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Have you been following this post series? If you h Have you been following this post series? If you haven't, go and swipe up to discover the previous steps - and read them Netflix-style. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let me do a quick recap:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Step 1 - Categorize the kind of work you have to perform.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Step 2 - Set priorities. Not all tasks are equally important.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Step 3 - Take action depending on your children’s age and behavior.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And last but not least… A couple of advice yet for you to work from home with your kids around:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Plan the very first thing that has to get done whenever you get to work. You don’t want to waste any time thinking about it when your kids are quiet! Ideally, you start right away on that first task you have to tackle! 👩🏻‍💻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 It’s essential that you schedule your working times. Never mind if you work at 5 am, 10 pm, or 11 pm: Do what you think is more doable for your own situation, but do schedule your approximate working hours and free time!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⏳ Avoid rushing to your laptop any time the kids are busy. Instead of not having enough time to work, you may end up working way too much!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏻‍♀️ Take breaks, drink lots of water, and train if you can. It’ll help you keep a clear mind.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🆎 Don’t make just one plan: With kids at home, you’ll need Plan A, Plan B, Plan C… and all the way up to Z 😀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And that'd be it!! If you get to balance flexibility and focus, you’ll be the home-office queen!! 👸🏻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know, I know that it’s easier said than done, but being clear of your real priorities, taking some time for your children, and making sure that they’re fine before you start working could be the key for you to work from home without going totally nuts – even if schools are closed!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✨If you have any more advice or any experience with working from home with kids, please share it below! I’d love to know!💫
"Quit your job and start a business on your own" i "Quit your job and start a business on your own" is easy to say, but when you have a 9-to-5 job, finding time and energy for your side-business can become an impossible task - especially, in the long run!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And the thing is that, if you don't work on it in the long run, it'll hardly ever stop being a side-business.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So how can we find the motivation we need to keep going? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ☀️ First of all, you need to set the days and times when you are going to work on your business. Early in the morning? When everybody is gone to bed? Or at the weekends?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎯 The next thing you need is to set a realistic workload. If you set daily goals that are hard to achieve, you'll end up frustrated, and you'll find yourself adapting your plans almost constantly, and even quitting - not your day job, but your side business!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🛠 Have everything ready before you start. If you're set out to work 1 hour at 5 a.m., don't waste 10 minutes of that single hour looking for tools, work materials, or whatever it is that you may need!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧹 Also, have your workspace decluttered, tidied, and ready to work. Otherwise, you could fall into the temptation of tidying everything up "real quick" before starting to work.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📱 Get all possible distractions out of reach! Cell phones, tablets, TVs... Anything that could catch your attention!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⏱ Every Sunday or Monday: Dedicate 20 minutes to plan your week.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📆 Every month: Dedicate 30 minutes to plan your month.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If planning is the best start for such a long-run goal as starting a business, having a positive mindset is the fuel you'll need to keep going: Just remember that this hard time isn't going to last forever. It's just the transition you need to feel financially safe while building something on your own. 👩🏻‍💻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💫 Keep your goal in mind, remember why you started in the first place, and keep going. Just keep going. 💫
Do you consider yourself too young? Too old? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Is there such a thing as "too old" or "too young"? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When is the best moment in life to start freelancing? Or is it just an excuse not to take the leap?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📌 Read this week's post to find out the pros of younger and not-so-young ages to start freelancing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Link in bio 👉🏼 @borntofreelance⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #noexcuses
🌱 Just like plants require sunlight ☀️ and 🌱 Just like plants require sunlight ☀️ and water💧, dreams take some TLC, too! I may not have a green thumb, but I do know what it takes to keep my dreams alive! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎯 Strategy, 📆 planning, and, of course, 💫 perseverance is all it takes to achieve even the wildest dreams! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What about you? How do you nourish your dreams? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #yougogirl #daretodream
Step 3. Take action depending on your children’s Step 3. Take action depending on your children’s age and behavior. Here are a couple of tricks:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 If you have very small children at home, work countercyclically: They’re resting? You work. They’re hyperactively playing around? You’d better take a rest from your PC and spend some time with them. Otherwise, it can get very frustrating, believe me! 🍼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Do your kids have homework? If they’re older, use that time to work at the same time as them – and spend more time together afterward. 📒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 I don’t know about you, but I can’t work near my 7-year-old boy when he’s “working” (his words). He’s either asking questions every 30 seconds or is happily “focused” doing homework AND singing at the same time (how can they do that??). 🎶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So before I start yelling around ’cause everyone’s interrupting me while I’m trying to work, I've learned that it’s better for my sanity to take that time to help him if he needs me – until he needs me again…⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Then, when he’s ready with his homework, I let him do something that he loves (and that he doesn’t need me for) for an hour. And that’s MY time!! I tell ya, that hour I’m the most productive person in the whole world 👩🏻‍💻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Your children don’t have any homework to do? Then let them play, be children… and wait for them to get bored. ‘Cause they will get bored 🙃 Later, offer them to do something they haven’t done the whole day. TV for an hour works like a charm, but only if they haven’t been watching it the whole morning! So make sure they don’t play that special game you had reserved for that time frame when you want to work. You can also “pre-sell” it as a treat they’ll get if they let you work. 🚂🪁🪀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Before you start, make sure they aren’t hungry or thirsty. Ask them if they need anything. It’s better to start 10 minutes later than get constantly interrupted. You’ll need more than a bit of patience, sister 🧘🏻‍♀️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That's all for today! STAY TUNED FOR STEP 4!
