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10 Hardest Things About The Work-At-Home Mom Life (And How I’m Attempting To Solve Them), Part Two

Read part one if you missed it here. 7. Always feeling like I'm "on." As a work-at-home mom whose business revolves primarily around social media, it's hard for me to truly rest because my clients have needs 24/7. When I wake up in the morning and I have a slew of Facebook posts to respond to, it makes me feel bad, even though I know my clients don't expect me to be up answering customers' … [Continue reading...]

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10 Hardest Things About The Work-At-Home Mom Life (And How I’m Attempting To Solve Them)

No snazzy intro day, let's just get into the list. (That should tell you where my head is at. LOL) 1) The interruptions. I do not, under any circumstances, want to go back to my old job, but you know what I miss? Being able to do into my office, shut my door, AND THEN GET WORK DONE. I could be in there two, maybe three hours some days without anyone walking in and asking me what I'm doing or … [Continue reading...]

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Questions On Being Your Own Boss? Here’s My Take On It (Part Two)

I finally, finally, finally got part two up! Read part one if you missed it. Erica asks: How long did it take to become self-employed? If you read my "How I Went From Laid Off To Gainfully Self-Employed" posts, you'll know that I started seeing enough income come in around month seven. Luckily, I was receiving unemployment and had a bit of severance pay to fill in those gaps in income. But … [Continue reading...]

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How I Went From Laid Off To Gainfully Self-Employed In Seven Months (Part Three)

Read part one and part two first if you missed them.  Once I left my office on the day I got laid off, I sat in my car for a minute, dazed, confused and hurting. This was my first job out of college and I thought I was pretty good at it. To be laid off with no warning after three years of solid performance reviews? Hit me in the gut. I kept thinking about that over the next couple weeks. … [Continue reading...]

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How I Went From Laid Off To Gainfully Self-Employed In Seven Months (Part Two)

Let me explain a little bit about the title. When I got laid off in November 2010, I was given a severance package (enough for maybe two months of mortgage payments) and I would receive regular paychecks until the end of December. So really, we had about two months until we'd have to start hitting our savings for money. My mantra was that I was not about to deplete our rainy day account, even … [Continue reading...]

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How I Went From Laid-Off To Gainfully Self-Employed In Seven Months (Part One)

My buddy Fran asked me how in the heck did I go from being laid off, to making roughly $40K as a work-at-home mom one year later. And I didn't have an answer for her at that time, because honestly, I didn't know how it happened. 2011 is a bit of a blur for me, as I was on my grind mode 24/7. If I wasn't sleeping, I was working. Nonstop. I was editing books and writing blog posts and managing other … [Continue reading...]

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