Working from home.

I get asked a lot how hard it is to sell thirty one and write a book while being a stay at home mom.
All I can say is it's difficult, but not for the reasons you think. I write during nap time or after she goes to bed at night. And selling thirty one is fun, I do most parties online and that is usually done once or twice a day during a time when I can see Riley is really into a toy or game.

The hard part is the no's.  The people who ignore you when your just trying to help your family. It's the times when people tell you to get a real job. Yes I could put my daughter in daycare and get a job but with the price of daycare I would be working in order to put her in daycare. I wouldn't have time with her. I wouldn't get to watch as she learns a new letter in the alphabet or a new number. This month has been the number 2 because that's how old she will be. The hardest part is when someone who always talks to you and you always thought was your friend comments negatively on something about the reason you started to work for an online company. But when you help someone reach a goal for a party or make a new friend while helping them start on a business that will help there family it is amazing and I wouldn't change it.

Then there's writing that's difficult, it's the times when I can't write, because no one feels like talking that day. Yes I hear the characters in my head. Half the time I dream the scene I'm going to write. But when you can't get the words on the page or when you can't seem to connect the scene it sucks. It's when people are rude or make disgusted faces because of the type of books you are writing. I write smut or erotic romance, yes some poeple hate it but most of those people have never read it. Have never looked beyond it at the story you are trying to tell. Writing is my outlet, some people draw or take pictures or even work out but i write. Sometimes it won't go anywhere sometimes I can get  a new chapter for my book because I have a bad day.  I love writing, I love telling stories and I hope one day everyone can read my stories and feel the love I have put into it.

So yes working from home is difficult, I have a two year old who some days doesn't nap, who can mess up the whole house in less then 20 minutes. I get ignored or told no on a daily basis. But every so often I will get a yes. I will get to help not only someone have a fun party but also help my family with bills or groceries. Some days I won't get a single word written but on that rare day I will get a full chapter of two done. But every day I get to enjoy the giggles and smiles. The excitement that comes with learning something new such as jumping. I wouldn't change my days for anything. I will take the no's along with the laughter, I will take the silence in my head along with the kisses just because. Because I love it and I hope everyone gets a chance to do what they love :)