Work At Home, You Want?

Geesh. I promised to resurrect this blog, but I didn’t... Until today, heheh. Well, no use crying over lost time. We better just make the most of today, eh?

Well, as you might know by now, I am a work-at-home girl, and while I love the job, I won’t recommend it to everyone. Unless you have guts, patience, and the perseverance needed to ensure your survival in this “business,” it would be easy for you to quit when the tough times come.

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Some people who go into the work-at-home business do so because they want to get away from a job that “enslaves” them. But contrary to the notion that the work-at-home career is a way for a person to not work at all, it’s actually a career that would necessitate for you to be more disciplined. Because if you slack off in this business, you won’t have anything to eat at all.

Before you go into the work-at-home career, you have to ask yourself: are you in this for the money and the time alone, or do you love it and would stick to it, even when the tough times come?

That being said, let me acquaint you with the three kinds of work-at-home careers, at least, in my estimation.

• Virtual office work
• Professional blogging
• Self-employment

The virtual office is much like your real-world job. You have a boss to answer to. Some are virtual assistants who organize and do the administrative tasks of CEO’s in the US or elsewhere. Usually, companies hire virtual assistants when hiring a real-world secretary costs a hundred times more.

With the US recession in progress, companies are looking at ways to cut costs, and Asia, since it’s becoming more world-class by the moment, is one fertile field to look for great virtual assistants.

My friend Jen is a virtual assistant, and she seems to thrive in it. It’s just not my thing, though.

I, on the other hand, was a pro-blogger. I used to write for SplashPressMedia, and while I loved the community, I’m just not suited for organizations. I’m better off working with a person who can respect my personal deadlines and my own quirks.

Being in the pro-blogging biz is not exactly easy. You need to follow deadlines, and though it gives you training and an idea for how to set up your own blogging career, it’s not forever. There is a point where you would get tired of being nagged, and not to mention the virtual office intrigues. Yes, office intrigues exist, even in the seemingly solo world of working online.

The good part about this is that if you can manage your time efficiently, you can actually make a go of working for others. It doesn’t get you the flexible income you may want, but at least you have something to look forward to having at the end of every month.

Lastly, working for oneself.

Working for oneself would entail either making your own e-books, maintaining your own monetized blog, or doing other online moneymaking gigs to keep yourself fed.

I recently ventured into working for myself, and I have to be honest with you, it’s hard getting started. But something tells me that this could prove to be a rewarding venture.

Over the next posts, I’ll be discussing how you can go about getting into a virtual office setup, into professional blogging, or how to go about starting your own business.

Watch out for my future posts!


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