.One of the biggest challenges you will face when starting a business is balancing your work with your personal life, especially if you have a family.
From the article “25 Ways Work at Home Parents Can Balance Work and Family Life” here are some tips to help you achieve work-life balance in your life:
- Keep the right perspective, keeping in mind the importance of relationships in a person’s life.
- Develop a business mindset.
- Make your family, including your kids, understand the importance of your business.
- Get your family’s commitment and support.
- Set a schedule for your work.
- Set a schedule for your family.
- Be flexible.
- Set what you want to accomplish during the day.
- Consider the needs of your kids.
- Plan frequent breaks.
- Discuss how to handle vacations.
- Wake up early.
- Be prepared to sleep late, so you can work when everybody else is sleeping
- Stick to an early bedtime schedule for kids to give you more time to work at night.
- Decide on a family routine that will work with the whole family –and stick with it.
- Set up a dedicated home office in your home.
- Share your home office with your kids.
- If possible, get some help especially in taking care of your kids when you need to work.
- Arrange play dates with friends.
- Keep your weekend free for your family.
- Be ready to spring into work if the time allows it.
- Depending on their age, check if your kids are interested in your business.
- Know when to stop working.
- Get the support of your spouse.
- Take care of yourself.
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It can be scary to start a business. I need a lot of hand holding :o)
Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!