Remembering Your Why

April 24, 2008

by Rhonda Warren

Are you a work at home parent or striving to become one? During your day as a work at home parent it is easy to get involved in other things around the house that keep your pretty much pre-occupied from your business. Which in turn leaves you feeling that you have accomplished nothing at all. During these times it is truly important to remember your “Why”. Why did you begin building your business or working from home in the first place? You need to keep your why handy so that during tough set backs or tough days in your business you will be able to pull it out as a reminder to why you are building your business in the first place.

A good thing for you to do is to write your “Why” on an index card or on something that you can keep close to your desk. You should look at this a few times throughout the day. It’s easy to get frustrated when the day isn’t going exactly as planned and again forget why you chose to work at home. I know with me a lot of times my children will catch me on the phone and think its party time. It is then time to tear the house down. So I keep my composure while I continue my call, once off of the phone you sometimes just feel like crying. But, if you actually take the time to stop and realize that this is why you wanted to be home in the first place it becomes much easier to deal with.

I know a lot of times with my own children they will act up when they are bored, or tired. So this is the time that I simply stop and take a break. I use this time to eat lunch with the kids, read them a story, watch a cartoon with them or something that they may enjoy. Usually once they have had some time with you they are fine with you getting back to work.

You want to make your work at home experience pleasant for both you and your family.

Just remember your Why!

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This article was written by Rhonda Warren. She is the owner of Mentoring WAHMS www.mentoringwahms.com where she is living out her passion of mentoring other women online. You can also see what she is up to at www.rhondawarren.com.

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