Work From Home With Baby Shows

Ever tried mixing raising a family with forging a career for yourself? A constant pull on emotions and priorities. In days gone by, it seemed more straight forward. The mother work raise the kids and keep the house and wouldn't consider work until much much later. The women didn't have the pressure of searching for work, or balancing their efforts and focus, but the also were left without the trials of modern working life.

How many mothers have been let go from work whilst pregnant, then gone back to work with reduced hours, and then been denied the chance to climb the corporate ladder due to perceived weaknesses like having to depart work early due to kiddie sickness or some related minor emergency?

Having experienced at first hand the gap in the market for professionally run, affordable and successful Regional babyshows I launched BabyExpo a baby show to cater for the family-focused Southern Counties.

Fully flexible hours, no boss breathing down my neck, no 'office politics' and time to invest both in the family and the burgeoning empire seemed on paper, perfect......

The reality however is that working for yourself, from home especially, brings enormous challenges and pressures (as well as benefits). It's not easy and it's not for everyone.

Launching your own venture is one of the most exciting and exhilarating experiences and can be the perfect antidote to many months at home with a little one. You have the 'hunger' and time away from work may have given you the opportunity to realise what is important to you and also where your skills and strengths lie. So what are the benefits?

Freedom if you are successful, you will be forever liberated from the stresses and limitations of being someone else's wage slave (on the other hand, your days of spending an hour playing Patience and checking e-Bay on your computer while the boss is in a meeting, are well and truly over...)

Every day is guaranteed to be different and interesting. There is no danger of being bored with new people to meet and doors opening.

It is not all easy though, right?

Time Management - unless you have really robust childcare and a marvellous partner (and even if you do) you will still find yourself working at stupid hours to get things done. Then it stops being fun and can be the stuff of nervy breakdowns.

Keeping a lid on it! Your empire is not the 'be all and end all' and learning to switch off is very hard. Keeping work stuff out of the family domain is essential to help you wind down and avoid irritating your partner and children. This also ensures little darlings can't take a crayon to your completed VAT return!

Addressing your weaknesses without a 'boss', the temptation can be to focus just on the stuff you love doing/are good at and let the less interesting stuff slide.

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Jaime Rowe is a respected expert in organising events, and specialises in Baby Shows

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