Women Who Manage Work and Home

It is a fact that in today's day and age a working woman faces more stress than a man. They need to meet deadlines at work even if they have a sick child at home, look into their children's school work and assignments, be competitive and perform well at work, create a healthy environment at home and manage household chores. But after a point this begins to take a toll on a working woman's life. It affects her and the people around her in a negative way.

Tips on perfecting the balancing act

Women are very capable of multitasking, but they need to draw a line after a point. When accommodating to everyone's demand leads to stress, it is time to stop. Women stress a lot on keeping their house clean. Don't spend your precious time at home, by spending hours on cleaning it. Get some house help instead. It is an investment worth making. This free time came be utilized by bonding with your family or just relaxing with a good book and a cup of coffee.

Try and fix quick but healthy meals for the family, instead of lavish treats. That can be done during time off from work. A basic preparation during the weekends can make it easy to make the meals when you return tired from a long and hectic day at work.

Some tasks can be split with the spouse when it comes to doing household work. Set up a carpool system with the neighbors to help pick up and drop kids. The daily routine should be prioritized from most important to least important things. Maintain a calendar and set reminders for tasks that need to be done.

Basically if the daily routine is managed well, there will be no stress. Learning to manage stress can contribute towards success and personal well-being.

Different ways to manage stress

Stress can be a motivator and help a woman in achieving her goals. If there is an important presentation at work, which affects her position, she will work extra hard on it. But if she has to prepare her kids for an exam the same day, the stress level rise. That's when things may get out of control and she may even forget to pack their lunch or even keep the most important documents in her briefcase. That's why managing stress is the key to a balanced life.

There are different ways to manage stress. When stressed, always focus on your breathing. Take deep breaths and once your mind is calm, try and work out a solution to the problem. Eat healthy meals in small proportion and at frequent intervals during the day. This keeps the energy levels in control throughout the busy day. Never neglect your health, because if you are unwell, you won't be able to take care of your work and family. Perform regular exercises, take the stairs instead of the elevator, and join the gym or aerobics class. Make time for your friends and socialize in order to unwind. Make room in your schedule for meditation in the morning. This will be a perfect start to a day.

Even the busiest woman should find the time for herself at least once a month and treat herself to a shopping spree or a relaxing day at the spa. Make time for a nice relaxing bath with soothing music and fragrant candles around. Not only does this calm the senses, it also helps in unwinding from the daily hectic schedule that seems like and endless road.

Ricky Kahn

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Advice for working mothers: don't bring work home

As a working mother, you have many demands on your time. You probably start the day much earlier than you would like to. You have to make sure that the kids are dressed and have all of the homework, supplies, lunches and other items that they’ll need throughout the day. Then you head out to work, where you frantically rush to complete projects on time and still get out at a decent hour. When the work day is finally done, it is time to head home to after-school activities, dinner, homework, bath and bed time. This doesn’t even include housework, time for paying bills or even just some time to read a good book.

That is why it is so important that you leave your work at the office when you do come home. You already have less time than you would like with the people who are most precious to you. Why spend that valuable time doing work that should be done at the office? It may seem impossible to get your work done without bringing it home, but there are some simple steps that you can take to leave your work at the office door.

Prioritize Your Day

The first thing that you should do every morning is make a list, in order of importance, of the items that you must accomplish that day. Then start with the most important item and work your way down. If you have trouble prioritizing your work, show your manager a list of all of the things that you have been asked to do. Tell your manager that you do not have time to do everything on the list, and ask him or her to prioritize the work for you. This allows you to know which projects are most important to your manager, and those projects should be the most important to you. The other projects will just have to wait until they are in a higher position on the priority list.

So many of us get caught up in clearing unimportant (but easy) items out of our in-boxes, or returning non-urgent telephone calls or emails, that we wait until late in the day to get started on the work that must be finished. Then we end up bringing that work home and wondering why we can never have a peaceful evening at home with the family. The single most important step to getting out of the office on time and with an empty briefcase is working on the most important items first. This sounds so simple, but it takes real focus to make it happen.

Just Say No

As women, we have a difficult time telling others no. We feel that we aren’t doing a good job, or that others will think badly of us, if we turn down a project. However, there are many times when you need to do just that. If you are asked to do perform a task that falls into a co-worker’s job description, replying “but that’s not my job” won’t get you anywhere (other than possibly looking for a new job). On the other hand, replying that the co-worker can help get that information more quickly and accurately than you can shows that you are a team player who wants to get the work done in the most thorough and efficient manner.

Politely refusing to do someone else’s job for them does not make you a bad employee, or a bad person. Refusing to spend hours upon hours on a project that is not a priority for your manager and/or your company shows good judgment. By selectively saying no to projects or tasks that are distractions or a waste of time, you can free up your time for the items that top your priority list. This means that you are more likely to get those items completed at the office rather than at midnight at home.

