working from home -- YOUR CHOICE? or NO CHOICE?

Philippines
August 17, 2009 6:02pm CST
how long have you been working from home? are you doing this full-time? or just on your spare time? Are you doing this because for the sake of enjoyment? or this is all you have right now? working from home... i never thought there's soooooo many of us doing that... until Ijoined myLot... it's here that I met single moms like me, writers like me who prefer towork from home... i met a lot of people who are into soooo many programs to make things add up, coz they depend on the internet for earnings. some are here just for fun.... what's your reason for working from home, or for trying to make money from the internet?
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35 responses
• Philippines
28 Sep 09
I do this for a part time basis only. But if I have a choice, I would choose to be working at home so I can see my child grow up. But it seems that I am not earning enough to make me stop from working at the office. So, what I earn online would just help us make the ends meet. It really helps, because I can pay my bills like electricity and internet, using my earning online.
• Philippines
28 Sep 09
oh you know what... aside from the regular online job I am doing.. the earnings I get from the programs I am into..(mylot..clixsensse..etc......) do help with the bills...they add up... My mylot payout sure could get me and my son a great pizza!!!!!
• Philippines
28 Sep 09
Just like me, even if I received just few cents in my paypal account, I am happy because it adds to my money. and along with other earnings it would be a dollar that helps me.
• Philippines
4 Oct 09
true...when i got my first payment of $15 from mylot...i felt like its 15 million lolz... but it sure feels great coz we know we worked hard for it!
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@ibuemma (2953)
• United States
18 Aug 09
it's been 3 years, and only on my spare time, it's a lie if i said i don't like the money. you go online anyway, so why not get extra from it. i still have my off line job. so, for me it's fun and i like the extra $$$ that come with it
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• Philippines
18 Aug 09
you're right....... if you'd just be onnline, it better be something you're making money from
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
Hello again, I don't have computer at home so I just steal time from work (which is not good) to take a glimpse here in Mylot. So in that case, I am not working at home, but in office. I am trying to earn few bucks because I want to buy my own laptop someday. Hope I can be able to buy in a nick of time. I have to have a $425 dollar. That is my goal. on the other side, I am having fun here in Mylot, of course everyone of us. Internet is making a big value with ourlives, it becomes our necessities because of online opportunity. Hey I am happy that you met some single moms like you here. Hope to meet you too in the future! Godbless!
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
blushing here!! that is why I love you! hahahahahahaha
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
y'know what grey... i lost my social life when i started having kids... and it is when i started myLot that i realized how good it is to be making friends and talking to other people again... it is also here that i met a lot of single moms like me for sooo long time that i have locked my world up form everybody else and devoted all my time to the kids... myLot is a big help in making me come out to the world again.. i'm so happy to meet people like you here on my lot... it's so easy to tell the genuine ones... and you're one of the truest grey!
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
LOLZ!! thanks grecy!!! i feel like we've been friends for ooo long.. so it's true after that we get to meet true friends here!
@derek_a (10873)
18 Aug 09
I have worked from home, but not always at home for the past 30 years. Now I am semi-retired so just work with my computer most of the time. I am a therapist, and still see the odd client now and again, but have reduced my workload these days. - Derek
@derek_a (10873)
19 Aug 09
Yes, I can say that the Internet is more of an enjoyment than a career. I love having discussions here on myLot and getting involved. It is fun to watch the cents slowly turn into dollars also - it reminds me a lot of board games like Monopoly. - Derek
• Philippines
20 Aug 09
good for you derek... I see you have been with myLot for a while now. i noticed The 4454 beside your name
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• Philippines
18 Aug 09
thanks derek... with the kind of work you have, i bet you're doing all these things on the internet for fun right? not so much for the money.
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@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
To tell you frankly my friend. I am doing this full time because I feel more excitement and do a lot of good money here and own your time and no boss...have a great day!
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
20 Aug 09
You right my friend. We can do as much as we can in online jobs. Not like in the office there is a boss telling and shouting you if he/she not like your face..lol. thanks for responding my friend...take care
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
true, you have no boss here... no uniform... no jealous co-workers LOLZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Philippines
20 Aug 09
--oh yeah.. not to mention: NO JEALOUS CO-WORKERS!!!!!!!!!lolz!
