February 3rd, 2010
Working on Wednesday
Wednesday is work-at-home day here on my blog! Being a work-at-home mom is a huge part of my life now, and it’s amazing how different it is from my previous “life” as a legal assistant and paralegal who worked out of the home, with two small kids.
My kids keep getting older and of course number three has been a part of the mix for over two years now. With two in school it keeps getting easier to manage my schedule, but when I read Work from Home Tips by Kim (MetroMom), I realized I still have some improving to do to better manage my time. Her tips #1 and #2 (searching for lost items /paper chaos) are not a problem for me. I’m pretty organized and am actually mostly paperless with a good setup on my computer for finding things.
Number three though? I do read email too often – it seems like every time I step away from my computer and email for an afternoon I miss something important, so I prefer to err on the side of caution and check regularly. I like to work on projects in time blocks and I don’t check email in the middle of a task, but I do check it a lot otherwise. And I check it practically upon waking and right before bed. I just can’t let go!!
Number four is something I definitely need to work on this year in particular. I like the idea of scheduling my days with certain tasks at the forefront. Maybe if I set a “cleaning day” I’ll actually keep my house in some shape too!
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Actually you will keep your house in shape when you schedule it. The work of taking care of home is so darn consistent…it never goes away and actually only takes twice as long when we don’t keep a schedule. Key is to make it realistic. Bathrooms every weekend isn’t going to cut it during our busy spring, so we’ll have to settle for every 2 weeks and the entire family helps because our kids are older and they should =) Good luck!
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