Comments on: Five Reasons to Work from Home

By: Elaine B.

Elaine B. — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:34:50 +0000

I agree totally. I even put on a little makeup. I wrote a three part article on a similar subject back in April. http://houseofluxe.com/2008/04/15/image-improvement-place-and-image-you-posses-and-project-part-2/

By: thewahm

thewahm — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:03:08 +0000

Angel »
I have those days when I just do not feel like getting dressed and the funny this is, when I have those days I get way less done! I am not very productive when I am in my PJ’s all day. I just want to lounge around all day!

By: Jolly Green Dad

Jolly Green Dad — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:58:04 +0000

I totally agree. Working from home had many perks. But, the key is to SELF motivated. If you do not have that, there is no way you could make it work.

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By: Carla Alvarez

Carla Alvarez — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:18:02 +0000

I’ve worked primarily from home for the last 12 years and even if I’m not planning on going out, I always get up and get ready for the day. You never know what is going to come up and you need to be prepared.

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By: James Mann

James Mann — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:54:24 +0000

I have been working from home for more than 5 years and I would never go back to working for someone else and I would never want to work away from home again.

I find that I wake up without an alarm, at about 5am every day, whereas when I was working for others, even though I enjoyed working, I just never really wanted to get out of bed.

I tried working in my underwear and that was just plan creepy. I think I lasted about 10 minutes if that long.

I always dress, just not as spiffy as I would if I worked outside the home. I take walks every day and that is something I never did when I worked outside the home. There just weren’t enough hours in the day to stay healthy.

It’s great to have a three minute commute to the office.

My wife has a job she has had for almost 30 years and she won’t quit even though she doesn’t need to work now. She just wants to complete that full 30 years for bragging rights.

When she retires we will both have laptops and that’s when our traveling career starts. I can hardly wait.

The only thing I would point out is to NOT quit your day job for the sake of working from home. The situation where I last worked became unbearable and so I did quit my day job and I also swore never to work for anyone else ever again.

I quit out of anger and paid dearly for the first year trying to get my marketing legs. It was only stubbornness that kept me hanging in long enough to start earning a living.

As for giving myself a raise by dedicating more time I think it’s better to just work smarter. Always learn new things and drop the unproductive things and you will earn more money with less work.

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