My colleague, Stephanie Romero, wrote an article yesterday entitled the Top 5 Most Depressing Jobs. Apparently, a host on a talk show read an article about which jobs were the most depressing. I found the article quite interesting because Stephanie is a great writer and picks lovely topics and because I had one job on the list and currently have another listed. The first most depressing job was working at nursing homes or child care facilities or child care homes. I ran a home day care for years. I have even written a manual about starting your own home day … Continue reading →

Last year was my first holiday season as a fully self-employed home-based professional. Since it is that time of year again, I am thinking about all of the specific things that I can be thankful for in regards to working from home during the holidays. By far the most obvious of these blessings is not having to request time off of work for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, or Christmas. From the time that I was a teenager until I became self-employed and home-based, I have always had at least one job each year that required working one or more shifts on … Continue reading →