WAHMs: Pop Quiz Hotshot, What do You Do?
Oh holy smokes! Your business has started, it’s going rather well. Going SO WELL in fact, that you need to dedicate more time to it.
What if that little bit of extra, uninterrupted time, could mean a BIG difference to your income? (I can hear WAHMs around the world laughing at my use of the word uninterrupted)
What if just having a few extra hours a week of uninterrupted time was all you needed to really break into the next gear, finish that awesome well paying project?
The fact is, that at some point you may need to consider a hiring someone for a few hours of help so that you can complete your major project or assignment.
Some of us are blessed with extended families that are only to happy to take the children for a morning a week, or an afternoon here or there, but there will be that one situation where you absolutely HAVE to get things done, and murphy’s law, that will be the one day, that all your family are busy, or out of town, or ill.
It *will* happen.
So what do you do?
What about those of you who don’t have extended family nearby, or even in the same country?
What do *you* do?
Sooner or later you may need the help of a friendly nanny, baby-sitter, or if you’re really lucky an au-pair.
Moms are notorious stalwarts, and many are taken aback, or even offended at the idea of having to hire someone.
Hello? We are all HUMAN. (Ok, as women we know we’re really super human, but still, we’re not perfect). Why not hire someone, who’s job it is to care for and entertain your kids for a few hours?
I learned a valuable lesson from my youngest son, when I made the difficult, heart wrenching decision to let him go to a playgroup for a few hours for the first time.
I was torn apart.
Completely, feeling like I was a failure simply because I could not do it all, all the time, twenty-four hours a day. Until I realized just how ridiculous that sounded.
At what point did I feel like I HAD to be this perfect person, who did everything?
It really dawned on me how silly it was, when I was packing his little back-pack to go to the playgroup again and he saw what I was doing, and he started clapping his little hands together and shouting, “Yay, Yay, Yay!!” I realised that the person who ran the playgroup, chose this as a career.
She chose it because she loves children.
She chooses to spend her time with 5 little youngsters and making their day as fun, as entertaining, as educational, and as routine as possible. Her absolute mission was to make sure that the kids were looked after as well as if she were their real mother, ha ha, their well rested, imaginative, that never-runs-out-of-patience mother.
Being a mother is something I chose, but reality insists that I also earn an income. My chosen form of income bringing activity is graphic design and photography. It is not child care. Though some aspects of childcare come naturally to mothers, I must admit, that I am absolutely terrible at thinking up fun and games all the time, and certainly not when I’m trying to finish that huge project that demands so much of my attention.
So in the same way that I take my child to the doctor when they are sick, I also choose to take them to a childcare expert when I need time to do what I am good at, and that which allows my children the lifestyle that they enjoy.
So if you find yourself in the position where you are needing childcare, I implore you, do not feel like a failure, think of your strengths and the many advantages that YOU and your strengths bring your family, then make your decision.
If you choose as I did, then this resource below may be of use to you.
Extreme Career Makeover: Become an Interior Designer
Are you a mom who is returning to the workforce? Or are you wanting to leave your day job and pursue something that is more meaningful to you?
Would you like to start your own business, and work your own hours? Start by ignoring all the sales pitches for get rich quick schemes and focus on getting a real education, while working from home at the same time.
The internet has brought education to the masses more than any other medium in history, and thankfully these days it is a perfectly acceptable form of learning.
There are hundreds of options to choose from, when it comes to your chosen career. In fact, there are so many, that sometimes doing a simple Google search can turn up so many options, that you have no idea where to even begin looking.
Today I’m going to talk about learning to become an Interior Decorator.
Do you have a flair for furnishings, colour and layout? Do people comment positively on your own home decor? Then this may be the perfect career for you, and it is completely flexible allowing you to work from home.
Everybody, at some time or another has decorated their homes, offices or apartments. That means that everybody is a potential client!
Someone with a little creative flair and skill can make this a career choice, and become successful as they increase their skills. The good news is that learning the skills to successful interior design and decorating is possible for everyone.
Is this something that you would like to see yourself doing?
Do you browse the paint section at your local hardware, and immediately start to imagine all the possibilities as you stand in front of the sample palettes?
Do you wish you could take the sample swatches from fabric and upholstery manufacturers home with you, to touch, feel, and accessorize with?
Do furniture stores send you into raptures of fantastical delight as you plan your ultimate perfect room?
If this describes you, then you could definitely make a career out of being an interior decorator!
You will need to learn about colour, space, layout, theme, mood, how to select measurements, where to source and select furnishings and how to sketch an internal design.
So where can you take a course, that you can complete in your own time, that will not cost a fortune, but will teach you more than enough to feel confident about starting your own interior design business?
Australian College QED is an accredited Australian Educational Institution, and registered with the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (with other numerous other affiliations and registrations).
They offer two options that can be completed via distance learning so you can be anywhere in the world and take this course!
Training materials are mailed out to you, and you can submit your assignments via mail, and in some cases (check for each course) online. They also offer supplemental online training for you. The banner at the end of this article, is clickable and will take you to Australian College QED online for more information.
- Interior Design and Decorating
- Advanced Interior Design & Decorating for Professionals
(Certificate INTD05; Diploma INTA16 plus SoA)
Each ACQ course has a tutor overseeing it, so in the case of the interior design course, a professional interior designer/decorator with years of experience is the one marking your assignments and offering very helpful advice and feedback with each assignment that you submit.
The economy is picking up again, and people are more comfortable with spending money, it follows naturally that many people who did not spend money on decorating their homes last year, will be in the market this year, making this the perfect time for you to begin your career as an Interior Designer or to start your own Interior Decorator business.
The banner below will take you to the ACQ website where you can learn about many more courses on offer. They have a wonderful variety, and it is a great idea to do a Small Business Course alongside your interior design course, or perhaps extend your range of services by doing an event management course.
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