Building A Career At Home

Once a career woman decides to get married, she should be open to the  possibility of becoming a housewife especially under uncontrolled circumstances.  Hubby might be assigned to work in a different city or country, and you simply have to go; or you just have to take some rest in order to conceive (I say this because a lot of women today have this problem due to work-related stress).  I never thought I’d be a housewife myself until I got married and had to give way to my husband’s career.  But it’s not the end of the world.  Whether it’s our husband or our kids that triggered the reason for temporarily staying at home, there are still a lot of stuff we can do to keep ourselves productive.  Here are steps to kick it off:

1. Determine the type of business you want to pursue.  Do consider that it should be interesting enough for you to manage for a long time, with the potential to be a permanent one.
2. Carve out your own space.  It’s better that way so you have everything organized and separate from your “home”.
3. Establish work hours and make sure your business contacts know about it.  This will help especially if your objective is to spend quality time with your kids after the day’s work.  It is important for clients or suppliers to know that if they call you after 5pm, you probably won’t answer the phone.
4. Maintain realistic expectations and a sense of humor.  There are trade-offs and benefits to any working or mothering situation.  Payments can come either in the form of money or a hug from your kids.  It feels like chaos when worlds collide but you can always adapt… what you do one year does not have to be what you do for the rest of your life.

Balance is always a big challenge, but you will surely get by.  On top of everything, prayers work big time.  It feels good to know that you’re guided by the Lord in any step you will make :)