It has been four months since I became a fulltime work-at-home mom or WAHM. It’s been an exciting and challenging time so far, but I praise God every day for this chance to be at home with our kids, and help support the family, too, as a helpmate to my husband. Of course, a lot of those close to me know that my ultimate dream is to be “just” a wife and mom, who works “on the side” because I want to, and not because I need to. (Yep, I’m being totally honest with you, just like Penelope Trunk says we should be.) But while we’re working to make that dream come true (thank You, Lord, in advance! ;)) I will count everything as joy and embrace the season of life I’m in now.
As we’re only ten days into the New Year, I want to take this opportunity to thank my sisters in the WAHMderful Life community for being with me every step of the way, especially when I was praying about resigning from my fulltime job. Martine was one of my confidantes during that time, and so was Mariel. Other moms like Marge and Ginger also gave bits of advice and inspiration. To all of you, even if I am unable to name you one by one now, THANK YOU! And thank you, too, dear friends, for journeying with me!
Anyway, if you’re looking for FREE tips for how to work at home, I found a FREE downloadable work-at-home guide here. You might want to check out the following links as well:
— The Facebook page for WAHMderfulLife.com, which I think is “buggy” right now, as I can’t seem to open the link, but still, it’s a good site with helpful tips, too.
The Work At Home Wife Website — Angie Nelson’s site has great tips especially for newbies. You can find links to some of them here.
The Work-at-Home Mom Toolkit on The Mom Writes.com — Prerna Malik shares the tools she uses to manage her home and business in this kit.
Pinoy 500 — This is not necessarily just for moms but for all freelancers, especially Filipinos. The site offers a FREE email course, and is owned by Filipino freelance “rock star” Celine Roque. I got to hear Celine speak at The Freelance Camp run by The Learning Curve last year.
If you’re looking to jumpstart your work-at-home journey, I hope the resources above are helpful.
BUT, if you want to hear actual work-at-home moms speak, then come join the WAHMderful Year-Starter!
About the WAHMderful Year Starter (Info from ManilaWorkshops.com)
Start the year right! It will be an exciting year especially for us, work-at-home moms/dads (and even single peeps) and for those who are planning to work-from-home this 2014! There will be a lot of classes in store for you and the first workshop will be on January!
ManilaWorkshops.com, Insular Life and the WAHMderfulLife.com collaborated to bring you the first workshop for 2014, entitled WAHMderful Year-Starter. This workshop will be on January 18, 2014 from 10AM to 4PM. The venue will be at Insular Life Makati Multi-Purpose Hall, 12th Floor, Insular Life Building, Ayala Avenue corner Paseo De Roxas, Makati City.
Our first WAHMderful Life workshop for 2014 is going to be epic! We’ll have a half-day time management strategy session, so you can eliminate stress and launch into your success this 2014! We’ll also have a morning brand & portfolio session, where you’ll learn how to get the clients you deserve.
The speakers for this event are Martine De Luna (MartinedeLuna.com) and Teresa Dumadag (FullLifecube.com).
Learning Fee:
Early Bird Rate: Php 1200 per participant (sign up and pay before January 10, 2014)
Regular Rate: Php 1500 per participant (rate on January 11 onwards)
Group Rate: Php 1000 for 3 participants (Kindly form your own group)
*Pay via BPI, UnionBank or Paypal *Includes handouts, lunch and snacks and a Certificate of Attendance *Early Bird Registrants gets a FREE Learning Circle Card which entitles you to a 10% on all workshops of Manila Workshops for 2014
To register, just go or visit the Manila Workshops website.
I hope to see you there! 🙂
P.S. If you registered for the Ready to Be Rich: Family Finances Workshop last year, you might already know that it was re-scheduled because of Typhoon Yolanda. The new date is January 11 (tomorrow!).
You can still sign up here. Don’t forget to use the Blogger Referral Code TrulyRichMom to get P200 off! 🙂
