8 Top Tips For Working From Home During The School Holidays
The thought of working from home during the school holiday breaks for some people is pretty exciting, others will be having mild anxiety attacks and I hear you! It doesn't matter how long you have been in business, I can tell you first hand it can be one of the trickiest parts of WFH. It surely is a balancing act but I want to share 8 of my best tips to help you get through the school holiday breaks while still managing to work from home and let's be honest to help keep your sanity.

Plan ahead
*insert laugh out loud here*. In all seriousness, plan ahead as much as you can. Know when the school breaks are and schedule these into your annual calendar. At the same time try to include any teacher only days or events like cross-country or pet days.
Do not set high expectations
Do not set yourself up to fail. Be kind to yourself. By this I mean be realistic as to the work you are going to commit to while having children at home.
Have a voicemail set up and push back meetings
Zoom can be one of the most used home office tools. But I truly, utterly can not think of anything more stressful than trying to occupy two little kids right when I am going to jump on a client video call. It does'nt matter how many fingers or toes I cross, it never works. I did it once and never, ever, ever again, feel free to learn from my mistake. There is also nothing worse than answering a call just to have someone scream "MUM, I AM DONE" coming from your bathroom....also happened. Simple tips can be to change your voicemail or email autoreply to say you will be away but checking your emails and messaged periodically.
