Work At Home Mom

The great British novelist, Jane Austen lived with her busy family. She did not have any workspace of her own—she wrote her novels in the family living room. There was a noisy hinge on the living room door and when she heard it squeak, she would put her work away and be ready to interact with her family.

If an author can write many brilliant novels a little at a time, then almost any other kind of work can be accomplished a little at a time, which is good news for work-at-home moms.

Often a mom does not have a whole hour for completing a task—it’s ten minutes here, five minutes there.

Fortunately, most tasks can be broken down into steps that can be completed in a short period of time. It’s possible Jane Austen thought about her plots as she completed household chores and other relatively uninteresting tasks and when it came time to write, she was mentally prepared to work on the next chapter or the next paragraph. She probably jumped into the world of her novel, scribbling as fast as possible, and then jumped out of that world when the hinge sounded.

It takes an agile mind to jump in and out of tasks—but that can be done, particularly when the reward is a feeling of accomplishment. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step—and these steps can be taken a few at a time—and celebrated all the time.