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Smart Tips for Starting a Business as a Stay-at-Home Mom

Smart Tips for Starting a Business as a Stay-at-Home Mom

INSIDE: Are you thinking about starting a business as a stay-at-home mom? It just might be one of the best things you do! Tune into this guest post from Eva Benoit for some amazing tips.

Guest Post from Eva Benoit


Being a mom is absolutely everything. However, when you want to do more for your family than your stay-home salary can afford, it may be time to consider joining the ranks of “mompreneurs” everywhere by starting your own business. It probably sounds intimidating, and it’s not going to be easy, but you’ve made it through childbirth — you can do anything.

Tips for Starting a Business as a Stay-at-Home Mom

Create a Workspace

Obviously, your first step is to figure out what, exactly, you want to do. Before getting started on any type of at-home business, you need space to conduct it. This can be a spare bedroom, combined with the playroom, or, if you’re short on space, your kitchen table.


Setting up your home office starts with getting the right equipment. A good desk, an ergonomic chair (available for less than $100), and the right technology are paramount to your success. In fact, you could even opt for custom pieces designed specifically for your needs. If you have toddlers or young children at home, give them a small corner where they can explore self-directed activities. Eliminate distractions by keeping your desk clean and organized and, if possible, separating your workspace and your living space.

Protect the Homefront

The last thing you want to do is put your family and personal finances into a precarious position, so before you go too far, it’s important to select a business structure. In a number of ways, an LLC can be the best choice. It provides tax advantages, it allows you to grow in that it’s super scalable, and—most importantly—it protects your personal assets. It can be accomplished in five simple steps, too, if you go through an online service.

Stop Trying to Do It All

We get it, you’re a professional multitasker who doesn’t want to admit defeat. We are right there with you. But keep in mind there is only so much of you to go around. You can stay up all night to focus on your business and then chase the kids around all day, but you’re soon going to succumb to exhaustion, and then stress, and then burnout.


Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D., a Psychology Today contributor and founder of High Octane Woman, warns that the signs of burnout include a feeling of detachment and failing to recognize your accomplishments.


Learn to focus your time in the areas that are most beneficial to you and your family. There’s nothing wrong with hiring a maid service, which can shave several hours off your weekly to-do list, freeing you up to take the kids to a movie, have a cup of coffee with a friend, or take a nap.

Work in Chunks

Whether you realize it or not, you work in chunks all the time. Ten minutes to read the kid a story at night, breakfast at 8 am, and grocery shopping on Sunday afternoons are examples of how you segment your personal life. Divide your workday or week up similarly, rounded out with healthy habits that keep life in balance.


As Invoicely points out, you must be sure to set specific work hours and stick to them. It’s very easy to let business interfere with everything else, and that can give kids a feeling of being less important. They may not be old enough to realize that what you are doing is for them.

Network

There is a dual benefit to networking if you’re a work-at-home mom. First, you have an opportunity to grow your business by mixing and mingling with like-minded ladies. Second, working at home is lonely. Even when you’re surrounded by children all day, it can get really isolating. An afternoon at a networking meeting is a much-needed chance to socialize.

Final Thoughts

Most importantly, don’t feel guilty about your decision to return to the workforce. While our primary responsibility is to our children, there’s nothing wrong with doing something for yourself. That’s what make a happy mom, and that’s important for our kids.


If that means going back to work or starting your own business, then do it. Your children won’t suffer, and you can rest easy knowing that you are doing what you feel is best for your family.


Connect with Faith M. Davis for more important information on how you can live a fuller, more satisfying life.

* The information provided here is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment. Please read my full disclaimer notice here. This content may contain affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure here.

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