Devoted to WAHMs -Work at Home Moms

I enjoy working from home, but sometimes, it's gets a little too quiet around the home. Like you, I also need a quiet environment to concentrate and work. Still, it's nice to have another person in the house. I don't have children, but my husband receives quite a few personal days each year, and I enjoy the daily interaction with him. I'll work for a couple of hours, then we'll have lunch together or run an errand. I return to my work in the afternoon and he'll take care of personal matters.

Hi Valencia!

I schedule lunch appointments too. About once a week I'll have lunch with a friend or meet my husband for lunch. While I like the quiet of working at home, sometimes I just have to get out.

Thanks for leaving your feedback.

I said it a million times before, a bad day at home is way better than a great day at an office job.

I think there are downsides of working at home, but there are ways to rectify those situations too. It's quiet, but I belong to a local women's organization. Plus I'm active in school committees and meet with friends once a month for dinner.

Scheduling isn't an issue and neither is interaction with my son.

Deb,

I fully agree. That's why I was a little surprised to find this article at first. However, it's somewhat a matter of personality. Working at home is not necessarily for everyone.

Hi Laura,

thanks for sharing your experience. I agree that making working from home work takes effort and energy! I love to work from home myself, and much of my consulting practice has involved clients who are also work-at-home entrepreneurs.

I think one of the most challenging things is not knowing where to go with many of the challenges people face while working from home - so thank you so much for your blog! Often my clients don't know or frequently interact with others in the same situation, which can lead to feeling even more isolated. I often work with women who are lonely working from home, and are craving a change of pace, peers, colleagues, and collaboration, feedback, etc.

For the most part, however, it wouldn't help these women to have their own office. People can be just as lonely and isolated sitting in a small box across town as they are in their own apartment.

Most of my clients loved working from home and the flexibility that it provided. But still my partner and I kept hearing about all the challenges involved.

So, last fall we opened in good company workplaces (www.ingoodcompanyworkplaces.com) to give women business owners who work from home the best of both worlds. in good company workpalces is a flexible part time office solution that can easily complement working from home. It allows members to work in our shared space up to 20 hours a week, meet with clients, attend events, connet with other self-employed women. Knowingly that the same solution doesn't work for everyone, we offer different membership packages that can be adjusted to meet your businesses needs.

we have found that our members have a very positive relationship to the time they spend working at home, and they are able to get their additional space and community needs met at IGC.

thanks for all your valuable contributions on this important market!

Adelaide Fives

Thanks for sharing Adelaide! I agree that working from home is not for everyone. Probably many self-employed individuals would benefit from a stand-alone office, such as you describe. For myself, I would never do it because it would remove the main reason that I stay at home - which is to spend more time with my family.

There are pros and cons to every work situation. While I do need to work on getting out more, I wouldn't trade working at home for the world. I'd rather deal with not going to lunch than deal with office politics over lunch.

Hi DJ!

I agree! I definitely prefer working at home to an office environment.