Online businesses are amazing because you can work on them from anywhere. They give you tons of flexibility. But, because your business is always accessible, it's easy to let it consume your life. Especially when you're working from a smart phone. You might sit down to watch an episode of something with your spouse in the evening, and bring your smart phone along with you. You think, I'll just quickly check my email and make sure there's nothing major to deal with tomorrow. And while you have ...
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How Teaching Algebra Improved My Freelancing
Algebra. Some people love it. Others don't. If you hate math, you should check out this post I wrote a while back. There's a definite mathidemic in our country! Regardless of how you feel about it, homeschooling math in our house has definitely moved up a level now that my oldest is in high school. While reaching back in my memory banks to help her factor equations and reduce fractions with X's, I realized that several of the lessons I was emphasizing with her were ones that I could ...
How to Grow Your Biz with a Smartphone & Free Download
Let's face it, as a busy mom, it's not always possible to spend lots of time at the computer during the day. Whether you're spending time in a waiting room, or cooking dinner, you can use small minutes throughout the day to help you grow your biz or blog thanks to the smartphone. My favorite times for doing business on my phone? When I'm watering the cows, because those big stock tanks take a couple of minutes to fill While in the waiting room When I'm snuggling on the couch at night ...
6 Simple Ways Your Teen Can Help with Business Growth
Do you have a teen? I do, and I love her so much! My Jayme is 15, and such a blessing. Since Jayme plans on being a graphic designer when she grows up, I’ve been utilizing her help more and more in my business. It’s so nice to have an extra set of hands to help grow my business. I've even signed up for a Pinterest VA course and had her take it alongside me. (It's an investment in both my business, and for my daughter's future!) It provided so much information. But, your teen doesn’t ...
An A-Z Guide to Working at Home with Kids: F
Are you scared to grow or launch your business? Today's post is all about fighting fear. Identify Your Fears Before you can fight your fears, you must figure out what you're afraid of. Are you afraid of: Failure? Success? Letting everyone down? Somehow ruining your kids? Everything? Did any of those ring a bell? I know they do for me! Or at least they did. Then I realized something. I was getting so worked up by my fears. I realized if I would take half the mental energy ...
25 My Little Pony Activities to Keep Your Kids Busy While You Work
Need something fun for your kids to do while you get some work done? Try one of these My Little Pony activities! I grew up watching My Little Ponies. I had a couple of little pony toys and my older sister and I had so much fun with them! And then as I grew up, I sort of forgot about the little ponies. Until 2014, when my oldest asked me if we could watch a cool new show she saw on Netflix at Grandma’s house. It was called My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic. We've been ...