A Woman who runs her own business & does the housework - no way!

This is one is for all you ladies out there who not only run your own business but are also responsible for the shopping, cleaning and ironing.

I was speaking to a very good business buddy of mine today (she will remain anonymous - but you know who you are!!) and she was telling me about her awful weekend.  She was so behind on all her housework duties, that she threw her husband out with her 2 children to go & enjoy the beautiful sunshine.  Whilst they went for a walk and had a relaxing family time, she spent 2 hours scrubbing toilets, ironing shirts (her husbands!!) and finished off with a manic rush around Sainsburys!

"Why don't you have a cleaner?  Or someone to do the ironing? Or at the very least, shop online?" I asked.

Her answer?  A cleaner felt indulgent! 

Are you caught in this trap?  When you have a business to run during the week, do you find yourself justifying your time spent doing the cleaning?

When a cleaner or ironing person shouldn't cost you more than £7-13 an hour - work out how much your hourly rate is when you are running your business.  Do you get paid £7-13 an hour for delivering your services or products?  Thought not!

It makes perfect economic sense to me.  The answer is hire a cleaner immediately.

Comments

[Jo Bale]

A cleaner was one of the best things I arranged last year. Instant removal of stress & guilt! I had enough on my plate without looking at a dirty floor every time I walked in the house.

I considered it taking back control of a process which got way too big for me to deal with on my own. The decision was empowering & deep down I hated cleaning anyway!

Now looking for ironing help....... :-)

Jo

[Justine Curtis]

A great point Karen, and while you're in the delegating mood ladies, why not outsource all of your administration tasks, web site updating, blog and e-newsletter writing and syndicating as well? A virtual assistant will cost you much less than your billable hourly rate so the more you delegate, the more time you can spend working with clients, or working ON instead of IN your business.