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I will not start this off with a vent, I refuse to vent … okay well it is my blog so I guess I will start with one little vent and I will keep it short. Why is that when I discuss setting a schedule with my husband he says yes hun that sounds great, what a wonderful idea and I WILL HELP? Do you realize this translates to I will “try” to help but if the boys get under your feet well I guess you will have to handle it. LOL
Okay well my husband is very supportive and he does try to help with the kids, but sometimes I wonder why the super women in me has to come out and handle everything including a busy work schedule when he is HOME?!
I am done with the vent…moving on to more about sticking to a schedule…
Today I would like to discuss sticking with a schedule since I have talked about setting a business schedule in the past. Now that you have your schedule in place how is it working for you? Are you able to get more work done and be more productive setting these time limits when you will work and when you will shut off that computer?
My personal experience has been that the schedule works, but the babysitter husband doesn’t. My schedule is to work a few hours in the early morning before my baby wakes up while the toddler is eating his breakfast watching his PBS Sprout, spend the day with my boys and daughter if she is home, and then work a few more hours in the late afternoon when my husband is here to care for the kids. I also like to sneak in a few hours if we get Baby K to sleep in his bed and hubs is showering or working on a customer’s PC.
Overall the schedule does work, but I often feel I am still juggling the kids and the work load and the blog all alone. We will work this out, and it will benefit us but the transition process during setting a schedule and having your family respect it is HARD WORK!
Now that my schedule is in place and my family is on board with it, I have been able to be more productive during the work hours and more Mommy-ish during the non-working hours. Being a work at home professional with three children is challenging but so is being a work outside of the home professional with three children, we all have to work hard at what we do, not bring work home to the family time, and stick with our schedule set forth. The hard part of being a work at home professional with three children is that you have to step away and allow Daddy to take care of those children, he is Dad and he can do it even if you see a baby running lose with no diaper on peeing all over the house … hey it’s Daddy’s problem now, Mommy is working 
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I have such a hard time with this…the whole schedule thing…I know its the right thing but man, oh man. I dislike it so
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As someone who has been on both sides of the mom working fence, working from home is really tough. Juggling and concentrating on work with the chaos of family and household factors can be so difficult. But setting a schedule is certainly a great tool.
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Brandy you really are awesome! I am so impressed that you can work at home, maintain your family, and manage your blog.
Ha ha…the baby peeing made me crack up.
I hope the kinks in the schedule (aka the hubby not following exactly) work out, but it sounds like you all are doing a fabulous job so far.
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I think that it is a good idea. Making a schedule somehow makes all your tasks a little easy. Not only that, you’ll get to organize all your activities and be more productive. Thank you for sharing your wonderful post. This is very helpful. Until your next post.:)