Ten Tips For Working Moms

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4. Be present. It’s pretty straight-forward: when you are working you give your entire focus to your business, and when you are with your children your entire focus is them. I know my daughter knows when I am checking my iPhone while in the parking lot at her school…and she’s never thrilled.

5. Divvy up the duties. Do you delegate at work but find it hard to delegate at home? If you have a spouse or significant other talk to them about how to divide the load for household needs and child-caring. Also, try and save certain tasks for the baby-sitter or other help you use.

6. Get a network of other working Moms. You can meet and bond with other Moms through your child’s day care or play group. Every little bit of communication with women who have common lives will help you maintain a work/life balance.

7. Stay healthy. Moms have to be ready for anything, and you can’t take care of your family if you don’t take care of yourself. Regular exercise routines are a lifesaver and guaranteed stress reliever.

8. Treat your home office like a corporate office. When you have to go in to an office every day you have specific goals and come up with a plan to meet those goals. The same rule applies when you work at home. Set a schedule and goals, and write everything down that you plan to do, even errands.

9. Expect the unexpected. Kids gets sick unexpectedly but you can plan for when they do. “Each morning I write down the top three things I must accomplish that day,” said Lewis. “I tackle them first, because you never know when a call to pick up a sick child might quash the rest of the day’s work.”

10. Let go of the guilt. Working Moms, myself included, deal with various types of guilt; the guilt of having to work to feeling guilty for taking some time out for themselves and everything in between. But remember, a rested parent is more effective than an overwhelmed parent.

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