Pregnancy is a busy enough time for women, so why would you want to start thinking about working from home or running your own business? Because just as you are incubating your baby, you should be incubating ideas for future income streams, so that when the time is right and you are able to take action on it, you will already have ideas in place.
Finding something you like to do takes time.
Finding something you are able to do takes time.
Finding the right tools and resources to do it takes time.
You get the idea.
While you are too exhausted to think of much else other than getting a decent night's sleep, time is sneaking right past you.
By the time you feel organised enough to do something, the kids will be leaving home soon and you have let valuable years go by while you focus on your family.
Think of it like planting some seeds that take a while to show the first shoots.
You keep watering them, until one day, you notice that one has finally broken through.
Do the same with your ideas.
Read websites that interest you, saving any useful articles or ideas in a folder, or an online tool like Google docs or Evernote.
One day, when you have the time, energy, and motivation, you will have a goldmine of information you are interested in, waiting for you to do something with it.
Instead of racing to catch up, all you have to do is fine-tune your plans.
Doing this has an added advantage.
Not only will you be well ahead in your research for your home-based business or work from home job search, you will also be keeping your motivation levels up.
Raising a family is the most important job in the world, but staying at home, and living your life around family commitments often leaves mothers feeling unsatisfied once the hectic first few years are over and the kids go to school.
Going back to work is one option, but what if you want to, or if you have to stay at home? Working from home gives you the best of both worlds.
Start browsing when you are pregnant.
You can read about topics that interest you or start looking for possible work at home jobs.
Listen to audio books when you don´t even have the energy to read.
As the kids grow up and you have more time, start studying something whether it is about blogging, sewing, computers, cooking etc.
Absorb as much knowledge as you can about things that interest you, as it will make your job much easier later on.
One day you will feel it is the right time to start, and instead of playing catch-up with computers, the internet and work or business opportunities, you will be more than ready to start creating your income streams.
You deserve the freedom that financial independence brings after spending all those years looking after your family!