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Thankful To Work From Home

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I feel that it is important that I share how grateful I am that I work from home. Owning my two part time home – based businesses has enabled me to do something that I always knew that I wanted to do – stay home with my kids. While my husband and I have made and continue to make many adjustments and sacrifices along the way to ensure that only one of us works outside of the home, I would not trade my current lifestyle for that which I could have if I were employed … Continue reading →

Flexible Schedules Work For Parents

In the world of traditional work, your shift begins at the time when you are scheduled to be at work. Unless you call in sick or find a co – worker to cover some or all of your shift, there is little room for flexibility. If something happens and your daily routine gets changed around a bit, you may have to work when you are rather tired if the change affected your sleep. Working from home can be much kinder and gentler in that regard because many times, you are able to decide when you work. This makes working from … Continue reading →

Doing It My Way

While there are many challenges to being a single parent, there are lots of benefits as well. If your ex is not setting the best example for your children you have the opportunity to turn that around by showing them a better example. Then there is just the simple joy of spending time with your child. Everyone has to work and go to school, but after that, your time is your own and you get to decide how to spend it. If I want to procrastinate on housework and play a board game with Hailey, no one will be upset … Continue reading →

Go Ahead – You Work From Home

One of the fun things about being a home – based professional is that you can do your work in any way that floats your boat. You do not need anyone else’s permission to structure your work day, your work area, or anything else about your work in a way that inspires or motivates you. If you are not sure what I am getting at, here are a few fun suggestions. You can dress for work in any way that motivates you. Unless I have a court date, I do my best work in yoga pants and tee shirts. When … Continue reading →

Grateful For My Work

Sometimes you just get lucky when it comes to finding work that suits you well. A couple of years ago, I decided to try my hand at freelance writing. At the time, I was a stay at home mom looking for work that I could do from home for an hour or two a day to help pay the bills. I knew that I could write well, and there were no real startup costs to speak of. All that I knew when I started was that the work met my criteria for a flexible schedule and home – based location. … Continue reading →

Is Working From Home For You?

Do you dream of working from home? Do you want to be able to stay home with your children and still contribute to your family’s income, or do you want to get rich quick? If your goal is to get rich quick, you better have a million dollar idea that no one else has already thought of, otherwise you are going to be quickly disappointed. When you decide to work from home you have to determine why you want to do this, why is it important, is it really feasible with your family and lifestyle and how much money do … Continue reading →

Working From Home During an Illness or Disability

Did you know that some types of home – based work can enable people to keep working even after they have had to leave a traditional job due to illness or injury? Sometimes, people with jobs outside of the home are offered the option of doing some or all of their work from home as they recover from an illness or injury. Unfortunately, some are not and they have to leave their jobs because of the illness or injury. Freelance writing, web design, graphic design, programming, and other types of freelance work that are done on the computer are great … Continue reading →

Grateful For The Opportunity to Work From Home

One great thing about being a home – based professional is that you can do your work in the comfort of your own home. This aspect of home – based work has been especially enjoyable the past few months as I have gotten more and more pregnant and less and less comfortable in the maternity clothes that I wore the last time around. As offensive as it is to my sense of fashion, I spend much of my time in sweatpants including my work time. Some home – based professionals would advise against working in your pajamas or sweatpants, insisting … Continue reading →

Why I Thought My Grandma Didn’t Love Me

It’s funny how years and maturity can change your view of things from your childhood. I know all memories are colored by time and usually we have a rosier view of the past than we did at the time but sometimes, it’s warranted. My father died when I was a toddler so every summer I got to spend a week or two with my father’s mother, Grandma D. My father’s family all lived out of state so we didn’t see them on a regular basis. I remember as a child feeling unloved by my grandmother and one of the reasons … Continue reading →

Patchwork Family

I love my pieced together family. Most people don’t understand it but as a single mother every single person who has become part of my post divorce family has helped me deal with the stress of being a single parent. Sometimes I forget to be grateful. My sisters are always there for me, I have a best friend who is as close as a sister and other friends, married and single, who help me through the rough spots. I think it’s important not to let you divorce define you or your family. When I got divorced I felt like Hailey … Continue reading →