I have ran my own successful home based business now since early 2004. Leaving the office all of those years ago it was a dream to be a success and run my own business. I had longed to run my own company for many years, but the home company was my first attempt at escaping office life and a worrying step.

That aside, as a parent of a young child it was a dream come true. Suddenly I worked my own hours, decided my own working days and arranged everything round how I wanted my life to run.

The dream come true!
This is an admirable set-up. No longer do I need to worry round who is going for my daughter up from school and looking after her until one of us has got home from work. If my daughter has a school event I could plan my day round this.

I can work evenings or weekends to fit in about family commitments. If we want to go away for some days then that is budding, even taking a laptop with me to keep up with work in the evenings and free time. I might even continue my work during a long journey or whilst sitting watching the TV with my family.

The other side of the coin
But it is not all good news. My working from home is our family’s main income, so there is quite regularly the worry as to where the next customer will come from and will there be money coming in next month. There is also the lack of certainty. Will there be enough new customers next month? Will existing customers renew and pay up on the invoices that I have written?

Every time a customer defaults and I am unable to get them to pay up it is me that personally loses out. Every customer that is late paying up affects my lender balance, adding to the building worry of customers defaulting and me not getting my monthly wages.

Yes, home working as a parent is a dream, but there are a lot of worries around marketing the company, getting the new work in and getting paid up for all of the effort once it is completed. There can be plenty of worries.

On balance…
But work at home, when ran successfully, is a dream. Don’t put your eggs all in the same basket so if one part of the business struggles there is a regular income from another part. Then continue your work at times that suit you and your family best. Whether that is several hours in the day and more in the evening is up to you. As long as you could motivate yourself to work hard you choose your own hours around your family’s plans, even working literally about the plans when you are away with them.

Work from home as a parent is a dream come true as you might spend your hours better with your family, but at a price!

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Written by Keith Lunt

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