Many of you maintain good records tracking your hours when children are present, but how good are you tracking your hours – when children aren’t present? There are chores/tasks you perform, maybe on a daily basis, after or before the children arrive. Those hours are important. They add up. It only applies to chores/tasks performed on location. You can’t count the hours spent doing general housekeeping. One good way to determine what you should count is to ask yourself – “would I be doing this, if I weren’t in business?” If the answer is “no” … then count it. Don’t count washing your cars, mowing the lawn, cleaning the oven, etc.
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