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I felt eager to start the new week after a restful weekend. It was a tiring one the week before when my little boy was ill and I am just so glad he’s recovering so well now. I can’t help but count my blessings for being a work at home mom especially when my child needed some extra care on those under the weather days.

For me, no matter how busy I am in my home office, there’s nothing like having dinner together as a family. Although it can be tough balancing work life and family life but I always make it a point to cook a meal for the family so that we can end the day well. DH and me avoid discussing work at the dinner table even though we work from home. We often engage a conversation with little junior and find out how’s school has been for that day.

Sometimes I feel guilty about neglecting my child when he came running into our home office after school. It is hard to keep him out and he’s always expecting one of us to play with him. He would help himself with many gadgets in our workplace, from our digital camera to our SD card, it’s challenging to focus on my work when he’s around. So the best time to work productively would be the time he’s in school. After that, it would be divided attention.

But seriously, ask me to trade a full time job with my current home office? The answer will be a ‘no-no’. I am enjoying my role as a work at home mom and wouldn’t mind the long working hours when little junior goes to bed. As such, the office remains open throughout the day and night until DH and myself calls it a day. So that’s life for us and it looks like this will continue for us in the many years to come.

Parenting has been extremely challenging for me lately. For many work at home moms, our time management is crucial to ensure a productive day as we balance between work and our family life. But when our children get fussy and cranky, it can disturb more than just our work, it can take a toll on us emotionally, mentally and even physically.

I’m one work at home mom who believes that we should take time to care for our physical health. I know that some of my friends have a gym to go to for a good workout before heading back to their home office. I look forward to my Pilates class every week where I can take a break off work and do something for my body. As I improve on my breathing and muscular movements, I feel confident and upbeat about work and life. I feel mentally stronger and alert as I embark on a hectic schedule of any work at home mom.

This afternoon, I have to take some time to settle some home matters including getting a broken fan fixed and an insurance quote for the family. When you work at home, it’s important to make sure everything at home works fine and dandy. Hopefully the challenges I face can ease off as the weekends draw nigh. It looks like I need more sleep and abit outdoor activities and I sure hope the weather improves by then.

Two weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw a surge in my affiliate earnings in one of the networks. It was such a thrill for any work at home mom to see an upsurge in your affiliate earnings, isn’t it? I mean you set up your niche sites, work on it for a while and sometimes, you wonder when you will start to earn real money from home.

Before you embark on your home business journey and work your way towards earning money from home, you would need to start a niche website. For that, you will need a domain name. Most people think their company name is the best way to go when choosing a domain name. The SEO expert will say otherwise. A domain name with keywords associated to your product or service you are marketing will be more effective better. Some people will register the company name as a domain name and point it to the website with better keywords, but it is not necessary. A domain name with related keywords can help you with search engine traffic. You need to find a good domain name registrar as that can make or break your home business. For instance, if you are an auto company promoting extended service plan, then you want to have some of the related keywords to help with your search engine optimization.

Next comes a reliable web hosting service. Again, cheaper is not better. There are good hosting services for $100 per year and there are also many cheap ones. When it’s too cheap, you need to be careful about it as cheap doesn’t mean good. Anyone that is offering you hosting for less than $80 a year should raise a red flag. Choose a good one if you are committed to your plan to work at home.

Now, you have your domain name and the hosting for your new website, but how do you go about with creating a website? You can learn html and build your own if you are tech savvy work at home mom. You can use a WYSIWYG editor like FrontPage to build your own website. But seriously, if you know that isn’t your strength, invest some money and hire someone to build your website for you. You are better of using your strengths and skills in other areas instead of wasting months trying to design your own website.