Had an interesting shift today while preparing to be interviewed for a VA Expert series. A sort of answer to a post I did a while back.

My 4 month old daughter is home with me, and while generally quiet I wondered if I should have maybe found someone to take care of Lexi while I did the interview (which is being recorded).

Then it occured to me - what is so bad about her making a bit of noise in the background? Isn’t that the whole reason I do the work I do - so that I can be at home with my girls and make a living? So if they make some noise in the background shouldn’t that be considered the norm and not something I have to apologize for?

Likewise, I setup an appointment to interview a fellow Online Business Manager this week for a book i’m writing. The only time that worked for both of us was a time when her son would be home with her and may interrupt… and she was asking if that was OK? My answer of course was not a problem! If anything it made me feel an instant kinship with her, being that we both have wee ones at home.

I’m done apologizing for having my kids in the background… no more ’sorry! that’s just my daughter’ when im on calls. If the person on the other end of the line doesn’t understand, then perhaps they aren’t the client for me. (That being said, i’ve never had that happen.) And if something happens and the kids cause such a disruption that the call can’t continue, we’ll look to reschedule and i’ll make it up to that person.

There are of course instances where I would not want to have my kids around - such as leading classes for our Hot Skills VA Training. I will have someone come over to watch the girls as needed, thank goodness grandma lives nearby!