Let’s continue our look at how working moms can flex their work schedules with some more of my top tips for selling your boss on a more flexible work schedule.

Tip #2 – Flex your schedule in stages

So, your boss has agreed to the idea of you working a more flexible schedule? Great! But….before you jump right in to your new office hours, it’s really important for you to ease your way into a flexing your schedule step by step.

If your goal is to leave the office early 3 days a week, try easing into your new schedule by leaving early just 1 day a week for a few weeks, and gradually work up to your desired flexible schedule.

By easing into flexing your schedule, working moms will accomplish 2 things:

Today’s working moms know all too well how tricky it can be to perform the balancing act between work and family life.

And….more and more of today’s working moms are leaving the corporate jungle to spend more time at the jungle gym. But, with the expense of raising kids on the rise and college tuition at record highs, giving up an income to stay at home isn’t an option for a lot of working moms today.

The good news is, with today’s technology, working from home isn’t much farther than a mouse click away. There are dozens of ways you can generate a real income from your home!

Join me this week as I show you how you can work from home, and perform the working woman’s balancing act without falling flat on your back.

You can have it all – and I’ll show you how!

Remember, if you shoot for the moon and miss, you are still among the stars!

Valerie Fitzgerald

Years ago, the idea of working from home often conjured up images of those ads in the back of magazines offering to pay you to stuff envelopes from the comfort of your own home.

But not anymore!

Today there are hundreds of ways working moms can perform the work-life balancing act by working from home.

If you think working from home might be a good fit for you, the first thing you need to do is assess your skills.

What are you good at?

So, you’ve decided that working from home may be the perfect solution for balancing home life and work life.

You may be thinking, “What could be better?” or “It will be the best of both worlds – I can be home with the kids when they need me and I’ll work when they don’t.”

But, it’s important to keep in mind that working from home will require a lot of balancing between two roles. You may be able to enjoy the benefits of working around your own schedule, but you’ll also have to balance working around housework, or sick kids or after-school activities.

But…the freedoms you’ll get in return can definitely be worth it.