Home working for mums might seem like a dream come true when the idea
suddenly strikes you in the middle of the night. You have young
children, money worries and aside from that, you are getting a bit bored
just hanging around the house all day with just a toddler for company.
Flexible working is not that easy to come by in the current market, and
besides that, by the time you factor in nursery fees it is likely that
your extra income would soon all be gone and you would be tired all the
time and anyway, you would miss the baby and all its milestones. No –
working from home part time is definitely the answer!
Come the morning, and you must ask yourself a question. Does being a
mum engaged in working from home still sound like a good idea? If it
doesn’t, even without a second thought, then don’t do it. Don’t even go
there! Jobs for home workers are in the job market and some of them are
very tempting, but unless you are totally committed to them, then it can
become a millstone around your neck. If you take on a job as a
freelancer or as an employee and work from home, you will have deadlines
to meet on which your extra income will depend and if you are the type
of person who tends to prevaricate, then you will probably not succeed.
Obviously, as a mum working from home your children must come first, but
you will have to accept that they will occasionally have to wait while
you finish what you are doing, so in one sense the children and their
own characters are as important as your own. Will they wait patiently or
will they trash the lounge? Be honest with yourself when you ask these
questions, or your ideas to work for yourself will be dead in the water
from the start.
You should also take into account your house and whether it will lend
itself to your working from home part time. If you choose to take in
home working, possibly a craft related job or clerical work, you have to
be sure that you will be able to store the materials and also the
finished product. Everyone in the house will be miserable if they spend
all their time fighting their way past piles of boxes. If you can’t
decide whether to work for yourself, the probably answer is no, you
shouldn’t. Although flexible working arrangements and home working,
either as a self employment venture or as an employee is in some ways
the ideal answer to any mum looking to earn some extra income whilst
still looking after her own children in their home environment seems
ideal, the reality is that some people and families just don’t have the
temperament for it. It is best to be honest with yourself and if it
doesn’t seem right at this moment, revisit it in a month or so – things
may have changed by then and you will be all set to become Businesswoman
of the Year.
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