Archive for October, 2009
Guest Post: Taming The Technostress
Last week, my big desktop PC crashed, my laptop got the “blue screen: of death”. The refrigerator croaked, and the toaster oven went the heaven. My I-phone decided to stop receiving e-mail and the dashboard in my car kept erroneously sending warning messages.
It wasn’t even a full moon!
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WAHM.com Work At Home Job Listings
I get most of my Virtual Assistant clients via word of mouth referrals but every so often when I have a slot to fill I visit a few sites that offer work at home job listings. WAHM.com is one of them. This site is frequently updated and shares my philosophy that you should not pay for a work at home job.
Working At Home With Children
Working at home is great especially if you have children. The trick is to get organized and manage your time so that your business gets the attention it needs and your children get the attention they need. Here are a few of your options:
1. If you are married or have a partner then try shift working. One of you will work traditional days and then watch the children at night so the other partner can work. This will be hard on your relationship but it won’t last forever. Make sure you make time for each other on the weekends.
2. Use day care. This isn’t the idea option because you want to raise your children yourself but what if you need to work for money or because you are single? Choose carefully and find daycare that will take your children part time. Then you can work while they nap and take them to daycare for a few hours after they awake.
3. Hire a babysitter. Find an experienced babysitter who will work in your home, if possible, or out of your home for a few hours a day.
4. Trade off with other parents. Have another parent keep your child for a few hours a week so you can work at home and then reciprocate by taking their of their children on other days.
5. Ask a relative like your parents or a sibling to take care of your children a few hours a day so you can work.
Once your children are school age then you can work while they are in school and then spend the rest of the day with them when they get home. Ask your older children to help you with your business. This can free you from clerical work and help your children feel they are contributing to the household. My son was labeling, stamping and stuffing envelopes by time he was eight! I recommend the book below to help you get started on your work at home success!
