Comments on: Want To Work From Home? Here’s A Warts And All Reality Check!

By: All Mum Said

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:28:12 +0000

Yes exactly! I hear you. Life keeps going and things need to be done and you think I will just do this one thing but then half your day is gone. Commitment and motivation is definitely essential! ]]>

By: Susan Trani

Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:17:45 +0000

This is so true! My husband and I work from home and it is not easy, especially with a two-year-old running around. We work for ourselves, which is good as we set our own hours, but motivation can really just be non-existent sometimes; especially when there is washing and cleaning to do. We rely on daycare to be able to achieve three full days of work per week and any other work that doesn’t fit into those days, needs to be juggled between nights and nap times. ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:58:28 +0000

Yes the not switching off is something I have to work on as well. You take a ‘day off’ but the whole time you are going over things in your head or quickly checking emails, etc. It’s hard work! ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:57:25 +0000

I have 2 at school, a toddler and newborn, motivation and mummy guilt are the big killers for me but at the end of the day when they go to bed I can get the rest finished as you mentioned. There are definitely pro’s and con’s to it. ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:55:16 +0000

It surely is made to sound like a dream job Melissa. It’s just a shame people aren’t more realistic like Dana and tell you the no BS version of what it is like! ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:01:05 +0000

Ain’t that the truth! They need stimulation and attention and we need time to work uninterrupted. It’s a balancing act. ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:59:55 +0000

Oh yes phone calls when the kids are home are just horrible. ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:58:13 +0000

Working from home really is misrepresented! It is no walk in the park that’s for sure. But it is also very rewarding. ]]>

By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:56:19 +0000

I agree Kate. It isn’t as easy as everyone thinks.
You sacrifice and compromise on so much and yet the guilt is worse than if you were to leave the house to go to a job. You see their little sad eyes not understanding why you aren’t playing with them when all you are doing is sitting at the computer writing.

But the flexibility of working from home means you can also juggle other commitments around your work.

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By: All Mum Said

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:53:08 +0000

Flexibility is the big pro isn’t it! Hard work though. ]]>