Reality When Moms Work At Home . . .(Or, What Was I Thinking?!?)

by Jennifer

in successful home business,work at home moms

When i left the MTC on Monday morning, i found myself feeling a little sad. I thought that was strange, i didn’t know why i would feel sad after such a recharging weekend. But by about 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, my first full day home, i understood my feelings. There was nothing like getting to spend 12 hours a day working solely on the development of my home based business. Don’t get me wrong, i missed my kids while i was at the MTC all day. But i treasured the time to finally make some progress on my business.

I think when moms work at home it’s sometimes even harder, in some ways, because we don’t have that forced removal from the laundry, the dirty dishes in the kitchen sink, the dog hair on the carpet, and all the toys that everyone was happy to get out but less than thrilled to pick up. I think “moms work at home” is a contradiction buy cheap amoxil in terms. It’s hard to be a mom and to work at home because mom’s work at amoxil cheap home is the laundry, the dishes, the toys, the dog hair.

Monday night i made a fabulous online buy viagra list of things i was going to accomplish towards the advancement of my home based business. I got up early on Tuesday morning, several hours before anyone else would be up. List in hand, i was ready to make progress like i’d never seen before. By 7:00 a.m. my progress consisted of solving a problem at my daughter’s school, feeding my baby, and changing his diaper. By 9:00 a.m., i progressed to feeding my baby again, dressing and feeding my other two kids, and juggling the attentions that all three were then demanding. I love it — being there for my kids, with my kids. But i wanted to be two people. My mind generic amoxil kept wandering back to the focus i had at the MTC. All the ideas that flowed all day long, all the things that i was going to do within my first week home, all the great people i was partnering with. It was a little depressing to be so abruptly pulled back into reality.

When moms work at home, or try to work at home, we always have a legitimate excuse for not getting through our “to do” list. Who’s going to argue with the fact that the kids needed to be fed, nurtured, and delivered to dance class? But, no matter how good it is, it’s still just an excuse. Because more moms work at home, or are trying to, or want to, or should be shown the opportunity to, than ever, it’s important to find a way to plow through these “excuses” and succeed not in spite of them but because of them. Moms work at home so we can give our kids everything they need — emotionally, physically, financially. buy penicillin The ability to meet our kids’ needs must be the prize at the end of the day, not the excuse for failure.

So Wednesday morning i sat looking at my overly-ambitious list of things i was to do on Tuesday, only 2 of the 10 (yikes) being checked off. All i could buy Ampicillin do was laugh. The emotions of the MTC were probably at least in part responsible for what was certainly an unrealistic set of goals for one day. But i feel undeterred. I did get two things done. Two steps towards my goals of more time freedom, more financial success, helping more moms work at home. Maybe i won’t do it over night like i dreamed at the MTC, but i am actively engaged in doing it. Stay tuned.

Jennifer Herndon is a work at home mom with a passion for helping others create successful home based businesses. generic levitra Take your first step to creating the life you want by claiming your free CD at www.6StepsToProfit.com.

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