A lot of mums become mumpreneurs in order to spend more time with their children at home and at the same time earn extra money for the family. Many believe that setting up a home business is quite easy because one does not have to waste time dressing up and commuting. However, those who have tried this set up realize that juggling family and business, even if operated at the comfort of your own home, is not that easy. In fact, many find out that they are not really spending time with the kids as much as they wanted to. In some cases, mums also feel stressed out and pressured by so much things to do such that they end up being grouchy in front of the kids.
If you are one of the mumpreneurs who are experiencing this kind of problem, you really do not have to give up your business especially now that there is a financial crisis everywhere and you need to earn as many quid as you can. All you need to do is to look at where your problem lies. Usually, stay-at-home mums do everything in the house, from cleaning, laundry and taking care of kids. If you add business to the equation, then it is really not surprising to see one frazzled mum. In fact, a lot of women complain of not being able to sleep well at night because of the things that they need to accomplish in a day. Since you cannot turn your back to your household chores and responsibilities, then what you can do is to ask the help of your hubby in maintaining your home. If you have other older children, you can even ask them to help you out even with little things like setting up the table, cleaning their rooms, and helping out in preparing dinner.
Time management is also very important for mumpreneurs. Before you go to sleep, you should write down the things you need to accomplish the following day. It may also be a good idea to schedule time-consuming chores, such as laundry and ironing, twice or thrice a week. You will really accomplish a lot of things if you know how to manage your time well.
Lastly, it may be a good idea for mumpreneurs to consider hiring a virtual assistant that can handle the calls, accounting, making of sales letters and many other things. Having a virtual assistant is a more affordable alternative than hiring a temp or a full-time assistant.
Lilach Bullock runs 2 full time businesses, asklilach providing virtual pa services & Virtual PA Training, helping people set up their own successful virtual assistant business. Lilach recently attended an Award Ceremony at Downing Street for best Mumpreneur. virtualpatraining.co.uk.
