Comments on: Are Mompreneurs “Working Moms” or “At Home Moms?” http://www.theguiltfreemom.com/are-mompreneurs-working-moms-or-at-home-moms/ Avoid power struggles and deal with temper tantrums and become a Guilt Free Mom™. Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bradi http://www.theguiltfreemom.com/are-mompreneurs-working-moms-or-at-home-moms/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Bradi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:27:45 +0000 http://www.theguiltfreemom.com/?p=240#comment-2677 I am a mompreneur that ventures to an office space a few times a week and stays home for the balance. Funny, I do not at all characterize myself as an at-home mom. I'd be 400 pounds if I were! For me the trouble lies in the "what are you doing all day?" comments I hear. Some think that if you are not working in a traditional sense than you are not truly "working." On the contrary, mompreneurs work harder because it is our own business and it is up to us to succeed. In many instances there is no one to delegate to or opportunities to outsource. We take the weight of a new business on our shoulders and we forge ahead with the drive and determination of any passionate entrepreneur. Just add the mom in front and somehow we are different. I love being a mompreneur and I know my kids are proud too. I am a mompreneur that ventures to an office space a few times a week and stays home for the balance. Funny, I do not at all characterize myself as an at-home mom. I’d be 400 pounds if I were!

For me the trouble lies in the “what are you doing all day?” comments I hear. Some think that if you are not working in a traditional sense than you are not truly “working.” On the contrary, mompreneurs work harder because it is our own business and it is up to us to succeed. In many instances there is no one to delegate to or opportunities to outsource. We take the weight of a new business on our shoulders and we forge ahead with the drive and determination of any passionate entrepreneur. Just add the mom in front and somehow we are different.

I love being a mompreneur and I know my kids are proud too.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.theguiltfreemom.com/are-mompreneurs-working-moms-or-at-home-moms/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 Suzanne Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:32:22 +0000 http://www.theguiltfreemom.com/?p=240#comment-2492 I definitely see myself as a "working mom". Maybe it's because my path to working at home started with working a job where I had to be there 70-80 hours a week, then changing jobs to one that only required 40 hours, but adding a business in the evenings and weekends, to now working the business only - from home. I've always been the major breadwinner, so that probably has a lot to do with it, too. While it's true that we work-at-home moms <em>can</em> keep laundry going while we work, and we <em>can</em> throw dinner in the crockpot to cook while we work, and we <em>can</em> do a "27 Fling Boogie" (a la Flylady) when the clutter just gets too distracting...it doesn't mean that we <em>do</em> these things. There are days when I long for the peace and solitude of the office cubicle I left years ago...where I couldn't see that the house was a wreck, or that the laundry was piling up, or that the cupboards were bare. I can see all those things working at home, and still I have to find the discipline to work on work. But - and it's a BIG BUT - I'd far rather be here than at an office somewhere. Lord knows I can 'get my whine on' as well as the next working mom, no matter where she's working, but the point (for me) is to concentrate on choices that work for me and my family and let the rest of the world do their thing in their own style, whether it matches mine, or not. I'm a firm believer that we're all about has happy as we choose to be in any given moment. (And yes, I can be my own biggest party pooper with that attitude when I get the urge to have a pity party. LOL) I definitely see myself as a “working mom”. Maybe it’s because my path to working at home started with working a job where I had to be there 70-80 hours a week, then changing jobs to one that only required 40 hours, but adding a business in the evenings and weekends, to now working the business only – from home. I’ve always been the major breadwinner, so that probably has a lot to do with it, too.

While it’s true that we work-at-home moms can keep laundry going while we work, and we can throw dinner in the crockpot to cook while we work, and we can do a “27 Fling Boogie” (a la Flylady) when the clutter just gets too distracting…it doesn’t mean that we do these things. There are days when I long for the peace and solitude of the office cubicle I left years ago…where I couldn’t see that the house was a wreck, or that the laundry was piling up, or that the cupboards were bare. I can see all those things working at home, and still I have to find the discipline to work on work.

But – and it’s a BIG BUT – I’d far rather be here than at an office somewhere.

Lord knows I can ‘get my whine on’ as well as the next working mom, no matter where she’s working, but the point (for me) is to concentrate on choices that work for me and my family and let the rest of the world do their thing in their own style, whether it matches mine, or not. I’m a firm believer that we’re all about has happy as we choose to be in any given moment. (And yes, I can be my own biggest party pooper with that attitude when I get the urge to have a pity party. LOL)

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