So what does everyone do then?

[Louise]

Only just found this section on the forum - what a great idea

So how many of us work at home parents are there here, and what do you all do?

I'm just setting out on my 'work at home' journey and not entirely sure I'll be able to combine working with looking after my gorgeous but ever-so demanding boy. He'll be starting nursery soon, just for 1 or 2 days a week, to try and give me a fighting chance, but otherwise, what do you do and how do you manage it???

Any advice for a green behind the ears newbie who's not entirely sure what she's letting herself in for?

Louise

[admagic]

The hardest thing to do as a stay at home newcomer is focus and plan as you would in the corporate environment.

So finding an accountability partner can help, or a mastermind group... in which you share your goals, and have to account for whether you achieved them!!

The next thing is the isolation can mean you spend too much time on forums like this not that anyone on THIS forum could EVER be accused of such....

( just check out the post count of certain moderators who shall be nameless!!!
haaatchooofuzzy.....bad sneeze Ive got there...
multiply by 2 minutes, and see how much of your life a forum can take if you let it)

[Fuzzy]

( just check out the post count of certain moderators who shall be nameless!!!
haaatchooofuzzy.....bad sneeze Ive got there...
multiply by 2 minutes, and see how much of your life a forum can take if you let it)

oooooh Admagicman I have you know for the record I work as a TA during the day and Mod on A1 in my spare time. Of course I do all the paperwork boring side of Fuzzydon too

[admagic]

oooooh Admagicman I have you know for the record I work as a TA during the day and Mod on A1 in my spare time. Of course I do all the paperwork boring side of Fuzzydon too

Just my sense of humour fuzz and you do a great job too!


also contains a serious point for new home starters, that it IS easy to spend too much time on forums if you let it...

I have an excuse!!!

I am producing my latest set of video how to DVDS, and the video renderuing takes hours....so that is my excuse for doing sweet fa for a while!

[Fuzzy]

With an avatar like that, you need a sense of humour

[victoriaK]

I work from home too and its very difficult you have to have a good plan for the day, discipline as its so easy to become distracted. I have 2 boys, 5 years and 1 years. I design and make childrenswear and so all the pattern cutting, fabric cutting and sewing.....

Only just found this section on the forum - what a great idea

So how many of us work at home parents are there here, and what do you all do?

I'm just setting out on my 'work at home' journey and not entirely sure I'll be able to combine working with looking after my gorgeous but ever-so demanding boy. He'll be starting nursery soon, just for 1 or 2 days a week, to try and give me a fighting chance, but otherwise, what do you do and how do you manage it???

Any advice for a green behind the ears newbie who's not entirely sure what she's letting herself in for?

Louise

[Louise]

ahhh ..was gonna ask admagic what the avatar was all about. Fetching hat you've got there, anyway

And Fuzzy.. well, you are indeed very fuzzy!

Victoria: I know what you mean about getting distracted. I seem to have a hundred 'to do' lists on the go, as it's all I can do to start a job only to end up running off mid-sentence to stop my 11-month old mashing banana into the carpet You've got a gorgeous website there. Have bookmarked it for a proper look tonight when my little speed demon is in bed.

Anyone else around at the moment? What do you all do?

Louise

[fee]

Hi Louise,

i work part time but all my spare time has gone into developing a new product idea for primary school children.

Stage we are at now is that i have the first one at home with 30 more samples being produced. then they are going into a classroom to let a bunch of 8 year olds test it.......

Then the hard job starts of selling the idea to people...

Without the help and advice of the people on here i certainly wouldnt/couldnt have got to where i am now.......

website and details are going to be posted on here very shortly.....
my only advice to trying to set something up with little ones round you, is work through the night, for me its was the only way!!

fee x

[Louise]

Hi Louise,

i work part time but all my spare time has gone into developing a new product idea for primary school children.

Stage we are at now is that i have the first one at home with 30 more samples being produced. then they are going into a classroom to let a bunch of 8 year olds test it.......

Then the hard job starts of selling the idea to people...

Without the help and advice of the people on here i certainly wouldnt/couldnt have got to where i am now.......

website and details are going to be posted on here very shortly.....
my only advice to trying to set something up with little ones round you, is work through the night, for me its was the only way!!

fee x

Hi Fee

Wow - sounds like a really exciting time for you. Well done on getting so far and good luck with the testing. Will keep my fingers crossed it all goes well, and will watch out for news of your site.

I've already found that working in the night is the only way - I've always been a night owl, so this would actually suit me fine... providing my baby ditches his 'sleep is for wimps' T-shirt and stops thinking it's party time at 3/4/5 am, just as I'm creeping up to bed...

[victoriaK]

Thats when I tend to work as well, i do have my super mum to help during the week. what I find difficult is settling down to one task as there are a million different hats to wear throughout the day. A routine will come in time

Hi Fee

Wow - sounds like a really exciting time for you. Well done on getting so far and good luck with the testing. Will keep my fingers crossed it all goes well, and will watch out for news of your site.

I've already found that working in the night is the only way - I've always been a night owl, so this would actually suit me fine... providing my baby ditches his 'sleep is for wimps' T-shirt and stops thinking it's party time at 3/4/5 am, just as I'm creeping up to bed...