Starting a home cooked food business?

Before you start any business, it is best to study how other established organisations are doing it. Thinking of starting a home cooked food business? Check out the Dabbawallas in India. There must be something to pick up from them if they have been doing it since 1890, right?

The Dabbawallas

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Writing on blogs. Am I wasting my time?

Can you still remember the time your new love hang on to every little utter you made? Don't expect to hear, "What's that you said, dear?", as the relationship grew into a marriage and blossomed into extended families.

If you want to insist on being heard, most often, you will have to shout over the din of kids calling out for your attention or clanging of pots and pans in rush to serve the hungry or the blaring TV because sports is on. Instead of getting upset over the lost adulation of one person, be happy by writing your heart out and be heard by many. Start blogging.

What can I write about? Things that I enjoy doing. Tips that I would like to keep and share. Good and bad experiences that I or people I know have been through. Good ones to inspire and motivate some actions. Bad ones to create an awareness and prevent another from suffering in the same manner.

While I focus on writing, instead of taking up the "Are you listening to me?" stances, other than benefiting my marriage by making me less vocal (aka nagging to hubby), have my blogs helped anyone? Yes, I have inspired Pat to extend a life through her creation.

I have influenced one of my friends to initiate De'Kidz Band. Check out the Recycled Musical Ware she has created to make it happen.

When my hubby is in the mood for some updates of my activities, all he has to do is google me and I am all there for him. And just in case he comes by this posting;

"I LOVE YOU, CAS."

Mommys, start your ground work today

If you are a stay at home mom and pondering on starting a business when the children are older, start your ground work today. Young children are the best ice breakers. Just bring them out for a walk at the park and they will attract other mommys for you to network with.

I hate it when I have to tell my friends that I have forgotten to use a software programme or some tricks I have picked up just because I have not been working on them for a while. Don't loose the skills you have developed while working. Start making use of them in whatever way you can. Writing a blog is a good way to start as you can keep a record of tips and tricks you know and write about the new ones that you have developed an interest for.

If you enjoy cooking, start a potluck gathering with your friends and neighbours to pick up new cooking skills. Be more ambitious. Create a community group in your neighbourhood and offer to conduct talks or lessons on subjects you are good at. This is the best way for you to test drive what you intend to deal with in your business. Take objections and criticism to your business ideas with thanks. They are the best feedback for you to work on improving your product or services.

Following are Mommys who don't wait till their kids grow up:

What can a six months pregnant woman with 3 kids do? She has become an expert in selecting maternity wear. I love the selections she is selling on her website, Pretty Mommie eShop.

What can a mother with a young daughter do? She started a playgroup at the Bandar Sungai Long Buddhist Society. Take a look at her blog to see what she has been up to:

http://www.demoments.net/blog/