Change Your Attitude

Many working mothers are closet perfectionists. We feel that we should be able to accomplish everything on our to-do lists in a timely manner. If someone asks a working mother what her biggest fault is, she is likely to respond that she has a problem with time management. That may not be true. Instead, that mother may fail to realize that it is absolutely impossible for any one human being to accomplish everything that she has been charged with doing.

What is required is an attitude adjustment. Instead of focusing on everything that hasn’t been accomplished, focus on what has. Instead of assuming that every project must be completed immediately no matter the personal cost, consider whether a later response will suffice. In fact, consider whether the project or task even needs to be completed at all. If you can force yourself to more realistically assess how much work can and should be accomplished during your working hours, you may find that you are better at time management than you thought you were.

By prioritizing your day, remembering to say no when appropriate and focusing on doing a great job instead of being the perfect employee (or mother), you’ll find that you have much more time for what is really most important to you. Let’s face it: having more time for the people most important to you is the true measure of success.

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Jobs for Pregnant Women at Home

Pregnancy is a crucial time for any woman, and risking it is something not many of you may want to do, especially if you have been longing for it for a while now. It is in such cases that many women opt to leave their jobs, and devote their time to ensuring a healthy pregnancy and childbirth. In other cases, a woman may be at a high-risk pregnancy, where bed rest may have been advised. However, not every woman has the liberty to simply cut off her supply of a steady income and spend time at home resting. On the other hand, some of you may be the type who just can't sit idle, and working is more of a desire than a necessity. It is for women like you, that some of the top jobs for pregnant women at home have been enlisted here.

List of Jobs for Pregnant Women at Home

Ideally, the best jobs for pregnant women at home would be those that do not require too much physical exertion, especially for those who are going through a high-risk pregnancy. For those of you who need a steady supply of your bread and butter (and perhaps a little jam), the Internet is your best bet. With the array of part time and full time online jobs now so easily available, there is no need to look any further for other types of jobs. All you need is a basic laptop or computer, and a good, secure Internet connection, and you are good to go. Take a look at this list of jobs you may choose from online.

* Freelance Writing: Everywhere you go, you have seen freelance writing as the first option, as jobs for pregnant women at home. Why is it so popular? Because you can easily make a good amount compiling and presenting information over the Internet. A lot of websites offer payments on a per article basis, so the amount you wish to earn is entirely in your hands. Just ensure that you compile the information from reliable sources (even over the Internet), and present it in a manner that is easy to understand. So, you don't have to be Shakespeare, neither do you have to go through volumes of encyclopedias. Simply write on subjects that are close to your heart, and you are bound to find a creatively satisfying as well as well-paying source of income.

* Virtual Assistant: As the name suggests, a virtual assistant is someone who performs the jobs of an assistant at home. Many companies who cannot afford, or perhaps don't require full time assistants are looking for virtual assistants. Your assignments will be emailed to you, or communicated via a fax or phone, and you can execute them from the comfort of your home. Furthermore, you can perform this job for more than one company, if you are good at multi-tasking, that is. You may need a fax machine for this particular job.

* Selling On eBay: eBay is a great platform for those of you who have a lot of stuff that has been collected over years, that now has no place to go. As long as these items are in good condition, they make for great things to sell on eBay, from books to spare parts for cars and motorcycles. Make the most of this opportunity and earn a good amount.

* Graphic/Website Design: If you are a pro at either graphic design or website design, you can easily sell your services online, to those who are in desperate need of it. A little inspiration can be derived from the fact that there are teenagers out there who are making money over the web, for their graphic design services. The only question here is, if they can, why can't you? Of course, your knowledge in this field should be good for you to make the most of it, but if you do possess the necessary qualification, nothing can stop you from making some great bucks doing this job.

* Blogging: Yes, this is another one of those repetitive options as jobs for pregnant women at home. Again, it is only because it can actually help you make money. A great piece of advice in this regard to get you started, is to start blogging about your pregnancy; the precautionary measures you are taking, and every little nuance, that other pregnant women around the world can use for their benefit. Whether you have knit a pair of socks for your little one, or started designing her/his room, put up this information along with photographs, and your blog is sure to be a success. You can make money by having ads posted on your blogs. For this, you must market your blog over your social networking profiles, and ensure that everyone you know, knows what you are up to even while at home.

* Tutoring: Though online tutoring jobs are in great demand lately, a point to be noted about this job is that you needn't necessarily perform it only online. If you are proficient at a particular hobby or craft, or simply at a foreign language, impart your wisdom either via the Internet, or hold training sessions at your residence to make some big bucks. A lot of people are looking for simple learning methods, where your proficiency as an online or personal tutor can come handy.

