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    • Staying motivated working at home

      Posted at 11:43 am by CS, on March 23, 2020

      Blogging is not my full-time job. It would be great if something like this was, but I’m just not there yet. Being a mom isn’t my full-time job either. Now it is a full-time job, but after Cameron was born, we discussed that it just wasn’t feasible for me to stay at home, so back to work I went. Now, I am lucky because I have a remote position with the job I do have, so I get to work from home. It has it’s perks, such as being able to walk out of my room to my office, not really having to dress up, and at the end of the day turning off your computer and being home. But some other times it’s hard to stay motivated not being in an actual office setting. Here are a few things I do to stay motivated.

      Getting Dressed: This one isn’t as hard as it used to be. Back in CA I basically wore my pajamas or some sort of comfy/yoga/workout attire everyday. Now, because I get up and take Cameron to school each more, I need to put actual clothes on because I don’t want to embarrass her or me. But I found, that once you’re dressed you feel like the day has started and it’s easier to stay on track.

      Give yourself deadlines: Even if you don’t have to finish something for someone at work, still give yourself deadlines. If someone didn’t see something by Friday, I would try to finish it by Thursday or before so that I wasn’t just sitting around and taking my time. Now obviously I won’t rush through anything, but it helps keep me busy trying to meet my self deadlines.

      Turn off distractions: Now it’s easy for us to think, that since we work from home, we can have noise in the background. And while most of the time that could be true, I also noticed it deterred from getting anything done. So, if I just HAVE to have noise, I make sure it’s not going to distract me or take me away from my work.

      Pay attention to schedules: Make sure you know what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and any roadblocks that you may hit. Just knowing what’s out there in front of you is a good way to stay motivated.

      Know that you are allowed breaks: For me personally, I always feel like I shouldn’t be allowed to get breaks, or lunch, because I have the luxury of working from home so if I want to eat a snack, I can just grab one. But know, that if you work yourself to the bone, and don’t take breaks, you are going to run out of steam and not get as much done because you are run-down. You are working, just like your co-workers, the stuff is getting done. It’s OK to take a 15 min break, or a 30 minute lunch. I’m pretty sure it’s also the law. Heck, I utilize my lunch break to sometimes get chores done around the house, two birds, one stone.

      As I think of other things, this post may receive some updates and re-blogging. But for now, these are the things I do to stay motivated working from home.

      Posted in If I had known | 0 Comments | Tagged motivation, work, work from home, working from home
    • Working from home with kiddos

      Posted at 1:48 pm by CS, on October 28, 2019

      So I’ve worked from home for about 5 years now, and 2 of those years have been as a mom. Now with the company I work for, it is against policy to have someone you watch at home with you during work hours as it keeps you from being productive. As I completely understand that, there has been times in the last 2 years that it was out of our control and Cameron had to stay home with me and I had to attempt to balance work and be a mom at the same time. Now because of the way sick time and PTO work with my job it wasn’t just as simple as taking the day off when things like this happened. Plus I tend to be one of those people who hate taking off work when I feel like I may be letting people down. Which the more I think about it, is not good for health reasons since the job could replace you in a day.

      So I had to be strategic with what and how I handled these situations. Luckily my husband also worked from home or had taken off some of these days so he was able to watch her. But what do you do when your child sees you and wants to play with only you. Or sit with you, or have you watch TV with her? You can’t just turn off being a mom. It doesn’t work that way. So I would have to take an early or late lunch, or take a break, or work later into the day to make sure I was covering all my hours and getting all my work done.

      I also try to set up activities for Cameron to do so that she has things to do while I’m trying to work. Yes it’s hard to be “absent” while being right there in the same room as your child. I am also guilty of sitting her in front of the TV and putting on a show or movie I know she loves so that I could get a little work done. Especially if I have a conference call in which she needed to be quiet, but also, she’s 2, and doesn’t fully understand being quiet when mommy is on the phone. But I have also explained to my co-workers and bosses that during this current time of transition because of all the moving we are doing that sometimes Cameron has to be home, but that I do promise it’s not adversely affecting my work. And my boss knows that I can get things done as I’ve proved time and time again.

      I’ve just learned you have to be flexible when it comes to working from home and being a mom. A lot of my mornings are spent getting her ready for the day, taking care of things, and then beginning my work day. Some other things I’ve learned by working from home is that it gets lonely. You have coworkers you never see and may go days without interacting with. You crave some adult conversation, I remember when my husband would be out of town and I would be on daycare duty, I would always end up staying longer at drop off or pick up because I just wanted someone to talk to. I also noticed that I stopped putting a lot of effort into my look because my office was my living room and I wouldn’t go outside some days so I lived in sweats since no one was going to see me. After a while I vowed that I needed to step back up again and put some effort into my appearance.

      Are you a work from home mom? How do you balance the work mom and the mom mom?

      Posted in If I had known, Mom-ing | 0 Comments | Tagged job, mom, work from home
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