Freedom, Happiness, Joy and Money

It's Tuesday and just another day here at the home office.  The cats are all napping and it's snowing out.  I had my lemon and juice this morning and when I went to take a shower earlier, I found that the water for the complex was turned off.  I had no idea that they were going to turn it off so I was a bit surprised, but it's ok.  I work from home so it doesn't matter whether I take a shower at 7 am or 7 pm.

So why work from home?  Other than having the flexibility to take a shower when you want, what makes working from home so awesome?

For me it's all about freedom, happiness, fun and money.

Freedom to do what I want when I want. I am not bound to a clock. Like the shower thing, I choose what I do everyday and when to do it. 

Happiness come from this freedom. No longer do I have a boss breathing down my neck to do one thing or another.  I also don't have to deal with co-workers that I don't like.  It's also very quiet which the introverted side of my personality needs.

What I do is also a lot of fun.  I have always loved being online and making friends. From the time I was in college back in 1991 and I first got online at my school, networking with other college students became a huge part of my life because it was fun.  24 years later and I am still networking and enjoying every minute of it. It's even more fun now because of the technology.  I just love it!  

As for money, it kind of goes like this: when I am doing a good job, I make money. The better effort I put in, makes me more money. It's that simple.  Unlike a job where you are paid a flat rate for your work, I can make an unlimited amount of money if I choose to. 

So what do I do everyday?  Most of my friends think I just spend my day doing nothing which is very far from the truth.  In fact, I used to have a friend who would just stop by at random during the day because she knew I was home and figured that I could just stop working to hang out with her.  (I was never fond of that)

Anyway, I spend my days on the internet because I am an internet marketer. I promote other people's products like books and various other things.  I've written my own book and I spend some time editing that. Eventually I will be turning my efforts to promoting my own book.  I create videos and graphics to help promote my pages, twitter and various other social media outlets.

My hope is that more people take the chance and try internet marketing because no one deserves to work for someone that they they don't like, doing things on their time schedule with people they don't like for a salary that barely pays the bills. I used to be one of those people and it was miserable.

Now I have freedom, happiness, fun, and money

Monday Monday Monday....

Monday Monday Monday! I guess it's back to the old grind for most people. For me it's back to work too, but not in the traditional sense. Today I'm writing a few more ad campaigns and cleaning the house. Yes, that's my life. Coming up with ad campaigns and cleaning.

I spent the holiday and the weekend here at the house watching re-runs of Heroes. Boy, I am loving that show. I was supposed to work my part-time job in retail but I decided to quit instead. Why, you ask?

Well, many people don't know that about 20 years ago I used to work in retail full-time. I used to be a manager and my store was my life. I gave so much of myself and my time to helping run a successful retail shop that I didn't have much life. In fact, I don't remember doing much of anything when I was a retail manager.

Anyway...this one year I remember having to go in on Thanksgiving day late to unload the truck and staying at the shop all day Black Friday. We had another truck come in on Saturday and again, I was there all day. I was exhausted and I hated that feeling. I just wanted to go home and be with my family. Of course, we weren't allowed to leave and I ended up working every single day from then until Christmas Eve.

Now the time leading up to Christmas Eve, people were incredibly rude to us in the shop. I was a manager so I had to deal with the most rude of all the customers. Where was the Christmas spirit, the love, and the peace that the season is supposed to be all about? I can tell you, I never felt it. People shoving and pushing and generally being assholes was what I experienced.

 I began to hate the holidays as a result of working in retail and I vowed that as soon as I could find another job, it would be one where I could have the holidays off. I made good on my promise too and found a job in an office where we actually got extended holidays off and it was great!

SO now, 20 years later I ended up working in retail again, but this time not as a manager. I took the job mostly to get out of the house and for the discount. I had fun working there too most of the time. It wasn't until November when I realized that promise I made to myself and the stress I was already beginning to feel as a result of the upcoming Black Friday. Last week, I made the conscious decision to quit my part-time job in retail because I will not be subjected to the stress and craziness that working in retail entails around this time of year. I will miss many of the people I worked with and I will miss my discount, but I am glad I made the decision to quit. I can concentrate on my business now and enjoy the holidays without all of that stress.

 Life is good..AND it's Cyber Monday!!! Everyone should shop on the internet!