#doitforyou #noexcuses #doitforyou #noexcuses
Making bold changes in our work life, like changin Making bold changes in our work life, like changing careers, quitting your job, or starting an online shop feels scary. Sometimes, it's just the fear of losing our financial status, but most times, we worry about what others may think. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Whether it is our friends, our colleagues, or even our partner, what others might think about us matters - too much, I'd say. In fact, as if choosing to change your lifestyle wasn't hard enough, you'll need even more determination when you don't feel supported. And the problem is that even the smallest comments can let you change your original idea - or even discard it completely. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So let me suggest 5 questions that you should be asking yourself to deal with criticism:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1. Are you sure you aren't being supported?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2. Why do you think that they aren't supporting you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 3. Do YOU think that you're making a mistake? Are you genuinely running a BIG risk?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 4. Have you thought about how to convince them of the opposite?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 5. Do you think that you need their permission? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Look, we all know that a good friend isn't the one who only tells you what you need to hear. However, that doesn't mean that you're supposed to listen to every one of those who want to give you their opinion. So let's see a couple of actions that you could take to handle criticism:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Choose who you are going to tell about your plans.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Identify which friends really want to help. Those who want the best for you, give you constructive criticism and motivate you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Wait to tell your new goals to the world when you're sure about them.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Be open to criticism but don't let it stop you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Surround yourself with like-minded souls who understand you, inspire and motivate you, make yourself accountable.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My huge shoutout to Flavia @neathousesweethome for her constructive criticism ❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎯Tag your like-minded soul below 👇🏼
Working from home with kids around is all about ke Working from home with kids around is all about keeping balance AND your sanity, so let's get to Step 2 'cause there's no time to waste! 👩🏻‍💻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ STEP 2. Set priorities. Not all tasks are equally important:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Is there anything that you usually do more often than you should? What can wait? If you don’t want to go crazy AND you wanna sleep, setting a priority rank is key here. So remember this: Work solely on the really important things. 🎯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Try to categorize your activities under one of these groups – and set a plan for each of them:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Tasks that you need to get done – come rain or shine. This would be priority #1. Get them done first thing in the morning – before anyone else wakes up 😉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ >> Emails. Answering everyone’s email isn’t really necessary, is it? ✉️ So here's a couple of options for you:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Set an out-of-office message with a line saying something like “I’ll get back at you as soon as possible.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Take ca. 30-40 minutes to check and answer all emails that are really important. ⏱ Any other emails will get your out-of-office answer automatically anyway, so there’s no urgent need to answer them yet. You can even add a line to your out-of-office message with the time frame you’ll be checking your mails.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 If there’s any email that has to be followed up by anyone else in your team or company, just add “For any urgent matters, please contact xxx” in your out-of-office reply. In that way, you won’t be holding any important information.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ❤️ And that’s the way to go with any other task which isn’t important but “urgent”. More often than not, we react to other people’s urgencies as if they were ours. But make yourself this question: What would happen if I didn’t do it immediately? Right. Nothing. So just skip it for now. ⏩⏩⏩⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ STAY TUNED FOR STEP 3!
Let's talk money!! I have a couple of questions fo Let's talk money!! I have a couple of questions for you:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💵 With so much free stuff online, when does it make sense to pay for digital products? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💰Is it always free to learn for free? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🤑 Do I have to invest money to make money?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My 2 cents: (pun intended 😜 )⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 When you're trying to start something new, you gotta invest time or money. Or both.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 You can learn A LOT for free, but probably not in the right order, and that will make you waste too much time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 If you want to show a professional appearance, you'd better invest in professional resources.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HOWEVER, spending money just for the sake of it when you could find online what you're looking for isn't really smart... So when is it OK to learn for free?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍣 It’s no doubt that if what you need is just a quick answer to an easy question like “how to eat sushi with sticks”, a simple online video will help you. There's no need to pay a cent there!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📚 When you have experience in a field and want to learn new concepts, consuming in-depth books, blog posts or podcasts created by experts could be enough. You already know what they’re talking about, and if you can’t follow, you’ll most likely know where to look for answers.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🤷🏻‍♀️ When you’re not very sure about starting a new career. In this case, I do recommend you to think it twice before paying a high fee for a course that you may regret having joined later on. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So what do you think? Are you more the pay-whatever-it-takes or the not-gonna-spend-a-dime kind of girl?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #freelancerlife #learningmode #digitalcourses #borntofreelance
Do you know that feeling when you get so hypermoti Do you know that feeling when you get so hypermotivated with an idea that you can even visualize it? You know, that kind of goal we typically set ourselves for New Year or after the Summer holidays – and forget about a couple of weeks later.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So let me tell you a "secret"... To stick to any kind of plan… You need a plan!! Crazy, right? 🤪 But make sure that what you plan matches your work or life schedule. Do you only have spare time on the weekends? Then don’t plan 40 hours a week to work for your new business – if that’s what you’re dreaming of – because we all know that you’re not gonna make it!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Go ahead and block in your calendar all those time slots you can dedicate to your new project. 📒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Once you have your time blocked, you’ll need a realistic goal, and with “realistic” I mean that you see yourself capable of managing all necessary tasks to achieve it. So write down everything that needs to be done to get your plan going. Do not leave anything behind, write down every single detail that you need to accomplish. 📝⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 Next, assign each of those tasks to each of the time slots you previously blocked in your planner. Don’t overdo it. Give yourself more time than you think you’ll need to finish the task. 👉🏼 If you’re faster than you’d planned, feel free to continue with the next task or to have a break. You’ve deserved it! 🧘🏻‍♀️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👉🏼 And last, but not least, get it done! Remember, the easier and smaller each of your tasks is, the better. You won’t feel overwhelmed so easily, and your motivation won’t stop already during the first week.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎯 What may seem too simple to work is actually the key to turn your low levels of motivation into a habit. And once something is a habit, the hard thing is to do is not doing it. So let’s create a new habit: sitting down and planning your next day with specific time slots for each task. 🎯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💫 What works for you? Any tips to get things planned AND done?
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