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It’s the weekends and I’ve been so busy the whole day running errands and being the chauffeur to my kid that I didn’t even find time to sit down to read the papers! I told myself not to step into the home office on the weekends but due to some pressing datelines, I have to spend a short time getting things done before retiring.

My home office business is hardly shut on the weekends even though I try not to do any work at all. I reserve the weekends for the family and doing things with friends. I don’t want my boy to start thinking that life is all about work and nothing else. Striking a balance can be hard for my workaholic hubby, he finds it hard not to step into the home office on the weekends. Sometimes, I need to remind him about priorities and family time.

Tomorrow is a Sunday and I’m definitely not going to do any blog post – I promise! I’ll probably end up flipping some of my health books to find out solutions of allergy relief for my boy while playing some computer games with him – part of bonding and family time. With technology advancement, the way we spend time together has added more diversity too. So yes, the home office will be officially ‘off’ tomorrow!

One of the main problems that deter a work at home mom‘s success is their lack of concentration. Lapses encourage disturbances to get in the way and stall progress. For a work from home mommy wishes to proceed on their road to success, it is important for her to learn how to concentrate. Here are a few suggestions you can implement as you strive to maintain your focus.

1) Eliminate or cut down noise
Most people cannot concentrate when it is too noisy while others work better with music or others in the midst of a crowded room. If you are not aware as yet what best suits you, then try out various different environments. How? Take a notepad and a pencil or pen with you and try and write down a letter in all the three circumstances in a set amount of time. Ten minutes. That is all you will need to determine where your source of concentration lies. How? Check not only for length but also for development as that is more important.

2) Identify your focal point:
Every morning, before you leave for work or on the way, stare at any object for ten minutes. You can do this while in the toilet, car or bus. You will find this difficult, but whatever happens, do not move your gaze away. Hold it. Wait. And then, as the minutes pass you will find yourself deeply meditating about things that happened to you yesterday or challenges you have to face in a few minutes.

3) Practice deep breathing:
In the beginning, you can do this while staring at the object from tip number two, but if you wish to move towards real concentration, do this separetly. Sit down on the floor. If its hard, place a cushion. Close your eyes. Breathe. Count the number of inhales. When you have reached 100, start counting backwards but this time count the exhales. Mastering this will take you a while, but once you do move on to other kinds of mathemathical calculations such as naming the months of the year from December backwards or alphabetically. After that, make up exercises as you like.

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We work at home moms have a lot to think about everyday. W worry about our home business…bills…house mortgage…tuition fees… what our kids are eating…the economy…interest rates…the weather… and even about what our next meal will be!. Our personal expectations make us restless and afraid. Discontentment and worry destroys our personal peace and inner person. Being enslaved by worries is like being inside a pressure cooker. It is like living in a state of chronic frustration. Our dissatisfaction also magnifies our weaknesses.

The first step to dealing with worry is to identity what worries you the most. Accepting that you have fears is the first necessary step. All of us have fears and we need to deal with them bravely. Unfortunately I know of some work at home moms who have difficulties coping with anxieties and stresses of life that they need treatments for depression.

The second step is to tell yourself that worries are not necessarily logical or rational. It is important for a worrier to start believing that their worries can be solved. While having feelings of worry is a valid emotion, a worrier must really decide to start the journey to freedom from fear.

Consider your freedom as a work at home and learn to count your blessings. A heart of gratitude can bring deliverance, peace and the calmness of your mind.