Now just working online is not an established rule for pregnant women looking for jobs. There are lots of home based business opportunities that you can target or even create, and engage in self employment to make money. Good at creating scrumptious cakes and baked goodies? Why not begin to make a business of this. Great at creating crafts? Why not make some and put them up for sale? From paper mache sculptures to handmade bookmarks, there is a market for every unique craft. If you are good at creating these crafts, why not impart lessons on how to do them? A great option for part time jobs for pregnant women also includes becoming an agent for cosmetic companies, that allow you to sell their products from the comfort of your living room. However, you must have excellent marketing skills and a good social circle for this idea to work for you.

The bottom line is this: though this list has been compiled as a specific one defining jobs for pregnant women at home, you can make money from doing almost anything, only if you deeply desire it. If you notice, pregnant or not, these jobs are great for anyone who needs to supplement their income, or make it a full time job. All you need is a little effort on your part, to make sure your work at home jobs work well for you, and you are sure to make a good amount of money from all that you have to offer. Introspect, bring out your talent, and use it to attain satisfaction personally, professionally, and from the fact that you could earn yourself a respectable amount without your pregnancy having to suffer in any way. Good luck in your endeavors!

By Puja Lalwani

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How to balance work life and home life

Running your own home business isn’t easy. There are so many things around to distract you, and people who work outside of their homes don’t have this same problem. When you’re first starting your business, it usually takes a pretty high priority in your life, and you may find yourself juggling your work life and your home life. Both can be managed successfully. It’s all a matter of balance.

One of the most important parts of your home life is your child. Many people, especially moms, start a home business thinking they will be able to spend more time with their children, but this usually doesn’t end up being the case. In a sense, working at home is the same as working outside of the home: it’s still work. You have a job to do; granted, you probably have more flexibility to do the work on your own time schedule. But you still have to get the work done. It’s very important to dedicate special time to your kids. They may feel they are less important than this new business you are spending hours on, so remember to take some time off and spend quality time doing something that your kids want to do; go to the park or a museum. If you have to run business errands with your kids, try to limit the number of them and then go do something fun, such as get ice cream, as a reward for the kids for being good. You might want to consider paying your kids if they are old enough to do some simple jobs in your office, perhaps filing or keeping your pencils sharpened. Anything like that will help make them feel more involved in your business and more important to you.

It’s difficult trying to run a business when you are providing full-time care to a child of any age. Babies need constant supervision, diapers, food, snuggling, and playtime. Thankfully they also have naps, but a nap schedule can change at any time so it isn’t necessarily something you can always count on. Toddlers also need a great deal of supervision, and they need more entertainment than do babies. They also may not take naps, which may leave you with very few extended periods of time to work during the day. It’s a little easier with school children if they are gone all day, but you still have volunteer work at their schools, car pools, and afternoon and evening activities. It’s not that any of these are bad things, and in fact, running your home business is great because it allows you to be there for your children when they need these things. But work does have to be scheduled around these types of activities. Just remember that your kids are only young once; work will always be there but your children won’t.

You will probably, at some point, want to consider your various child-care options. Some people prefer a daycare, where the child is out of the house and with other children, but this can get very costly. Others like to have someone come into the house for a few hours each day or week. This gives you a feeling of security in knowing your child is right there if he truly needs you, but it also gives you time and space to do your work. Another option is a babysitting co-op, where friends take turns babysitting for each other’s children. This is nice because you will likely have a list of people to call for babysitting, but it also means you have to be available to babysit other children too at some point.

Your spouse is another person with whom you will have to find balance in your life. If your spouse is supportive and enthusiastic about your efforts, that makes your life a little easier. However, if your spouse is resentful or uninterested, your job will likely be even harder. It’s a good idea to sit down with your spouse before you start your business and discuss your plans. Let him know how much time you expect to have to spend at this venture and ask for his input on when he thinks is a good time for you to work. Perhaps you will agree to hire a sitter for a few hours a day, or perhaps you will watch the kids during the day and work after your husband comes home from his job. Whatever the plan, it is important to respect your spouse by sticking with it. If you decide you will work from 9-5 and then you run to the office right after dinner to get back to work, don’t wonder why your spouse gets annoyed. Sure, things come up that throw your plan off track, but it is very important to keep the lines of communication open at all times and keep your spouse informed of what you are doing. After all, that kind of respect is only fair and is probably how you would like to be treated.

Your friends may take a low priority when you start a new business, and they will probably have mixed feelings on that. Real friends will understand, but will also appreciate if you make the effort to keep in touch even when you are busy. After all, you wouldn’t want to be dumped by your friends either. Take the time to send a quick note or email, or call every so often to keep up with what’s going on with your friends. They are part of your support system so treat them as you would want to be treated.

It’s all a matter of balance. Remember that even though you have started a new business and that part of your life is important, keep in mind that you do have a life outside of work. Remember the people in that life and be considerate and respectful of them.

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