If I ever wanted to have the best of both worlds, I do now. In my previous post- Stay at Home Mom vs. Work at Home Mom I talked about my troubles of wanting to work vs. just enjoying being home with my baby. That article got tons of traffic and I don't know if it was because you the reader related or simply wanted to know more about my struggle. I decided that I choose to have both work and being home and hope my gameplan helps you figure out yours. I've made it a part of my personal mission to create wealth while spending more than 65% of my time with my toddler. I estimate I have about 100 waking hours during the week. I have 35 hours available to get work (and other things) done and still spend 65 with my baby.

Below is how I've structured my working time around that goal. My working time consists of .....

• (10 hours) Mondays & Wednesdays from 9 AM - 2 PM (CST) while she's at Mother's Day Out. If you want to meet or talk with me, that's when to schedule for.
• (3 hours) Nap times on Tues/Thurs/Fri- 1 hour each. Good time to catch up on email, return phone calls, or write a post like this one.
• (10 hours) 2 Hours each weekday evening after she goes to bed, I'm staying up to do some work online. Can vary up to 4 hours or more depending on what need's to get done.

So here I've set aside 23 hours to work from home with uninterupted focus. With the ability to add another 10- 12 hours of work or other activities. Now if I apply the pareto principle or better known as the 80-20 rule which states- "roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes". I should be able to accomplish everything I need within those 20 hours and create the results I'm looking for without burning myself out.

I hope this helps other stay at home moms wanting be work at home moms (WAHMS) or dads (WAHDS), part time investors/full time employees, grandparents who take care of grandchildren that have lost a major part of their retirement cash in the stock market, and everyone else create an action plan for themselves on how to spend their time the way the choose.

Time is one of the few intangible valuable things we have in limited supply.

Here's to Education, Wealth, and Freedom! - Flower De Raadt