Coffee. Cook a meal. Hug kids. Clean something. Work. Repeat. When you’re a work-at-home mom, there is a ton to juggle. Working full-time is hard. Mothering is hard. Starting a business is hard. If you are brave enough to do any one of these or any combination for that matter, please contact me for your award. Because, girl – you ... Read More
Productivity
Overcoming Perfectionism: How to Do More While Working at Home
Working at home is hard enough as it is. When your work and home life is virtually inseparable, it’s easy to get bogged down by various little details on both fronts. Although the oft-quoted saying states that the “God is in the details,” it doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to perfect all aspects of a job. To keep your sanity ... Read More
10 Simple Tips for Working From Home Efficiently
So you work from home—or you want to. It’s a great way to bring balance to your life and make time for the things that are important to you. Whether you want more time for your family, friends, a hobby or just downtime to decompress, working from home and ditching that long commute can help. But it can be easy to get distracted when ... Read More
6 Simple Productivity Tips For Home-Based Workers
Want to cross more tasks off of your to-do list? We have some simple productivity tips that can help you get more done! You wake up and immediately feel overwhelmed by thinking about how much you need to get done. The emails are piling up in your inbox, the pile of dirty dishes in the sink is reminding you how behind you are on ... Read More
Four Simple Tips to Help With Work-at-Home Mom Overwhelm
I’ve learned there’s working from home, and then there’s working from home with kids. I wasn’t yet a mom when I began working for myself. I had no distractions and no time restraints – not counting client deadlines, of course. Fast-forward five years and two kids later and my work-at-home life had to change. The big chunk of time I ... Read More
How to Make Flexible Hours Work for You
When I left my full-time job to pursue a career in writing, one of the things I was most excited about was working from home. I imagined having enough time to keep our house in perfect shape, finally catching up with the laundry, and keeping on top of all the little errands that I never seemed to be able to manage when I was working ... Read More
How to Prioritize Your Time: 6 Tips + Free Planning Sheet
It’s easy to get overwhelmed with a to-do list, especially if your business or home office is a one-woman show. Knowing how to prioritize and when and where to spend your energy can make you so much more productive. Here are five simple strategies on how to prioritize when you feel like everything on your to-do list is a ... Read More
How to Explain That Working From Home Isn’t All Fun and Games
Working from home can seem like a dream come true. Imagine days luxuriating in bed until noon, trading in power suits for cozy pajamas, and never having to wait to binge on your latest Netflix obsession. At least that’s the fantasy image many of my friends envisioned when I first traded in my desk job to work from home ... Read More
10 Quick and Easy Tips for Conquering Your To-Do List
The dishes are piling up, the dog needs his shots, you can’t find two socks that match, your garbage can stinks, and the dentist office just called to find out if you are still coming in today for your appointment that started 10 minutes ago. Sound familiar? This may sound like a typical scenario in your hectic, out-of control-day, ... Read More
Three Ways to Boost Your Productivity With Everyday Technology
By Mridu Parikh Overwhelmed by the onslaught of apps that promise to make your life more productive? You’ll learn to organize your emails, take control of your finances, streamline your grocery shopping, and never miss a to-do again. But getting yourself to use the apps as intended is where you fall short. They’ll make good on ... Read More
How to Steer Clear of Work-at-Home Interruptions
As a woman that is already working from home, you will know that we are all different. Apart from working in home offices worlds apart, having different freelance clients, and different sized families; we also work optimally in different ways. Some writers might need dead silence in order to focus, while others need to type to the ... Read More
How To Be Hyper-Productive When Working Remotely
Contrary to popular belief, working remotely is pretty hard. You still have to have amazing output, but you have to do it at your own pace. Which is insanely tricky at times considering all the temptation around you. Especially if you’re working from your house. If you’re just starting to work remotely, have been working remotely, or ... Read More
5 Time Management Tips for Serial Procrastinators
This is the type of article where you have to bring in your personal experience. It’s almost stereotypical that I, as a writer will also lead the double-life of being a procrastinator. Especially when you work for yourself or from home there is no one checking up on your work. For some, time management is as natural as breathing. ... Read More
How to Stop Social Media Marketing From Being a Giant Time-Suck
Social media marketing is practically a requirement for today's work-at-home woman ... but it's also a giant time-suck. Don't lie - you know you've logged onto Facebook to do a quick work update and ended up spending an hour scrolling through your news feed and commenting on your friends' pics. There's nothing wrong with using ... Read More
How To Stay Motivated When You Don’t Feel Like Working
I'm not sure what's going on, but I’m having one of those days where I can’t stay focused. I’ll be busy working on a project and then magically, I end up on Facebook wasting 20 minutes going through my newsfeed. Then I’ll start working again only to be distracted by email, which needs to be cleaned up and reorganized. After spending ... Read More
