Can A Busy Mom Actually Run A Successful Online Business?
Homework, practices, Dr. Appointments, diapers, food splatteredon every wall in the house...It's true that a mother's work isnever done. Many mothers are so busy that they only averageabout six hours of sleep each night. That leaves an entire 18hours of non-stop work every single day. With our days alreadyso full, why is it that many of us also desire to run ahome-based business on top of everything else?I don't know about all of the other mothers out there, but Iknow why I h...
...ave always wanted to run my own business. The mainreason is because I have always pictured myself in a certainsituation, and it was never an environment where someone elsewas telling me what to do. For some reason, I just always knew Iwould be my own boss.My other reason is simple. Money. Nowadays everyone needs moremoney. Two-parent families need both parents to work and singleparents are finding themselves working a full-time job and apart-time job just to survive. Unfortunately, things aren'texactly looking up, either.I think one of the top reasons so many other mothers are lookingto work from home is also because of the money. They definatelydon't want to have to go back into "the real world" to work, butthey need more money, so working from home is the only otheroption. Too bad it isn't as easy to do as it sounds.In my experience it was extremely difficult to find the timenecessary to learn a new business, entirely from scratch. Itwasn't just because of all of my other responsibilities, either.My family was not very supportive.My husband worked a full-time job with alot of overtime, so thelast thing he wanted to do after he got home from work was takecare of 4 kids and stare at the back of my head! Plus, all of myother family just couldn't comprehend where I was coming from.To them, it was insane for me to spend so much time at my desk,while the kids tore the house apart.But basically, they all had the same problem. They weren'tseeing any money!It's hard for those who don't have our same vision to understandus. They wonder how we can put so much effort into something,for 'nothing.'But, I assure you, it's not for nothing. Eventually, all of thathard work pays off. And when it does, you won't believe howsurprisingly helpful people will become.The first time I made just $50 two days in a row my husbandbecame a completely different person. All of a sudden he wasseeing dollar signs and thinking about what he was going to buy!Before I knew it, he was more than happy to do dinner dishes andwash some clothes and bath the kids and get their snack and putthem to bed. And it didn't stop there! My two oldest kidsstarted offering to look after the 2 younger ones so I could"work." Imagine that - all of a sudden I was working!So, can a busy mom actually run a successful online business?Absolutely! It's just getting to the point where others see thatyou're running an actual business that's difficult!!*Don't give up, moms! Fight your way to the top...
|
