Comments on: 7 Tips to Manage your Home Business during School Holidays http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manage-home-business-school-holidays .......because life is too short to settle for mediocrity. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Ali Davies Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:58:00 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-512 Hi Sam, thanks for dropping by. Putting in boundaries really does help with stopping a home business from taking over other areas of life. For me, it is all about designing how you wnat things to be. Hi Sam, thanks for dropping by. Putting in boundaries really does help with stopping a home business from taking over other areas of life. For me, it is all about designing how you wnat things to be.

]]> By: Sam@ home business http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Sam@ home business Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:58:00 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-511 Creativity is really the key. Though I am not a parent yet I can relate that kids really do want time with their parents and if you work at home then I think you've got the opportunity to do so. Just be creative just like you said Ali. Since I am doing a home based work right now I kind'a like your suggestion about separating work from family time maybe in the next coming years -2 or 3years from now. Thanks! Creativity is really the key. Though I am not a parent yet I can relate that kids really do want time with their parents and if you work at home then I think you’ve got the opportunity to do so. Just be creative just like you said Ali.

Since I am doing a home based work right now I kind’a like your suggestion about separating work from family time maybe in the next coming years -2 or 3years from now. Thanks!

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Ali Davies Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:30 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-373 Good to be able to let them go and do their own thing and be excited about doing your own thing. Enjoy! Good to be able to let them go and do their own thing and be excited about doing your own thing. Enjoy!

]]> By: Mike CJ http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Mike CJ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:23:34 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-372 I'm excited about this summer, because our son has now left to go to college in UK, and our daughter is heading there as well to visit Grandma. So that means a kid free month for the first time in 20 years! It's party time! :) I'm excited about this summer, because our son has now left to go to college in UK, and our daughter is heading there as well to visit Grandma. So that means a kid free month for the first time in 20 years! It's party time! :)

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Ali Davies Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:56:32 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-367 Sharon, thank you so much for sharing what you do. Your comment raises a really important point - the need to discuss plans and include every member of the family, no matter what their age. As with all these things, there is always an element of trial and error and adapting but it is this process that will help to refine and improve things ongoing for everyone in the family. Good luck with your plans and do let me know how it works out. Sharon, thank you so much for sharing what you do. Your comment raises a really important point – the need to discuss plans and include every member of the family, no matter what their age. As with all these things, there is always an element of trial and error and adapting but it is this process that will help to refine and improve things ongoing for everyone in the family. Good luck with your plans and do let me know how it works out.

]]> By: Sharon http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Sharon Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:45:17 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-366 Hi Ali, well this is my first summer since setting out on my own, I have a 4 year old and a 9 year old and I am not sure how things are going to pan out. But this is what I have planned by way of my first summer with the kids at home - I have been able to manage that one day in the week (other than the weekend) I give fully to the kids and I work that evening and night, which we have agreed as a family (inc hubby) that this is a good idea. The other 4 days in the week I work my set hours as I do at other times of the year and there is a respect for these hours and the kids have also been part of this planning (not that the 4 year old really understands but he does a wee bit). What I am hoping will work is the fact that we all sat down and talked about the holidays and mummy working form home and what this means to all of us. We also reflect (expecially with my 9 year old) what it was like before this up to last year when I worked away from home and was not there much. So by trying to talk things through as a family and always reflecting back at the moment on the way it was, it helps us focus and stay on the path of our plan. I don't know if we will fall off the wagon so to speak, but if it is like other things we are managing then we just get back on again - basically we are learning as we go & talking about it - this I believe really helps and of course we all made this decision together so we are united to it. Let's hope it works, thanks for the post it just seems so timely for me and I love your perspectives. Hi Ali, well this is my first summer since setting out on my own, I have a 4 year old and a 9 year old and I am not sure how things are going to pan out. But this is what I have planned by way of my first summer with the kids at home – I have been able to manage that one day in the week (other than the weekend) I give fully to the kids and I work that evening and night, which we have agreed as a family (inc hubby) that this is a good idea. The other 4 days in the week I work my set hours as I do at other times of the year and there is a respect for these hours and the kids have also been part of this planning (not that the 4 year old really understands but he does a wee bit). What I am hoping will work is the fact that we all sat down and talked about the holidays and mummy working form home and what this means to all of us. We also reflect (expecially with my 9 year old) what it was like before this up to last year when I worked away from home and was not there much. So by trying to talk things through as a family and always reflecting back at the moment on the way it was, it helps us focus and stay on the path of our plan. I don't know if we will fall off the wagon so to speak, but if it is like other things we are managing then we just get back on again – basically we are learning as we go & talking about it – this I believe really helps and of course we all made this decision together so we are united to it. Let's hope it works, thanks for the post it just seems so timely for me and I love your perspectives.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Ali Davies Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:56:32 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-359 Sharon, thank you so much for sharing what you do. Your comment raises a really important point - the need to discuss plans and include every member of the family, no matter what their age. As with all these things, there is always an element of trial and error and adapting but it is this process that will help to refine and improve things ongoing for everyone in the family. Good luck with your plans and do let me know how it works out. Sharon, thank you so much for sharing what you do. Your comment raises a really important point – the need to discuss plans and include every member of the family, no matter what their age. As with all these things, there is always an element of trial and error and adapting but it is this process that will help to refine and improve things ongoing for everyone in the family. Good luck with your plans and do let me know how it works out.

]]> By: Sharon http://alidavies.com/manage-home-business-school-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Sharon Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:45:17 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=868#comment-358 Hi Ali, well this is my first summer since setting out on my own, I have a 4 year old and a 9 year old and I am not sure how things are going to pan out. But this is what I have planned by way of my first summer with the kids at home - I have been able to manage that one day in the week (other than the weekend) I give fully to the kids and I work that evening and night, which we have agreed as a family (inc hubby) that this is a good idea. The other 4 days in the week I work my set hours as I do at other times of the year and there is a respect for these hours and the kids have also been part of this planning (not that the 4 year old really understands but he does a wee bit). What I am hoping will work is the fact that we all sat down and talked about the holidays and mummy working form home and what this means to all of us. We also reflect (expecially with my 9 year old) what it was like before this up to last year when I worked away from home and was not there much. So by trying to talk things through as a family and always reflecting back at the moment on the way it was, it helps us focus and stay on the path of our plan. I don't know if we will fall off the wagon so to speak, but if it is like other things we are managing then we just get back on again - basically we are learning as we go & talking about it - this I believe really helps and of course we all made this decision together so we are united to it. Let's hope it works, thanks for the post it just seems so timely for me and I love your perspectives. Hi Ali, well this is my first summer since setting out on my own, I have a 4 year old and a 9 year old and I am not sure how things are going to pan out. But this is what I have planned by way of my first summer with the kids at home – I have been able to manage that one day in the week (other than the weekend) I give fully to the kids and I work that evening and night, which we have agreed as a family (inc hubby) that this is a good idea. The other 4 days in the week I work my set hours as I do at other times of the year and there is a respect for these hours and the kids have also been part of this planning (not that the 4 year old really understands but he does a wee bit). What I am hoping will work is the fact that we all sat down and talked about the holidays and mummy working form home and what this means to all of us. We also reflect (expecially with my 9 year old) what it was like before this up to last year when I worked away from home and was not there much. So by trying to talk things through as a family and always reflecting back at the moment on the way it was, it helps us focus and stay on the path of our plan. I don't know if we will fall off the wagon so to speak, but if it is like other things we are managing then we just get back on again – basically we are learning as we go & talking about it – this I believe really helps and of course we all made this decision together so we are united to it. Let's hope it works, thanks for the post it just seems so timely for me and I love your perspectives.

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