The Work To Home Movement

In the last several years there has been major growth in the number of moms who are leaving their high paying jobs and returning home to care for their children. Why has this been happening? I believe that many people are realizing that the decline in stay at home moms has been a major factor in the decline of the American family. In the past several decades we have seen a significant rise in the rates of crimes, teen pregnancy, childhood behavioral disorders, and violence.

I think that many moms have decided that enough is enough. They have decided that their children should be raised by a loving, nurturing mother and not a cold, impersonal daycare. I realize that there are some daycare providers that truly do love the children they care for, but unfortunately many only think of it as a job.

I feel that if we can educate mothers on how to manage a household on 1 income again the way our grandmothers did we will be able to make a difference. If you were to ask your grandmother if she would trade her time home with her kids for any of the toys or so called “needs” that many of us think we have to have today, I think she would say not a chance.

We only get one chance to raise our children. We only get one chance to teach them right from wrong and the way the Lord would want them to act. Readers I urge you to help keep this movement going. We can make a difference even if it is only in the lives of our own children. Who knows maybe someday they will be the one to touch the multitudes. God has a plan for each of them.

I am a happy SAHM who is passionate about helping other mothers fulfill their dreams of leaving their jobs to be at home with their children. I believe that the Lord has a calling on every mother to be a keeper at home. I am a mother to 2 children, Madison and Jackson, and the wife of Roger, the world’s most supportive husand. I was born and raised in the great plains of Kansas where I still live today, and no I don’t live on a farm. (Although I would love to some day)

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Great Staying Focused on Your Business Tips

Staying focused on your business is sometimes harder then actually doing work for your business. At times procrastination can me so much easier if you are a WAHM. There are just so many other things you could be doing.

I am going to let you in on a secret: The dishes piling up in the sink can wait. The mountain of laundry in the basket can also wait. Instead answer those emails and make those calls that need to be made. If you wait to long to call the client back they may have moved on to someone who answers them at a much faster rate.

Why did you become a WAHM in the first place? Did you need to bring in an extra $500 a month to pay off credit cards? Was it to put money away for your children’s college fund? Or was it to save for retirement? Whatever the reason, write it down and put it where you will see it on a daily basis. When you are feeling distracted, look at what you wrote down. It will be easier to work when you remember why you are working in the first place.

You may want to team up with another WAHM. Send each other your goals and keep one another accountable. Call each other at the end of the day and discuss what you accomplished; you can share your successes or lend each other a sympathetic ear over things that didn’t go as you planned.

Stay motivated by setting daily, weekly and monthly goals. If you “work backwards” you will create a road map to your success. For instance, if you are in direct sales and your financial goal is to sell $1500 in product that month. Do the math and you’ll see that you need to sell $375 of product each week. Now, how many home parties do you need to hold each week to accomplish that? How many phone calls do you need to make each day in order to schedule those parties?

Once you have accomplished your goals give yourself a little treat and remind yourself that all your hard work is paying off.

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