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Setting Goals and Learning How to Achieve Them

March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Learn how to set goals, plan for them, and determine why you want to achieve them.

Setting goals gives you clear direction. Setting goals can enable you to make wiser decisions. Taking the time to set goals will help you spend your time and money on things that align with your values. Having clearly defined goals isn’t a magic pill, but it is a great motivator. Here are some steps for defining your goals, establishing how you want to meet them, and stating your motivation in completing them. It is important to set goals, but it is equally as important to take the time ... Continue Reading

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Managing your Family Time

January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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In this crazy world of life, family time more often than not takes a back seat. Learn how to change that.

Tending to life, work, a blog, kids, etc. can unravel into the inability to ever get caught up. Whether you are a stay-at-home mom or you work full time it seems we are never caught up. Before you are in need of an intervention, reinvent the wheel. Managing our family time may just be what the Doctor ordered. Write it down Take a chalk board, dry erase board or calendar and hang it on a wall everyone will see everyday. Jot down to-do's, errands, don't forget, etc. by priority and add a date. ... Continue Reading

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5 Key Steps to Launching a Home Business

November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Here are five steps you can follow to help launch your home business.

Having your own home business can offer independence and great satisfaction. And working from home is one of the most convenient ways to make a living. If you add to this a home business within an area of your passions, then you have the makings of true joy. Working from home may sound like a dream to some, but it’s a dream that is more realizable than many people think. The kinds of businesses that can be run from home are diverse – from professional services such as bookkeeping and ... Continue Reading

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6 Tips For The Successful Mom-Student

September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Being a mom-student can be difficult and stressful. How can you be both a mom and a student without going crazy? Check out these six tips.

Are you returning to the classroom this fall? Perhaps you are taking a course online, working toward a certificate, or going to school full-time for a degree. This can pose quite the challenge for mothers of young children. So, how can you be both a mother and a student without going crazy? Here are 6 tips for the successful mom-student: 1. Have a Detailed Schedule: Plan as if your life depended on it (because frankly, it does). Others may see you as rigid or foolish, but your sanity depends ... Continue Reading

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Ease your Back to School Stress

August 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Effective tips to ease a mom’s “back to school” stress

As mothers we look ahead to back to school with mixed emotions. On one hand, we’ll miss the lazy mornings and late nights, but on the other hand we like the return of a regular routine. Unfortunately, one thing our regular routine brings that we’d rather do without is that good ole familiar ... stress. Days of school shopping, mountains of back-to-school paperwork to fill out, schedules to juggle, carpools to organize, checks to write, and on and on. Did you know it is impossible and even ... Continue Reading

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5 Things Work at Home Moms Should Never Do

August 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Working from home can offer moms the best of both worlds – a thriving home business and the ability to be there for their kids. However, to keep both worlds at their best, there are five things that work at home moms (WAHMs) should NEVER do: Never lose track of your time.  For WAHMs, time … [ Read full post ]

Working from home can offer moms the best of both worlds – a thriving home business and the ability to be there for their kids. However, to keep both worlds at their best, there are five things that work at home moms (WAHMs) should NEVER do: Never lose track of your time.  For WAHMs, time is a big factor. Not having enough of it is one of the biggest complaints from moms who work from home. If you plan to be successful as a work at home mom, it’s important to establish a schedule. This ... Continue Reading

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