Balancing Work and Family From Home

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Balancing Work and Family From Home

Balancing Work and Family From Home
Balancing work and family from home can often be difficult for a stay-at-home mom. The kids and the dog are running through the house and disturbing your concentration; the phone rings off the hook almost always when you're in the middle of an important piece of work; and the kids don't realize that you're hard at work, even though you're just sitting at your desk focused at the computer screen. Oh, the challenges!
Balancing work and family from home can be difficult but not impossible. Your family has to understand that your work is just as important as if you were working outside the home. I have discovered a few secrets of my own to make it happen and be profitable for the family as well. All is not lost, and certainly there can be a way for peace in the house even with children running around, the dog wanting attention, and your husband wanting dinner!
First of all, my advice for balancing work and family from home is to create a quiet office setting, if possible, somewhere with an office door. My husband installed simple pine doors to my office, and that shut out the noise from the rest of the house. I could actually hear what I was doing and concentrate on it as well. It's really an inexpensive way to gain peace and sanity. And also, when the office doors are shut, your family knows you are working and knows not to disturb you.
Second of all, balancing work and family from home can be accomplished easier with a phone with Caller ID. What a God-send! I used to answer every call that came through, because my children were in school at the time, and I didn't want to miss an emergency call. Or my husband's father is ill, and I didn't want to ignore his call in case he needed us for some reason. Now, all I have to do is look at the number and decide beforehand if I should answer it. It's wonderful. If you don't want to do that route, purchase a reliable answering machine that will pick up after two rings, so you don't have to listen to repeated ringing of the phone, and then check your messages when you get a chance, and decide whether or not you want to return the call right away.
Furthermore, balancing work and family from home is not impossible when the kids are home from school during vacations or for the summer, because rules can easily be made that everyone can abide by. For instance, my kids used to think I was home at their beck and call to transport them back and forth to friend's houses. I had to quickly set the rule within reason that no transporting was going to happen during normal work hours. Their friends would have to wait until either the end of the work day or until the weekends. At first, this wasn't easy for my kids to understand, but now I hear them telling their friends on the phone, "My mom is working right now, but maybe later we can get together." They have finally understood the importance of my work at home.
Lastly, my husband supports me greatly in my work, and he realizes that when he gets home sometimes, dinner is not always going to be ready to serve at the table, and also the dishes might still be in the sink from breakfast and lunch. If I was at an outside job, the same thing would occur, wouldn't it? So, don't beat yourself up if everything is not as tidy as you would like it to be. Just sit your husband and children down and have a chat with them about the importance of your work and the contribution it makes to the family. I can guarantee that not only will your family respect you for balancing work and family from home, but they will try to support you in every way possible too.
Rachel G. LaChapelle is the website administrator for Baby Diaper Bags and also a stay-at-home mom for 14 years. Please visit her site for all sorts of discounted baby items.

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