Stay at home parent and freelancing

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March 21, 2017, 5:58 pm

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Stay at home parent and freelancing

Being a stay at home parent is a difficult job in it's own right even though many may not see it that way. Having jobs such as washing dishes, washing clothes, cleaning floors, cooking, getting the kids ready for school, getting them to school are all jobs that can have tiring affects on any parent, add freelancing to that job and things can get quite hectic quite quickly. The key to be able to manage freelancing whilst being a stay at home parent is to first get yourself into a routine. Everyone needs a routine to prevent stress. Another thing to think about is to sit your kids down and speak with them, get them to understand that whilst you are looking after them and doing jobs around the home you also have another job to do as well to make a little more money to be able to treat them more and give them more. It's about getting a routine that everyone is happy with to keep a happy home.

If you are a stay at home parent who is also a freelancer how do you juggle the two? Do you have a set routine? If so how long did it take you to get into that routine and get it to stick?

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Cristian

I've been full-time freelancers and things aren't pretty. Especially after of few years of the same old routine. At least having a day job at an office can be challenging, I even value little conflicts with my co-workers now. Woking by yourself and trying to keep a schedule is hard, I can only imagine how hard things can get when you also have kids running around which you need to take care off, you can basically be distracted every minute which isn't good when you are trying to deliver a certain task for an important client.

8 years ago