Working Moms Blog

A WAHM (Work At Home Mom) has the best of both worlds! She is making money from home and spending time with her kids.

Do you have what it takes to join the ranks of thousands of successful Work At Home Moms across the world?

If you answered ‘yes’ then you are probably right. But before you jump in the deep end, spend some time thinking about these five simple questions to get you started.

Do you know who you are?

There are millions of different ways of making money from home. In order to find the one which will work best for you, you need to know who you are. What is your past experience? What qualifications do you have? What are your natural abilities? interests? talents? Are you creative? Administrative? Do you need to be around people? Or are you happy working alone?

You have something to offer that no-one else can. The most successful work at home moms have discovered what that is and made a business out of it. You can too.

Do you know what you want to accomplish?

You want to become a WAHM. Yes! But when you think about making money from home do you want to earn enough to cover the ‘extras’ (the ballet classes or summer camps) or do you need to earn a second salary – or the main salary for your family?

Do you want to build a business? Or is it a bit extra? It is so important to know what you want to accomplish as a WAHM before you start out. You might not get there straight away – but you know what you are aiming for.

Do you know where you are going with this?

Do you know how to set targets for yourself? Do you know what your short term, medium term and long term goals are ? Do you know what the first step is, to get where you want to go with this? (usually research, research and more research!)

If it is important to know what you are heading toward, it is vital to know where you go next. You will not achieve your goals by wandering hopefully in the general direction of them. Have a plan! Where do you go next?

Do you know when you are going to fit it all in?

You might be asking yourself this already. How does a WAHM manage to build a business – however small – around the diapers, the washing, the cooking and the homework?

It is possible! But you are really going to have a steep learning curve in time management as you start!

It gets easier as the kids grow, but can you plan in sections of time to work on your business during the week (or preferably the day)? It needs to be thought about before you start – especially if you are investing money as well as time.

Do you know whyyou want to be a WAHM?

Work at home moms are the women who don’t have to drop their baby off at daycare every morning, who can be there to read stories before the afternoon nap, or to pick up their kids from school and who can afford to do it without feeling guilty that they should be ‘at work’. Most moms look at ways of making money from home because they want to be there with their kids.

And when the going gets tough – because work at home moms work hard you will need to keep in mind why you are doing this, rather than sitting in a company office downtown. You will need to keep yourself motivated.

And I think maybe it is the ‘why?’ that will most enable you to succeed as a WAHM.


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