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I had one of the most tiring and challenging week and what made it worse was my child was having that nasty cough that wouldn’t stopped completely. My part time cleaner had also retired so now, I have to add more tasks to my list of duties as a work at home mom. Then I opened up my blog this morning and realized a big surge in my alexa ranking… just because I haven’t been updating the blog for a week!

Well, striking a balance between my internet business – which includes blogging – and my personal responsibilities is never easy. I was emotionally hit when the added stress of a sick child who refused medicine came upon me. So this morning, I prayed and put down all my anxieties at the Lord’s feet, trusting that He will grant me the strength and patience to press on. Every work at home mom needs an additional ounce of strength to move on when the going gets tough.

My morning started with a change of sheets for the bedroom and vacuuming the bed to keep allergies at bay. I have heard about allergy bedding and perhaps it’s time to get some for the home. Prevention is better than cure so I would rather work towards keeping the house clean and free from allergy triggers than spend time dealing with sicknesses.

After all these chores, I finally have some time to look through my work list for the week in the home office before heading for lunch. It’s going to be a good week for me and I’m reminded to let praise lift up my spirit of heaviness. What a powerful weapon to counter the wearisome spirit within me.

As more women decide to work from home and joining the internet marketing arena, the competition for popular niches increases too. Just do a search for ‘home business’ and you can see pages and pages of searches. Competition is good though it would mean more work when it comes to search engine optimization.

A brief look at the SEO Quake bar reminds me that this home office women blog is already three years old…. it’s amazing how fast time flies. I don’t even remember that I have been blogging for three over years now! Looking back, I was very ‘lost’ when I first came to learn about internet marketing. It was such a breakthrough for me, as a work at home mom and as a person. I am so glad to tap onto the potentials of online technology and to be able to earn money from home. It thrills me to receive affiliate network checks and my adsense payment from time to time. My local banker still wouldn’t believe that I can earn money from home via the internet… she often looked at me with such surprising stares.

For those who have not started blogging, it’s never too late to jump on the bandwagon. If you are starting a personal blog then it will be easy to identify the topic. For internet business blogs, you can find lots of niches out there, from best acne treatment to weight loss topics. With today’s powerful search technology, you can always find a niche topic that can get you started by working at home.

After being an iPhone user for three months, I can confidently say that this is a great digital gadget for the work at home mom. Well, I love the user friendliness and smart interface of the iPhone… it is simply an amazing companion for me who are not very up to date with local news.

Since I started with the iPhone, I’m more well informed of what’s going on in my home country and business news, thanks to all the application designers out there. I also downloaded some educational applications for my son who sometimes keeps himself busy with the learning programs and games. Don’t be mistaken. I’m not using this as a babysitting tool though I know of many moms and dads who do that. As my schedule gets a little busy on some days, I have to think of creative ways to keep little junior occupied. The iPhone also has many productivity tools for work at home moms and some of my favourites are Imformant, Awesome Note and JotNot. Well, the cool thing about this little device is that I can use it to substitute my scanning software when I’m out of the home office. It is just so convenient!

I am really glad that I have become more organized with the shopping list application in the iPhone as I can just key in my groceries list before heading out to the shops. For me, this is truly a wonderful gadget for every work at home mom who works hard to balance between parenting and work everyday.