How to Plan Your Business Mompreneur Style

How many times have you tried to scratch your head to figure out how in the world are you going to have an important meeting, yet have a busy 3-year-old asking you what does the "Del" key do on your laptop - while two seconds away from touching it and deleting your entire project? Being a mompreneur can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be the end all of end all. You probably wish you could even schedule a play date while you work! I'm going to give some tips on how to plan your business, while working around your bubbly bundles of joy.

Tips You Can Use

1. Schedule during a time you know your child is about to wind down for nap or resource time. Planning a FB Live tutorial video, watching a webinar, chat session with a new client should be planned around the time when you know it is time for the kids to give you some free time. It can be quite difficult to share tips and tricks of the trade when you have baby screaming their head off in the background.

2. Schedule when you are most focused. The great wonders of online businesses is that you can be flexible with your work hours. If you're most alert at 5:00 am while the kids are still snuggling, find your quiet space to blog, create content, and pre-record your videos. It's not a good idea if you've gotten cottonhead around lunch time, and while the kiddos are eating, you're just looking for a cup of coffee and a place to zone out.

3. Network with other mompreneurs. Yes! Someone who shares your story. Someone who knows the challenge of trying to focus on writing your next blog article, while young "Cody" is asking you to come help him color because he's bored. Find a time and place where you can both meet up and let the kids play away while you take turns monitoring them, learning more about them and their business, and getting some work done at the same time. This leads up to tip number four.

4. Find local play date meetups. Trade time with sanity. Join groups that offer to watch your sweetface, while you go to the room up the hall to answer e-mails, make important calls, and host that next great lead generating webinar. You will be surprised how play date meetups can save you time and peace of mind, and build your revenue.

5. Make smart task planning choices. Let's face it, tips 1-4 may work some of the time, but may not be foolproof all of the time. The life of an entrepreneur is demanding, and being a mompreneur is unpredictable. So, choose to plan your tasks wisely. During the hours when the kids are fully-loaded with energy, it's not a great time to schedule a time to chat with a sponsor. Take this time to check and respond to emails, add dates and tasks to your calendar that you didn't have time to do yesterday, check your to-do list and check off things you've accomplished to energize your efforts.

6. Purchase and use a day planner. Make your life a little bit easier and organized with jotting things down. As a mompreneur, it is easy to forget things and overbook yourself. To prevent additional frustration, map it out. Leave room for the unexpected (like "Cody" putting a lego block in his nose, causing you to cancel your perfect 1:00 naptime his time, 1:00 your meeting time). Only add tasks that will be achievable. Don't plan so much, that you only get one thing accomplished, and feeling like your entire day was defeated.

Being a mompreneur can be rewarding. If you're choosing to raise the kiddos at home, but want to work to build a legacy for them, or if you're opting to build your business so that you can spend more time with your kids, where there is a will, there is a way.

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