For years, I've been fortunate enough to work from home. This became a necessity at a point when I needed to care for my mother, and now once again as my employment is as a full-time, live-in caregiver. I am able to supplement my salary as a caregiver by working from home, and because of the tremendous tax benefits from having my own home-based business, I can shelter my primary income due to many write-offs that I wouldn't have otherwise if I worked outside the home.
As I always say, I have a 30-second commute in the morning to the kitchen to put on the coffee, and if I choose to do so, I can work in my pajamas … no alarm clock, no having to get up 1-2 hours early to make sure I can get ready and be to work on time, no fighting traffic nor having to pay those high prices at the gas pumps, no contributing to pollution or global warming, NO BOSS telling me what to do, no having to punch a time clock, no having to cram in doing chores and necessities of life on my lunch hours, before or after work or on my days off … been there and done that for many years and I really resented feeling like my family had to take a back seat to my employment and the many hours each day and week that I was actually away from my home and family due to my work schedule. There were times when I was working sometimes as many as 80 hours a week plus commute … this left very little time for anything else, plus it always seemed that the more I made, the more the government took in taxes. To work from home just makes perfect, logical sense to me.
Working from home, I am now able to set my own schedule, take breaks when I feel like it, take time off when I want to without having to ask permission. I can earn as much or as little as I choose … if I want to earn more, I just do more. Plus, with the business model I've chosen, I am building long-term, residual ongoing income and continual growth, a solid foundation and stability in my business. I can do business anywhere in the world via the telephone or over the internet. When working from home, I can also choose the people I work with versus being stuck in a dead-end, go nowhere job, cooped up in an office sitting side-by-side in a cubicle with someone I am in no way compatible with.
When deciding whether to work from home or the alternative, the choice for me is simple. The personal freedoms with respect to my time and having total control over my financial destiny make this my ONLY choice.
Susan Bennett
925-262-8329
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