1. What is a Mompreneur? 

“Mompreneur” is a commonly-used term for those of us woman who start a businesses at home while also acting as full-time parents to our children.   It involves a not-so-delicate, daily balance of focusing on making money, being creative, being a mom and having fun—and in a different order each day.  Here is a quick glimpse.

2. Where am I suppose to be and when?

Scheduling is everything in a mompreneur’s life.  Google calender, iPhone calender, Outlook calendar, wall calendar, Aztec calendar or whatever, these are our best friends.  Whenever something has to be done, it has to be scheduled and whenever something is scheduled, the “add attendee” field must always also have a name—we rely on our backups, i.e. a spouse, sitter, grandparent or neighbor—to ensure the show must go on.

3. Where we work.

Our offices are family-friendly—often complete with smaller-sized desks or tables with crayons, paper, safety scissors and walls with stain-resistant paint.  This is probably the most childproof spot in the house.

4.  With whom do we work?

Some of us work with our spouses—they are our partners in life and business—our life-line and support system. It’s a nice perk to have. 

5. Resisting help is futile.

While we like to believe we’re super-human (and of corse we are), we try to resist the urge of asking for help.  But alas, in Star Trek terms, “resistance is futile” and, at some point some of us bite the bullet and hire someone to clean the house, or bring on a part-time assistant to help with admin tasks errands, maybe we even engage a babysitter or part-time nanny to take care of the children.  Some of us develop a robust support network consisting of our spouse, friends, family or even other working moms.  Admittedly, it sometime messes with our psyche as supermoms to have someone else do the traditional “mommy” work, but we know sometimes these things are necessary to achieve balance and safeguard our sanity.  It’s this delegation that converts us from mere hard-working moms to smart-working moms. 

Be open to accept help and do not allow pride to be a stumbling block for growth.  -Cheri Schultz

Life as a Momprenuer is hectic and very challenging at times…

Yet, I wouldn’t have it any other way.  The way I see it, I have the best of both worlds!  What more could I ask for more?

P.S - I Love that my 4 year old daughter wants to be like me, right down to here glasses, which in case you can’t tell, don’t have lenses.  hahahahaha!!!