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Turning Points, Good News

February will be a turning point in our life. I've been working at home for 10 years. My husband followed a few months after but also went fulltime into business in 2018. Everything was good. Our freelance career paid for our house, our car, our daughter's schooling, and dance lessons. But things changed in Sept 2019. I lost my only contract. I had to stress that because it was the first time in my entire freelance career that I devoted myself to just one job. But life goes on. After assessing our situation, my husband and I decided that he needs to get a more stable job but still retain KANSIS Made . And I still need a freelance contract that I can do at home so I can take care of the business. After months and months of applying, he was able to get into the perfect job! I consider it perfect because of a lot of things: it is about 20 minutes away from our place, it is a reputable company, the position is something I believe he would love doing, and the work schedule w

Entrepreneurs and Freelancers Forum 2020

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Fulltime WAHM since Nov 2009. My decision to become one gave birth to this blog. 😍 In 2015, my husband started KANSIS Made and I had to juggle my time between freelance work and being the business director of our micro-enterprise. In doing both plus being a hands-on mom, I've always met challenges with time management. But in every crossroad, I always remind myself of the reason why I decided to leave the corporate world and become a fulltime WAHM - to have more time with my family. I've always tried to advocate the benefits of being a fulltime WAHM to fellow moms and moms to be. I don't tire of talking about how I started as a fulltime WAHM and together with my husband, we managed to pay off the house, the car and send our daughter to school. Manila Workshops is organizing an event that will be the  biggest gathering of aspiring and successful entrepreneurs and freelancers in the Philippines on January 11, 2020,  Entrepreneurs and Freelancers Forum 2020 (EFF) t