It is Mom’s ‘down-time’ nowadays. Adding to having many tasks, deadlines, alerts of emails, meetings, and other issues with their faces buried in laptops, they are responsible for personal life as well.
Being a mother, a wife, and a working woman at the same time is very hard. It’s hard to work from home with a child who holds on to your leg, chores waiting for you, laundry staring at you while working, and over distractions.
If you can’t balance between work and home, you may spend your time being only a mom or being only a working woman. Balancing is very challenging.
Here’s are the most effective tips for work-from-home mothers.
1. Create A Quiet Workspace
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So set a workspace to motivate your brain that it is work time now and keep some disturbances away.
2. Get Up Early
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3. Set A Work Productivity Schedule and Plan For Interruptions
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Avoid working on important things when you don’t have enough power to avoid making mistakes. You’ll consume much more time of the next working day fixing these mistakes, and you’ll face that problem of “procrastination.”
You will not be able to turn off all sources of distraction, so plan for them. Give yourself more time; if a task will take half an hour, schedule it on taking an hour. This margin will help you avoid being exhausted. Defining all the distractions will help you find solutions to stay productive and creative.
4. Set Realistic Goals
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5. Don’t Delay and Be ready for Multitasking
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Create a schedule with your daily goals to keep everything organized.
Be ready for multitasking; as a mom, you have to learn “multitasking” skills. Know how to multitask and when to multitask. It’s essential to achieve a work-life balance while working from home.
6. Mute the Network, Apps, and Phone Distractions
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7. Set Time Limits and Dedicate a Family Time
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Dedicate time to your family; Don’t stick to your computer doing work all day. Limit the use of cell phones and social media platforms when it’s time for your family- stop distractions from being a mom.
8. Teach Your Child Self-entertainment
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It will also keep your child busy and give you some free time to send emails, set plans, etc.
9. Ask for Help and Build a Social Support Network
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Your husband can be a great supporter; you can leave your child with him so that you could have time to accomplish some work.
Even your child can give you a hand in the daily chores. Assign him tasks to take a rest from your household burdens.
Build a social support network; You can get in touch with other work-from-home moms, collect money, and hire a babysitter to watch all your children for few hours so that you could do more work productively with no distractions.
10. Arrange Fun Family Activities
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Take a walk with your family. Leave work behind your back and do all things that will refresh you.
Although It’s hard to be focused on your work while you are raising a kid (or several) who needs you for everything, this can recharge your energy to deal with the significant challenges that you face every day in life.
11. Don’t Forget to Love Yourself.
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Without rejuvenation, you will not be able to spend all your day as a working woman or a stay at home mom.
Take a rest! You’ll be astonished by how you feel much better and motivated to take the challenge of the next days.
Plan a routine for your child; By setting up a routine, you teach him how to stay productive, discipline, and accomplish tasks on time. Create a daily calendar with a list of things that need to be completed.
When you feel frustrated or disappointed, remember that you are a superwoman who works professionally and teaches your child how to work hard and be responsible. At the end of every day, celebrate what you accomplished and be proud of yourself.
Hopefully, you have learned some new tips to handle work from home while having a little kid. It’s not easy at all, but at least it can be done in a way that doesn’t make you go nuts.
If you have any tips that work for you, let us know in the comments below!