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Working From Home Works For Retirees

Working from home is an attractive option for people at many different stages in their lives. Today, I am going to look at some of the ways that retirees can benefit from home – based work after they leave the world of traditional work behind. Whether you are currently retired or are thinking of retiring, working from home may be something that works for you. Retirement today is not what it used to be. In the current economy, even those people who have worked hard all of their lives to save money towards retirement are finding that they do not … Continue reading →

Closing Or Selling Your Home Based Business

Starting a home – based business can be challenging, but once your business is up and running the rewards are well worth the initial effort. Owning and operating a home – based business can bring you years of career fulfillment, if that is what you desire from it. There may come a time, though, when you no longer want to own or operate your home – based business. Perhaps you want to retire. Maybe you have taken the business as far as you want to take it and feel like it is time to try something new. You may even … Continue reading →

Home Based Business Opportunity – Longaberger

Since today is America’s birthday, I would like to mention a home – based business opportunity that not only involves products made in America but also offers a business opportunity especially for military families. The Longaberger basket company offers a direct sales business opportunity where consultants sell baskets and other home décor items through web sites as well as home parties. Longaberger is based in Dresden, Ohio and was founded in 1973 by Dave Longaberger. Today, Longaberger consultants offer their customers the high quality handcrafted baskets which are the company’s claim to fame as well as pottery, wrought iron, and … Continue reading →

The Freedoms Of A Home – Based Professional

Right about now, freedom and liberty are at the forefront of many people’s minds. They are the values upon which America was founded, and they are things that many of us do not feel that we have enough of in our day to day lives. When I became a home – based professional, I realized just how much freedom I have as the owner of my own businesses. In many professions such as law, taking years off of work to raise a family does not always bode well for one’s career path. Unless, of course, your career path is self … Continue reading →

Coping With the Stress of Being a Home-Business Entrepreneur

Stress has been the code-word of the past couple decades. We are constantly warned to “cope with stress” and “not get too stressed out.” With all the joys and freedoms of being an entrepreneur and running one’s own home business–there are definitely some pretty intense and constant stresses that characterize this type of work too. For many of us, coping with the stress of running a business from home and caring for our families, can get challenging and overwhelming. Just the sheer volume of tasks and responsibilities we may have to accomplish when we start a home business can take … Continue reading →

Avoiding Distractions

One of the more difficult aspects of working from home is actually getting yourself to do work when other, more fun and interesting things are available to do. Of course, if you work from home, there is a good chance that your work is fun and interesting because you most likely chose it yourself. The fact that it is work, though, can make other activities seem more appealing. Since I do most of my work late in the evening, after the kids are in bed, there are not too many fun things available to distract me during my working hours. … Continue reading →

Business Idea – Cloth Diapers

Cloth diapers have changed a lot since the days when our parents were carefully pinning them around our little bottoms. The cloth diapers of today are made from many different fabrics and have many different shapes, fastening options, and other features that make them much easier to use than those that were available to our parents. While the cost of cloth diapers may seem steep up front, they pay for themselves after a period of time and do end up saving you money. They are also much better for the environment than disposable diapers are. Cloth diapers also present an … Continue reading →