The "Real" Work at Home Mom

I don't know about you, but I've always had this mental image of a work-at-home mom.  I see this "Super Mom" typing away at her desk in the kitchen, wearing her chocolate power suit and high heels.  Every hair is in place in her Sarah Palin power twist.  Her 10 yr. old rides through on a skateboard and bumps the desk, knocking her over her herbal tea, but she gracefully catches it in her perfectly manicured hand without spilling a drop ...or taking her eyes from the screen.  The house is immaculate and dinner is on the table - all without breaking a sweat.

What a joke! What I didn't see was all of the distractions.  That every time the marketing training video I'm watching finally gets ready to reveal the BIG SECRET...

"Mommy.  Mommy?  Mommy!  Mommy." 

*pauses the video*  "Yes, dear?" 

"Am I the only person in the house wearing a skirt today?" 

"Yes, it seems you are." 

*rewinds the video and braces for the big reveal* 

"Mommy?  Mommy.  Mommy!" 

"Yes?" (Usually said with a little less patience.) 

"Does that cloud look like a storm cloud?" 

"What cloud?" 

"That one." 

"No, that's a smudge on the window."

After five more attempts of watching the same clip, removing a splinter, changing a diaper, identifying and then killing a bug...I've forgotten the point of the video in the first place.

While I can't imagine me wearing a power suit and heels around the house, I have been making more of an effort to be "presentable".  I've been getting (ok, trying to get) up earlier than the baby so I can do my hair and makeup before she's awake.  You may wonder why it would matter, but so many of the articles I've read and videos I've watched from financially successful internet marketers say that if you really and truly want to make it in this business, you MUST change the way you think.  That you must believe and act like what you want to become.  So, to feel more professional and motivated...I've been making an effort to "look" professional and motivated.

This weekend was a busy one.  I managed to paint our front door and the majority of the school room, but also found some time for some surveys and daily clicking.  I've been struggling with how to manage my time when I'm able to be on the computer.  I heard Vince Reed say once that you should spend the majority of your time building your business and then just small amounts of time maintaining and training.  I think I've been spending way too much time training and maintaining and very little time trying to build my business. With that in mind, I spent some time in prayer this weekend and realized that I need to do more "doing" and less "learning how to do".  Of course, I've had to do a lot of reading and video watching because I started a month ago with zero experience, but there comes a time when you need to take the step and really DO.  Well, I'm there. 

Let's do this...

Total internet income to date...$33.86