughter had made. That was a little difficult, I still struggle when she is not home at the time I expect her because she … Continue reading →

Happy New Year, Home Based Professionals

Whether you are the type to make New Year’s resolutions or not, the New Year brings with it a certain type of fresh energy. It’s not like you are starting something over again, because everything that you have already done is still in force. However, something about changing the date on the calendar seems to inspire us to try a little harder and do a little better than we have done before. I am not the type to make New Year’s resolutions, but I am excited about the energy of a new year. It reminds me of why I do … Continue reading →

Building a Home-Based Business from the Ground Up – Part 3

I am continuing my series on “Building a Home-Based Business from the Ground Up.” I have talked about laying the foundation, which is the business plan for what you are going to do. And in my last blog I talked about pouring the concrete, firming up your final decisions on the direction you are going to go. Next comes the framing. You are going to start building a frame to your home-based business. This serves as the skeleton to which you will then begin to add other elements. Think of framing when you are building an actual house. It provides … Continue reading →

Preparing for Homecoming Weekend

(My Daughter’s Homecoming Dress) This weekend is homecoming weekend. It’s an exciting time for many teens and the parents who get to partake in the excitement. In some ways I feel like I get to live out my high school years through my daughter. I wasn’t allowed to go to homecoming. When I think back to my high school years, I do wish that I had been allowed to go. But getting to share in my daughter’s experience is more than making up for it. There is a lot of thought and planning that goes into this weekend. The first … Continue reading →

Your Business Is Always Evolving

One of the things that all home-based professionals must contend with is the fact that starting a business is not a one time event. Once you have done all of the hard work to get your business up and running and you have developed systems of getting your work done, you can not simply switch over to autopilot mode. Running a successful home based business involves a constant background process of assessing and reassessing things as you go along and adjusting the way that you do business as needed. That said, it is important that you keep your key goals … Continue reading →

Diary of a Work at Home Mom Part 11

Today is a beautiful, sunny day here. It is a welcome relief after two and a half days of nothing but rain. It is the perfect day to take my little guy to the lake. While today seems so perfect that I am tempted to think that the end of summer is nowhere near, it is hard to ignore the signs that summer is in fact drawing to a close. For many work at home parents, the days to squeeze in a little more sun and fun before the school bus arrives are going by all too quickly. As the … Continue reading →

Is Your Home-Based Work Working for Your Family?

Working from home can be a wonderful way for parents to make staying home to care for children make economic sense for their families. Although that is a good thing, it can sometimes be difficult for a parent who is staying home to raise children to decide how to integrate working from home into the rhythm of their days. There is no one set formula for deciding how much work to take on, how many hours to work each day or each week, when to work during the day, or anything else. Add to this the fact that the appropriate … Continue reading →