In this blog, I’ll cover few Parenting tips for working moms / mompreneurs, how I try to maintain work life balance and more. These are from my learning in my journey as a mom and entrepreneur. I haveave shared many instances below, hoping that many mums could relate to these aspects and might overcome the pressure that builds up, and gradually learn to handle things the right and cool way.
To start with, I would suggest working parents firstly to keep their cool, and not to compare their kid to another. Not comparing your kid itself will reduce your stress level upto an huge extent. Every child is unique and hence what works for one, doesn’t work for another. For early education, you can try planning to introduce various learning aids, allow kids to explore and be at their own pace in experimenting and learning things.
Let’s permit kids to be bored at times too, as this will foster creativity and allow both to analyze their real interests, and this is very important. Be patient and understanding to them. Please remember you are their first hero and role model, and they watch EVERYTHING you do!
Next, from a mom’s point would be something I’m sure every mom will go through… it’s MOMMY GUILT. It’s ok to have Mommy Guilt, but do think positively about it, and feel happy for what best you are able to offer to your family with available time, and most importantly to Yourself. Only when you are happy, can you keep your surrounding people happy right!
PARENTING AND SELF ACTUALIZATION:
Being a mom is a blessing, and parenting is a challenging, yet exciting journey as well. Being in a nuclear family, I had the support of my husband who fortunately worked from home at that time, and we took extra hands for house chores. This allowed me to take care and spend time with my kid, plus also start and run my small business from home in 2017. As a parent we keep learning, & keep doing it, trying to justify our role every day.
Another important thing is to realize we moms have other faces apart from being a mother. As many of us tend to gradually forget who we really used to be before we were a mother, right? We are so much more than just a parent, and motherhood alone cannot define one. Hence reconnecting and exploring our own self, being curious, and trying to follow your dream and passion, will definitely let you experience real happiness, and also would allow self-actualization…most importantly would keep us SANE after all!
Being a ‘perfect’ parent needn’t be a target, as there exist none.
Important things, I’ve learnt through the journey:
🏵️Be happy and grateful for all the Blessings, trust in the Almighty
🏵️Focus on what’s in your control
🏵️Be kind, gentle and compassionate to yourself
🏵️Refocus on the present
🏵️Spend time to Connect with yourself
🏵️Meditate and Visualize to manifest!
🏵️Be creative & engage in activities that gives you joy and meaning
🏵️Understand and limit your worry triggers
🏵️Practise helping people in need, who can’t return your favors
🏵️Communicate your thoughts, and be around positive people
🏵️Acknowledge your small successes
🏵️Be open to learn something new that pleases you
Having said that, being a mom and homepreneur, I run this self-funded business, with limitations of time and resources. Without using any paid services for promoting this business till date, I manually post in different online shopping forums and mommy groups to let people identify our business and services. Hence gradually have widened my customer base to over 1000 customers from India and different parts of the world. We have documented over 650+ Happy Customer feedback till date and counting. You can check them under tag #booksforkidsindia_diaries in our Instagram handle Booksforkidsindia KIDZBUY, or in the Feedback Album of our Facebook group.
And this venture was purely my choice, out of my passion. And I come from a family with no business background. So, when someone like me with a dream can grow, anyone with passion and dedication can reach greater heights. Hence, Never stop dreaming, Follow your intuition, Believe in yourself, Stay unique and Do your work consistently with a fire to improve and bring in standards, Visualize outcomes, and sure everything will gradually fall in place for you sooner or later. And being a Mompreneur selling kids products helps me select the best products for my kid, likewise reviewing them helps my clients decide if they are appropriate for their kids. Hence, benefits either way.
Also, since 2019 I have been working remotely from the UAE, with business based in India through the help of social media. And it gives me immense pleasure every day when my customers send pics or videos of their kids with our books/ toys, and how it brings joy to their kids. Customer Feedback served our only Backbone! Their trust and love, clearly boosts me more and more.
HOW I TRY TO BALANCE FAMILY AND WORK LIFE:
Definitely, very challenging to balance family and work life being a homepreneur as a one-woman workforce at work and mom of a very active, strong willed kid to be taken care of. But positively by working from home, I find time to be and grow with my kid, and also get chances to refresh the child in me.
And like every mom in a nuclear family, somehow try to squeeze in ‘ME time’ into my schedule. I love documenting photos of my kid, and do Blog/ Vlog about his activities, milestones and our travels. Regular eve family breeze walks, and park time with kid adds to some quality family time.
I spend dedicated time finding new kid’s resources online, analyze, compare, sort out the best ones based on content and educational value, check prices, find direct dealers/ manufacturers/ importers and decide if I’ll be able to make it available to my members at the best price.
My husband initially chipped in by taking care of my kid in break as he worked from home, so I can dedicate some business time, and my brother guided me on important business-related decision making and doubles up as a critic. Hence, I am able to take care of my family and business sans any compromise.
Plus, I’m active with friends, family, and mommy groups online, so I try to get everything Balanced, and ultimately feel relaxed, peaceful, and grateful at the end of the day, and gain a fresh happy force to start every next day.
Most importantly, in this online business it requires being 24*7 online to respond to product inquiry / query / product recommendations. I make sure to attend to everyone’s query, before I call it a day. I constantly remind myself to keep this balance, hence growing gradually and at a consistent pace without losing my sanity, I believe.
Thus, there are many times I need to fight a better mom, or an entrepreneur war within myself. And I’m only happy when no one wins, and is always kept a balance.
I strongly believe that Whatever happened, happened for a reason. And Whatever is going to happen, is for the Best! Think good to attract goodness in abundance. Wishing you all loads of love, joy and positivity in this exciting journey of life!!!
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