3 Ways to Make Working from Home with Kids Easier
3 Ways to Make Working From Home with Kids Easier
Working from home in quarantine is beginning to ease up and becoming working from home during summer. So how do we make working from home with kids easier?
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1. Go Easy On Yourself!
Yes, we need plans and in my scheduling techniques that I teach in Create Your Best Life, you are well equipped to be able to hand the ebbs and flows of your schedule as a mom. But plans are meant to be broken and this stuff wasn’t designed to be easy.
Pull in more of that feminine energy.
AKA go with the flow. I know that scheduling and structure is what makes us feel more in control of our day, our responsibilities and our work, but ultimately, letting go of the grip a bit and moving with the energy of the day like a dance is going to bring in the balance you’re after when you’re white knuckling.
But keep that energy balanced!
Too much structure isn’t good and too much flow isn’t good either. Plan your day, plan your tasks, be aware of what needs to be done, but let go of the pushing and forcing when it starts to feel hard.
We aren’t designed to be perfect machines.
So go easy on yourself.
2. Give Your Kids Credit and Communicate with Them.
Communicate Your Expectations Clearly.
So often we move through the day knowing exactly what we want and need, but I believe many of us, myself included, don’t fully communicate this with our children or give them credit for what they are capable. Meaning, we don’t make them accountable for things they absolutely can be accountable for. If you are on a conference call, set time before the call to tell them exactly what you expect…. NOT what you DON’T expect. Instead of “don’t make noise.” Say, “Please use a very soft whisper voice until I’m done on the call.”
Give them Responsibility
I was doing my own laundry by 9 years old. My kids are 5 and 7. They can make their beds (no not perfectly, but remember we’re not designed to be perfect), put their dishes in the sink, clean up toys, let the dog out, etc. Give them credit.
Create a Bored Box and Snack Bin with Them
Have a go-to area for your kids to access during the week when you are working so they don’t need to come to you constantly asking for a snack or saying they’re bored. Update each of these things on the weekend together (set 20 minutes aside) so that they have accountability and are a part of the process. During the week, they should know what to do on their own if they’re bored or hungry. Praise them when they take this initiative.
3. Take Care of Yourself.
I know that we are fully convinced that there isn’t enough time. — Cue Jessie Spano
But if you’re not putting your oxygen mask on first, you certainly can’t help your kids if you’re dead, right?
Dramatic, I know.
But seriously self-care is going to be absolutely crucial to find your calm and patience and tap into that flow a lot easier. Here are my top 5 ways to find my mama zen.
Meditate.
Morning Routine of tapping, journaling and silence.
Reading a good book.
The Hills Reruns.
Alone walks with my dog.
If you’re finding it really hard to break away from your anxiety or your overwhelm as a mom, know that you’re absolutely not alone. You can join a community of like minded women in my private Facebook Group, Same Boat Huddle and if you’re ready to take a leap into gaining mentorship from yours truly so that you can find more ease and joy in your life through my scheduling and energetic techniques, than get in touch!
