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I just finished up a fun vendor event on Sunday and woke up Monday feeling like I'd been hit by a bus. I couldn't figure out what was wrong until my husband told me I was working too much..."huh? me? I only work when my kids are sleeping and napping..."


Then I thought about it. I actually work 7 days per week often late into the evenings!


I do most of my parties on the weekends and spend weekdays calling team members, hostesses, and responding to e-mails. My business feels more like a hobby so I never really gave a lot of thought to how much I was actually working.


I'd be willingto bet thatmany direct sales moms forget how much time we are putting into our businesses because we enjoy what we do so much.


Since weekends are important to my business, I've decided tonight that I am taking Wednesdays off. No calls..no emails...nada...nothing....


Have you guys had this problem? What did you do to resolve it?


BTW, I am excited for my "hump-day" family fun-fest tommorow! smileys/smiley4.gif

I worked that way with Petra. I was trying to win $10,000 though. I would spend every waking moment working my business in one way or the other. I will never put that much into it again. I'm enjoying myself now and enjoying more time with my family. I was working at home but I might as well have been gone with the actual time I was spending with my family. Now, I won't do parties on Saturdays or Sundays, my husband and I are going to have one date night a month, maybe more after we get caught back up. We still are playing catch up from losing my Petra income in November. I won't stay on the phone or computer from morning til bed. I've just made my mind up. I can be successful and do what I'm doing party plan for in the first place, be here for my family.


I'm glad you are rewarding yourself and your family. You are right. We love what we do so much that it doesn't seem like work until something happens to make us realize that we are working our tails off. But I wouldn't want to work my tail off any other way anymore!! Thank God we enjoy what we do, most people will never be able to say that because they won't give it the chance.

Krystal,


Wonderful post! I always need to remind myself that when I started my DS (at-home) business it was so that I could spend more quality time with my kids. It is pretty sad when you reflect on a given week only to realize thatyouspent more time on the business than with the kids. *I've been there...and it brought me to tears*. That's why I made the committment to do most of my work during their bedtimes and naptimes. Problem is...by the time morning comes, I am usually too exhausted to do much.


My husband works shift-work and Wed-Thurs. are his weekends. That's why I love Wednesdays as much as many people love the weekend!


Anyway - I appreciate your comments. It is always important for us DS moms to do a little self-examination once in awhile.

I don't work Sundays and sometimesSat either depending on what is going on...and have really cut back on the amount of time spend on the computer and doing other non important things. The result is that my business isflourishing ~ Itkeeps growing and growing!


I guess whenI work, I really work! LOL


Chris

It's easy to overwork and this is an area I struggle in too. I'm actually consciously not on a call right now and playing with my Billy, while I"m on the computer, IMing my DH. smileys/smiley5.gif


But I'm doing the reevaluation as well.


great post!


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Yep, some difficulties with this preganacy have made this reality hit me full force in the face. It is so fun to see things growing, growing, growing that you can lose sight of where your time is being spent! I have had to back off quite a bit and focus on taking care of the bambino inside. I am still working my biz, just a considerable amount less! :)

It is tough because when you are home, it's easy to do something here and do something there, and pretty soon, you are a workaholic.


I make a conscious effort to pull myself away when I am specifically ASKED to by my family, or when I realize I am doing something during family time that could WAIT!


I LOVE what I do and so it does make it simple to work more than we need to, and more than our family wants!

My phone seems to ring off the hook at night! I did set business hours for my team. I take an hour off for Dinner from 5-6pm and then I close down again from 7pm-8pm. I must spend the last hour with my girls before their 8pm bedtime.


However, I feel I should answer the phone when it rings because I never know when that is my next star recruit! smileys/smiley5.gif


I feel guilty when i'm not working on my business and I feel guilty when I am not with my kids. smileys/smiley19.gif

I take Sundays off I never book a workshop on that day and I try not to book more than two workshops in one day if possable.