264. Work-At-Home Moms: Asking for Help + Getting It All Done | Melissa Ferguson of The Friendly Farmhouse

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

I love chatting with fellow work-at-home moms who share in the joys and struggles of managing motherhood, homemaking, homeschooling, business, homesteading, rest, community, and more. Today’s conversation with published author Melissa Ferguson takes us behind the scenes of a fiction writer’s life. We talk through carefully choosing your “yeses” in each season, embracing rest, prioritizing family, and learning things the hard way in business. Whether you have a dream of writing or some other endeavor, this practical look at how Melissa gets it all done will inspire you along the way! In this episode, we cover: Reaching the breaking point of overwhelm and finding the right solution for you A day in the life of a homesteading, homeschooling, work-at-home mom Weighing which opportunities to say yes to in your season of life A peek behind the curtain of the publishing world and what it takes to get a book deal Best advice for a new or aspiring author The importance of choosing the right representation as an author What it takes to find success as an author and joy in the process Practical strategies for raising children that love to read View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible! ABOUT MELISSA Melissa Ferguson is the bestselling author of titles including Meet Me in the Margins, How to Plot a Payback, On the Way to Christmas, and upcoming release, The Perfect Rom-Com. She lives in Tennessee with her husband and children in their growing farmhouse lifestyle and writes heartwarming romantic comedies that have been featured in such places as The Hollywood Reporter, Travel + Leisure, Woman’s World, and BuzzFeed. Join along her journey with over 800,000 other followers at @ourfriendlyfarmhouse. RESOURCES Pre-order Melissa’s newest fiction title The Perfect Rom-Com Check out Melissa’s romantic comedy books here Sign up for Melissa’s newsletter at MelissaFerguson.com Looking to earn an income from your YouTube channel? Join my YouTube Success Masterclass today! Explore all of my course offerings including sourdough, sewing, blogging, and YouTube CONNECT Melissa Ferguson of The Friendly Farmhouse | Website | Instagram | TikTok | Goodreads | BookBub | Pinterest Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm like you. I feel like I'm in a good place right now with actually feeling like there's not more things to get done in a day than I can possibly do.
0:07.3	I think that's the definition of stress, right?
0:09.4	Like whenever you put your list for the day and you look at it and it's literally impossible, you can't actually accomplish it.
0:15.4	Yeah, we just have to practice to just turn it off and just say, this is our time limit.
0:19.8	We're turning it off when it's done. It's okay if there are more things. That is the temptation from working from home.
0:24.9	I feel like I literally could write nonstop. We have these priorities. It's not to make as much
0:30.6	money or be as productive as humanly possible. We have to fit it within these boundaries.
0:35.1	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog
0:37.8	and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone. On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your
0:42.2	life so you can live out your priorities. I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate
0:46.5	on a budget through this podcast and my courses simple sourdough in the simple sewing series.
0:51.7	I also help people reach their goals from home through my business
0:54.9	courses, create your blog dream, and YouTube Success Academy. I will leave links to these
0:59.0	resources in the show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show.
1:06.9	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast, something that I like to talk a lot about on here.
1:12.8	And I get lots of questions about.
1:14.5	I like to see how other women are doing this.
1:17.1	But just the idea of getting the things done that you need to in your home and simplifying it so that you're able to do that.
1:25.0	Alongside having children and all the other things, but then also possibly,
1:29.1	not for everybody, but a lot of people like to pursue a passion on the side. For me, that looks
1:33.6	like entrepreneurial endeavors. I have released a couple books more like my sourdough book,
1:40.6	which is a recipe book, and then a DIY book, my original simple farmhouse life
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