As we’ve discussed in the past, I do have a bit of an identity crisis. Am I a parenting blogger, mommy blogger, homeschooling blogger, work from home blogger? Man, so many boxes and not enough room!

In an effort to balance my decision to stick to parenting stuff (mainly ), I have designated just a few days where I can talk about other areas of my life that might be of interest to you. So, on Wednesdays, I will be bringing you the WFHM/WAHM wisdom. Oh, the acronyms? WFHM (work from home mom, which I use for people who actually run their business from home. This would apply to people who are full-time, part-time or even hobby time in business) and then WAHM (work at home mom, which I use as people who work another organization, say a magazine or pharmaceutical company and they have an in-home office, commuter and flex time employees would work here). I adhere to these classifications myself even though there are many similarities. The question I get from most people at my workshop is How do you do it all? My response: What do you, Trump, Oprah and Tiger have in common? People start to think and after about 5 minutes, I say, “You all start out every day with 24 hours in it. The differences between you is how the hours are spent.”

Hmmm….is the response I normally get.

Every business, every organization, the world runs on time, timing, seasons. I’ve fought in many organizations about how inefficient and ineffective people were because they did not know how to maximize their time. I have offended many people because I was the manager who started meetings according to the time on the clock even when people were outside of the room talking, getting coffee, wrapping up their phone calls (which tended to be personal in nature anyway…another post, another post) and I NEVER saw fit to wait for people or encourage them to be in their seat. This is not elementary school, people, and if you need a bell to tell you to be in your seat, set the alarm to go off on your watch. OUCH! If looks could kill, I would be writing this from the Master’s office.

Time is a precious commodity. Don’t waste it on the phone, checking your emails, sitting in meetings that have no real purpose or better yet, no clear purpose. Is this what you’re doing in your home office? Then check out a few tips I have for you, so that you can make the most of your time and a couple of fun bonuses since it is summertime and the kids want to be a part of what you’re doing. Read the rest of this entry »