The Work At Home Mom Work Schedule
June 15, 2010 by Admin
Filed under Business Basics, Direct Sales
When it comes to working from home and working your Direct Sales home business, do you have a work schedule or do you just ‘wing it’ and fit in business whenever you can?
If you answered ‘wing it’ then I can tell you that you are doing the wrong thing! When it comes to having a home business, you need to take your business seriously and set down a work schedule for yourself. This schedule can be a few hours every day or several hours a week…but you do indeed need a work schedule.
When you set up a work schedule for yourself, you will find that you will get more work tasks completed and that means business growth. You should try to mix up your schedule too…like working some days in the morning, some days in the afternoon and some days in the evening. By mixing up your schedule, you are being a little more flexible for your customers & party hosts who might not be available during the daytime.
You should also be flexible about working on some weekends as some of your customers & party hosts will only be available during those times because they work FT jobs during the week.
Sure…your family and children are important but so is your home business! You need to set aside scheduled time to work on your business and if you do that, you should see your home business flourish.
So…lets go back to my original question. Do you have a work schedule or do you just ‘wing it’? What are your thoughts on this topic? Please feel free to leave me comments :)
Shelly
I generally work when my kids are sleeping. Each week I make a list of everything I want to get done that week and I work on the list when my kids are sleeping–nap time, after bedtime. Any other work that has to be done outside my home office is definitely scheduled!
My work schedule varies each week as my hubby’s schedule is never the same. But I do work hard at checking emails early morning before everyone gets up. Then schedule offline clients M, W, Fr and online clients will depend on which days hubby works. I schedule that work for days he’s at work.
I know when the kids were small it was the opposite. I scheduled everything for when hubby was home so I didn’t have to pay a sitter when I went to do parties.
I usually work in the afternoons. We use the mornings to homeschool and then have lunch. My writing usually occurs anytime between noon and 4pm, then we break for dinner. I go back to my desk about 6pm and work for another few hours. Weekends I spend doing billing and filing, Sundays I schedule tasks for the upcoming week.
Thanks everyone for your comments! Its always interesting to see how other wahms manage their work schedules.
Shelly