Comments on: New Article: Achieving Balance When Working From Home http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/07/new-article-achieving-balance-when-working-from-home Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ann @TheAssetEdge http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/07/new-article-achieving-balance-when-working-from-home/comment-page-1#comment-15101 Ann @TheAssetEdge Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:46:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1371#comment-15101 Great article, Amy!<br /><br />I'm a work-from-home mom of 3 children under 5. I've found a couple of tricks for meeting with my low-key and casual clients and business partners:<br /><br />1. Meet for a walk at the park. I push the double stroller, while my 5yr old rides his bike. I carry a pad of paper & pen in the diaper bag to capture items for my to-do list. With snacks, toys & beautiful scenery, the kids enjoy the walk, while we talk.<br /><br />2. Meet at the picnic shelter beside a playground. My 2.5 and 5yr olds play at the playground, while my 9mo old plays with toys in the stroller.<br /><br />3. Meet at the YMCA. If you are a member, you can put your children in childcare, while you meet in the Y-Cafe or walk on the treadmills together.<br /><br />Working at home needs to fit with your family's lifestyle, so combining work with playtime and exercise time is a great bonus! Great article, Amy!

I’m a work-from-home mom of 3 children under 5. I’ve found a couple of tricks for meeting with my low-key and casual clients and business partners:

1. Meet for a walk at the park. I push the double stroller, while my 5yr old rides his bike. I carry a pad of paper & pen in the diaper bag to capture items for my to-do list. With snacks, toys & beautiful scenery, the kids enjoy the walk, while we talk.

2. Meet at the picnic shelter beside a playground. My 2.5 and 5yr olds play at the playground, while my 9mo old plays with toys in the stroller.

3. Meet at the YMCA. If you are a member, you can put your children in childcare, while you meet in the Y-Cafe or walk on the treadmills together.

Working at home needs to fit with your family’s lifestyle, so combining work with playtime and exercise time is a great bonus!

]]> By: Suburban Turmoil http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/07/new-article-achieving-balance-when-working-from-home/comment-page-1#comment-15102 Suburban Turmoil Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:57:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1371#comment-15102 Okay, okay, I'll sound off.<br /><br />I constantly worry I'm not spending enough quality time with my kids because I'm sort of drowning in work at all times. So for my 3-year-old, I've started drawing up weekly lesson plans, complete with a theme, daily subtopics, arts and craft projects, books, activity pages, songs, the whole nine yards. I try to get through as many of these activities with her in a week as I reasonably can. She is LOVING it and I feel like we're doing more together and learning in the process. <br />My older girls and I are going through the "Gilmore Girls" collection together this summer and we just started "Grey's Anatomy." I try to watch an episode with them every day. Yeah, it's TV, but we end up talking about other stuff too- it keeps us all together, rather than off in our own separate corners of the house.<br />As long as I get in TV time and a decent chunk of lessons with my 3-year-old, I don't feel as guilty getting my work done, too.<br />Now onto the juice. A certain person wrote to inform me that according to another person who was on "That Fateful Walk," there was "a little more going on than dry humping" on the sidewalk! Ha ha!<br />I can't believe I just said "dry humping" on Momadvice! Are you going to delete this? Because I just wrote for a really long time! Okay, okay, I’ll sound off.

I constantly worry I’m not spending enough quality time with my kids because I’m sort of drowning in work at all times. So for my 3-year-old, I’ve started drawing up weekly lesson plans, complete with a theme, daily subtopics, arts and craft projects, books, activity pages, songs, the whole nine yards. I try to get through as many of these activities with her in a week as I reasonably can. She is LOVING it and I feel like we’re doing more together and learning in the process.
My older girls and I are going through the “Gilmore Girls” collection together this summer and we just started “Grey’s Anatomy.” I try to watch an episode with them every day. Yeah, it’s TV, but we end up talking about other stuff too- it keeps us all together, rather than off in our own separate corners of the house.
As long as I get in TV time and a decent chunk of lessons with my 3-year-old, I don’t feel as guilty getting my work done, too.
Now onto the juice. A certain person wrote to inform me that according to another person who was on “That Fateful Walk,” there was “a little more going on than dry humping” on the sidewalk! Ha ha!
I can’t believe I just said “dry humping” on Momadvice! Are you going to delete this? Because I just wrote for a really long time!

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