New Years Resolutions 2016!

I love lists. I'm a chronic list maker...there I said it, it's my dirty little secret. I guess that's why I love making New years Resolutions. With the New Year, I feel revived...like I can leave last year behind and start with a clean slate. This past year was jam packed full of joys, disappointments, new beginnings, broekn relationships, mending relationships and working really hard on my goals that I set many years ago. Every year I feel like I get closer and closer those goals I set a long time ago. While some have been checked off the list, I still add more and never feel like I will ever be quite where I want to be, I feel like there is always room to learn, grow and improve. What do I feel like I got done this year? I think the last few months were by far the most productive. I feel like I got more comfortable with being divorced, after being in a relationship it has been weird having my own place after an 18 year relationship. I feel like I have made a lot of progress professionally. The first part of the year started off with me working as a sales rep for a technology company. After my youngest son getting really sick, being hospitalized and my other son being diagnosed with Autism, I decided to make some serious changes this summer. I quit my job and started writing, working on side businesses like ebay and etsy more and built some websites, got into youtube, I also got more into social media marketing and have found love in graphic design. I started new business ventures, I started mommiesfrugalfinds.com with very little help which I am proud to say I now love wordpress! I'm feeling more and more like I computer nerd. I'm getting into video editing, which I love! I also wrote several ebooks. I also went back to school to finish my B.A in marketing and finance, a goal that was put on the back burner after personal issues like divorce and moving. Overall, it was a pretty well rounded year. I do feel like I could have worked harder on building and maintaining relationships though. I think my mind has been so consumed with work that I can't think about anything else. Once I have the foundation built then I can take a step back and well, breathe. Right now my main focus is on social media marketing, affilate marketing, and fine tuning everything I have in place. Here are some goals I have for this year. I hope they inspire you in some way if you are also looking for ways to transition into freelancing or starting your own business venture. #1 Continue working on building multiple steams of income as well as building passive income streams #2 Finish degree #3 Maintain blogs and websites and hire one person to help with that #4 Write more ebooks on money saving and work at home opportunities #5 Buy a new car #6 Go on a real vacation (probably to L.A.again) #7 Go to Fincon (may or may not happen) #8 Take on more writing work and blog work #9 Write an ecourse on building multiple streams of income #10 Get better at youtube and video editing as well as social media marketing #11 save more money #12 Become a better writer and blogger and make more connections within the field.

Intro

Hi, I'm Sandi. I am a mom of two little boys. Ages two and four. I have a son recently diagnosed with autism and a son that recently was hospitalized at the same time. I realized quickly that a conventional job was not going to work and that I have to make a living at home to be there for my boys. Work was a second priority over my family. I knew I could make money at home. I have been making side money for years on and off so I knew not only it was possible, but it was an option for me as well as so many other moms. In this blog I will show you how to make real, legit money at home. I am also working on an ebook that will soon be on sale on Amazon showing you ways you can do this too. So many of us as moms are torn between work and home. Whether we work a 9-5 job or we are stay at home moms, we are all working. Many of us are struggling with juggling it all (though some not brave enough to admit it). How do we raise a family and make money? Something has to give right? To do lists, grocery shopping, doctors appointments, post office, emails, phone calls...there is just never enough time in the day to accomplish everything. How do we find a happy medium? What if working at home was an option? How would it change you families life? Would you be able to help out at your sons school? Go on a field trip? Have lunch with a friend. To me this is "having it all" this to me is "balance". This blog is about my stuggles and my journey into work at home mommy status.