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Archive for September 10th, 2009
Balancing Kids and Business
The beauty of working from home is that a business can be built into what we, as parents, want it to be! It can be as big as we want for it to be, or as small. It can be as flexible as we want it to be, or as rigid. Some parents would prefer to work in the evenings when their children are tucked up in bed asleep. Other parents might prefer to work while their children are either preoccupied, or taking a nap, that way they can spend quality time with the family in the evenings. This is all about figuring out what works for you, what makes your family run smoothly, what is right for your particular situation and your family?
I have heard people say that ‘quality’ time is the important thing when you have kids, in fact I’m pretty sure that these exact words have managed to make their way from my lips at some point. Yes I agree, this is true, but fact is that quantity is also up there in importance. If we spent 15 minutes in each day with our child, but made sure that the child had our absolute full focused attention in those 15 minutes, would this be enough, would the child’s needs be fulfilled? I don’t think so! I am finding more and more that as our children grow they need more and more focused attention.
Following are two things that immediately sprang to mind when I thought about being in business. These are things that have constantly come up at every stage of my business, at start up stage, as I started working for clients and also as my business has developed and become what it is today:
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