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Time management for work at home people

Alex (Jenn) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:41:20 +0000

You know how many times people say to me, “you are one strong mama!” But, in reality I don’t always feel that way, and I don’t always manage that well either. Seriously managing yourself, and the time you do things in is a serious aspect of running your business. You probably already know how to use the kid’s naptimes to get some work done, but maybe there are a few things you haven’t even realized that you can do..

Have a clear purpose when you get on the internet.

Before you sit down at your computer every day, make sure you have one purpose in mind. I like to use my daily To-Do list by writing down the top 3 things to do today, the night before. It keeps me from just checking email and goofing off with lots of useless time wasters.

Analyze your activities

Before taking any action, make sure you know the steps involved. Think about what you’ve been doing so far. Is it working for you? Is it actually moving you forward? So many times we mom entrepreneurs join safe lists and traffic exchanges. But does that actually get you sales or customers? Maybe, but you’ll need to analyse each action to see if it moves you forward or keeps you stuck? mean you should be spending time doing it.

The best $20 you can spend on your business

If you have younger kids, spending money on a Mommy helper or some type of child care to keep your kids busy for several hours at a time.

Assembly Lines

Put similar activities in groups. Start one task and keep going with it without interruptions. Check email once or twice per day and answer it all at once. When one child asks for a story gather them all around. Same thing for snacks. Run all your errands at once. Try to schedule blocks of time for each type of task.

Utilize Technology

Can you get mobile? Wireless and a laptop are awesome. You could work from your living room, the front porch or even from your bathroom (if you have to hide from the kids). Or, while the kids are out with friends, you can hit your local coffee shop with free wifi and do your work from there.

Use autoresponders, mailing lists and other resources to automate your business. If you find yourself typing out answers to the same questions over and over again, add pages to your website or create an ecourse or downloadable report that addresses those topics and refer your customers or downline or whomever to those.

We have to constantly work on being creative in our business management, working in time for kids and everything else that is required of being a mom. Throw in a business and it feels like too much some days, but you’ll get through it and you’ll even be happy you did.

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Use lists for organizing and cleaning your home

Alex (Jenn) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:36:20 +0000

Use master lists and daily lists to help weed out confusion and take the clutter out of your head.

When you use these tools right, you take the worry out of your head and put it onto something concrete (like paper). This eliminates stress in the long run, and in the moment because you have something to look at when an emergency comes up. But it also helps keep you on track during the day for more mundane tasks.

How many times have you gone somewhere, then realized that you forgot what you needed there? We’ve all done it. You can use lists at home, just like shopping lists at the store.

They

Save time
Save energy
Prevent stress

When it comes to cleaning or organizing your house, using lists or check lists is smart. You can buy printable formats that you can reprint as often as you need, or make a master list that you save on your computer.

You could even save a PDF or list to your hand held device like your iPod or tablet computer.

Whatever works for you is fine! Experiment and don’t give up, you’ll find something that works really well for you before too long.

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Alex (Jenn) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:34:02 +0000

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