Thankfulness Week

I wanna start a "Thankfulness Week" for myself.. While other people are going to be heading out to parties later tonight, I will be here, at home, enjoying quiet time with myself, time to work: my most favorite form of play. :)

This "Thankfulness Week" blog will be a weekly thing for me. I want to be thankful to three key People in my life, and one "Wildcard"..

The constants will be my parents and Jesus, and the wildcard will be whomever my heart feels like it, every Friday. :)

I am thankful that the Lord Jesus had:

1. Saved me from this world since childhood, by giving me the gift of nonconformity.
2. Given me great parents who had given me the best of what they know; we totally disagree on a lot of points in life, especially the ones that matter most to my Big Boss/Father/Hero, but they have given me the best of what they know, and that is the biggest gift that Jesus has given me.
3. Given me the gift of excellence, balanced by the gift of "enough is enough," that He only allowed me ENOUGH of certain experiences and learnings to ensure the learnings I need to take for the calling He has for me.
4. Given me the gift of learning upside down. So now that I know Whom to work for, I know what I need to do. Yay!
5. Given me the capacity to appreciate life and enjoy the simplest of joys.
   

I am thankful to my Mother for:

1. Always praying for me.
2. The gift of integrity.
   
3. The gift of consistency.
4. The gift of faithfulness.
5. The gift of making arts and crafts.
6. The gift of giving attention to detail.
7. The gift of painful learnings. :)

I am thankful to my Father for:

1. Always being there to step in when I was about to screw up my life.
2. The gift of street-wise wisdom: what plants are there, for what, for being able to grow figs at home, the gift of WD-40! Woohoo! Imagine, I couldn't get the denged keys through the keyholes in this ancient house! A drenching and bath of WD-40 sure fixed that!!! In fact, the WD-40 incident just inspired this post!
   
3. The strength and strictness to keep me at home. Thank you, Tay. Because of this, I learned to not enjoy gossip too much now, but only after unlearning all the crap of television.
4. For surrounding me with educational stuff, because of this, my brain has been well-fed. :)
5. For the painful learnings; because of that, I learned to unlearn. :)
   

I love my parents, even though I do not agree with them a lot of the time. They may desire the temporary for me, but Jesus has a deep vision for me that I have to walk in, MY WAY. Because unless I walk in it the way Jesus has planned for me, it will never be realized, because I'm sooo denged busy working for the temporary.

Mother, I'm sorry. I have to prioritize what vision Jesus has for me and MY family. Or else, I will be stuck in poverty in the long run. I sacrifice today, so that in the long run, I will be able to fly.


Don't worry, God provides for the right now, if I prioritize the long run. Thanks for helping me out for an entire month. I need to act like an adult now. No more dependency on you. But I have to do this MY WAY. Our violent emotions just get in the way. I don't understand you, neither do you understand me. But at the very least, I get that you need me to be independent. So do I. It's just wrong to be dependent on you, and on others. But do not worry, God provides. Just don't stress the details.

So let's keep some boundaries for today, coz fights and negative emotions really delay both you and me. :)


Wildcard: I'm thankful to Kuya Chin Bon and Kuya Elim. These guys are my most loyal readers, and they encourage me to blog on. :)

Hugz to you guys!

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Thank You

I just started ground talks and an agreement with Ate Eunice, for a website.

It was the most painless business deal in my life.

I love God!

Thank you, to my mentors, Redmedia Solutions, Inc, especially to Dave Quitoriano and Mike Abasolo. Though the life lessons I had to learn in the Ploning Project were tough and almost no one understood, I owe you the credit for the apprenticeship.

Thanks so much!


Life Tip: wherever you are, whatever job you are going to get into, always have the goal of never becoming a slave to anyone else but Jesus. Grip and gather all the lessons you need to learn, and use it to help God in weaving the path of life that He has for you.

Blessings to those who read!

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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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