Do you feel like you are a slave to your business? Are you working 7 days a week, with many of those days being 10 - 12 hour work days? If your answer is "yes", you are not alone. This seems to be the syndrome that many work at home moms fall into.

One of the downfalls in running a home-based business is that many are not able to break away as they would if they worked outside the home. It is too easy to walk by your office, pop in for what you think will be a quick 5 minutes, and end up coming back out an hour or two later.
When your office is in the home, the hours can blur together, and, if you are not careful, your business will consume you.

Try to set a schedule as you would for work. Allow yourself only so many hours during the day to run your business, and stick to it. Just as you would have regular office hours when working outside the home, you need to create work hours for your home based business. Working at home allows you the flexibility to decide what hours they will be, but be fair to yourself and your family by
sticking to your plan.

For most of us, the reason we have chosen to work at home is because we want to be home with our children. If you let your business take up too much of your time and energy, you are defeating the purpose of your original goal.

Take back your life. Allow yourself the freedom to be the mom, wife, and friend that you need to be. Your business is important, but so are you. Don't lose sight of what is truly valuable during our short time at home with our children. What you don't get done today will still be there tomorrow.

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