If your job often makes you feel tired, burned out, or stressed to the max, try a new bathrobe on for size. February 9, 2009 is the seventh annual “Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day,†a time to celebrate the freedom home business ownership offers people. Everyday an increasing amount of working parents are waving [...]
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Many years ago, after the birth of our second child, my husband and I were trying to decide whether or not it would be possible for me to stay home.
At first we thought that since we were just about breaking even, there was no way we could ever make it happen. But when we [...]
I had the opportunity to review an eBook recently that I really enjoyed. The author is Tamara Hancock- mother of five, mompreneur and freelancer.
When Tamara started writing her book, her goal was to share her parenting and work at home experiences with others. As she got into it, she realized that it was more about [...]
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I recently embarked on a large programming project that became the most frustrating, stressful thing I’ve done since I’ve been in business.
I won’t bore you with the details, but suffice it to say that everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.
With the deadline looming at the height of the crisis, I needed to call [...]
I used to have a really challenging job. It was stressful and demanding, high pressure and large responsibilities. I was really good at it too.
Then I became a parent.
In my old job, I was really good at delegating, training, developing and managing people- and rationalizing.
Oh, could I rationalize.
“I may have to work 60 or [...]
When I first moved here over ten years ago, I was planning to be a stay at home mom. It didn’t take me long to realize that I was craving professional interaction and recognition so much that I was trying to be superwoman. I felt like I had to justify my existence by being a [...]
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I recently heard a woman say that being called a “work at home mom” was professionally demeaning. Being one myself, my initial reaction was to agree with her. “That’s right, I’m a professional, I’m not just a bored housewife dabbling with a hobby here,” I said to myself.
Upon reflection however, I came to [...]
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