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Learn to Work Smartly in Short Intervals; Advice for Mompreneurs

Motherhood brings a totally new lifestyle which demands more of your attention every day. I you think, your responsibilities will be easy as your kid grows up, believe me, that’s the biggest illusion anyone can have. Your responsibilities as a mommy grow as your kids grow.

On the other hand, business needs more and more efforts for the growth too; growing a small business startup is none too different than that of growing a baby. So, being a mompreneur with one kid you should assume growing two babies (business needs to be grown like a baby too), and increase the number when baby number 2 or three are on the way!

Well, this is the point where you decide to have a flexible business model being a mompreneur. Where you need to learn all new things about running a business along with home, you must be open to try new methods depending on your very own situation.
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Barbara Anderson who runs an online content development firm shared this optimized method with us. Let’s see how it works.

With a newborn in my arms the very first thing I could understand was that gone are the days when I was able to manage hours of concentration on computer. So, I had to learn a new skill, i.e. working in small intervals. But, it’s not that easy to  stop quickly and re-engage even faster, you need to master this skill in order to increase productivity.

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Some simple things may help you mastering the skill but only practice makes you perfect. So here is what you may find useful:

1- With a baby; you must take notes of everything. Try Google Keep or whatever the app works better for you.

2- Regardless of the fact that your business is online and your work is all about computers, most important TO DOs should be placed on the busiest location in your home. A whiteboard works perfect for this.

3- Set a reminder before getting up from the computer.

4- Schedule works perfect, i.e. having daily TO DOs list.

5-  Tasks that take longer intervals or need more concentration should be scheduled during baby nap time. Read more about taking advantage of baby naps.

6- Here are some productivity apps and tips that can help you organize your tasks in a better way”

Other than Barbara’s advices above I will add one more thing to it; waking up an hour earlier to baby in the morning also lets you do effective and measurable planning. It’s difficult, but practicing for a couple of weeks lets you get used to of the method and things start working.

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