As mums we beat ourselves up about a lot of things – what our children eat, how they behave, how much TV they watch – the potential for feeling guilty is endless.
Add to the pot the added guilt that Work at Home Mums feel about not spending as much time with their family and you could be heading for overload.
Guilt is a state which occurs when you believe you have done something you shouldn’t, or conversely, when you haven’t done something you think you should – and so has the potential to pretty much affect most situations! But if it IS only a state of mind, then maybe a change in perspective is all that’s needed to turn guilt on its head. So here are some ideas about how you can turn a guilty thought into a postive one:
Working from home presents an ideal solution for many women; being able to work between school hours, being at home if the children are poorly, fitting in some housework during the day, not paying rent for office space…..we know all the benefits. But how can we ensure that our home working is healthy?
“I’ve just got SO much to do!”…….sound familiar?
The topic of discussion at our last networking meeting was ‘How to be more like a man in business’. We women often congratulate ourselves on our multi-tasking abilities but maybe sometimes we would do well to emulate our tunnel-visioned counterparts and really FOCUS on one thing at a time. But as mums, is that really possible?
Working from home means different things to different people. Some may have a garage full of stock, a bedroom converted into an office or a purpose built workshop at the bottom of the garden. But for many work at home mums their workspace is their dining room or kitchen table.
Last week I caught up with an old schoolfriend who I hadn’t seen for 15 years. She had hardly aged a day and we chatted like it had been days, not years, since we last met. And it got me thinking – do we really change that much from the child we used to be? And if we don’t, then maybe revisiting the dreams we had then could be the key to the happiness we seek as adults.