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
19 Aug 09
I choose to work from home! I could return to my job any time I want or need to! But that was working 50 hours a week in a dirty job that I had been doing for 16 years!!! 3 years ago I left my job which was working on cars and decided to work from home trading shares online! I did this for six months or so, then we were offered a business which we could operate from home easily. Friends of ours were moving overseas and made us a deal that we could not refuse! I then got out of the stock market just as it was starting to drop and we started selling health food related products online from home! 2 years later and my wife and I are still doing this. It is great because I get to spend more time with my wife and children, who are growing up really fast!! My time spent here at Mylot and other online programs is just for fun and a little play money! This is a great question, thanks for starting it! :-)
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
19 Aug 09
Yeah, there is definately potential there to earn in so many areas online, but some who try it think that the money will come easily without the work! Online business is just like any other business, you have to put the effort in, but the rewards can be massive!!! :-)
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
--"it takes money to get money",eh!?
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
hey rawbill... thanks for sharing... i see a lot of people had made gerat success from working online... some just don't see the potential..
• United States
31 Aug 09
It is my choice it's just an extra amount of income, it's not a long time to spend either because some programs actually earn the money for you by getting referrals plus their fun like mylot and you make friends
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
hi fit! Yeah..i agree with you .. it's a good way to spend your extra hours... coz you are having fun and you are gettin gpaid for it;; what more could you ask eh?
@Verity (851)
21 Aug 09
Working from home is another means of earning to which it is an option from my full time government career. It is not a choice but a hobby which integrate my writing skills and at the same time earns from it while free from work. It would be pleasant to hear if you could earn extra income while at home aside from the fixed income you received monthly.
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
myLot is in fact a very good place to practice your conversation skills.. you also learn a lot from other people too... the great thing is, you're earning while you;'re doing that!
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
18 Aug 09
I'm still trying to find great ways to make a full time income from home. I make a little here and there will a few sites but it's not much.
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
what sort of money-making are u into now jeiay?
@Raven1 (577)
• Australia
1 Sep 09
I've been working at home for the last 6 years. Before I became a freelance writer, I was an investment banker in a high-stress job. I chose to change careers because I love writing. I also love the freedom of being able to work when it suits me.
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
Hi Raven...nice site..i checked your profile and visited your blog.. I like it! I love writing so much and did writing jobs in the past years... but I never knew there are so many more opportunities out there... I'm so glad I came accross your blog, and would try my luck there!
@dbabcook (388)
• United States
18 Aug 09
I am trying to work from home for multiple reasons: To be more accessible for the kids, for fun & to make money. My boyfriend works full-time and has 2 children but has custody of only 1. I myself have custody of my child. He has visitation with his 2nd child which I am babysitting daily free of charge so that he doesn't have to incurr any daycare charges as he is already paying child support and had told me that as long as I am with him I don't need to go out and work. So this works out for both of us especially if I can make a little extra money from home.
@jeiay41 (674)
• United States
18 Aug 09
Thats nice you are a multi tasker in terms of working online. I myself preferred the same way as you do but I dont have children yet and dont know how it feels to be in your place. Anyways if you really consider working online you much dedicate yourself for a big earnings online. Work hard strive hard and sooner or later you'll be surprize how to the money your making in the future.
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
that's right...it's nice to work from home coz you could still get to attend to your responsibilties to the kids...lokk after them while doing myLot,, and can even cook and do laundry at the same time
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
hello, i have been working online since june, and i am doing it in my spare time, im doing it for me to have extra income , because im a newly graduate, and waiting to take my board exam this coming November, hehehhe,,,
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
hey havels! is it the Nursing board you're waiting ??? if so goodluck on that... hope you'll be a nurse one day! been there the past years...
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
i hope you make it havel!!!here's a four leaf clover for good luck!
• Philippines
20 Aug 09
yes, nursing licensure exam i also hope to pass the exam,,, thank you!
@Aylward (198)
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
Well, for me it's my choice. I'm only doing this for additional income. Can you refer me to other "source of income"? :)
@jeiay41 (674)
• United States
18 Aug 09
I feel you, because our country is a little bit poor I know how to live a poor once in awhile in my life. Keep striving hard and that what makes pinoy successful on there lives. Check my profile to know what you really need to know on online making money industry.
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
no problem ayl!!! happy myLotting!
@Aylward (198)
• Philippines
18 Aug 09
Thanks for sharing! :)
• Philippines
4 Oct 09
i wish i can ge a fulltime home internet job.that is my dream.... now i am doing mylot..but because i have no job.so i dont have a choice.
• Philippines
4 Oct 09
oh amilet..i do hope things will be better soon. i know how hard it is to get a job..i wish you all the luck dear!
@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
19 Aug 09
At first I started doing it out of choice because I had fulltime work outside the home, but now since I have medical problems that make it hard to keep a job I do it out of necessity. I just wish I would have perfected it more before I actually needed it.
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
i just got my internet connection just few months back. i guess that was april. i dont know much about earning online. but my best friend told me how to and where to find it. and she is the one who told me about mylot. i am already a member of mylot community 2 years ago but because our internet connection got cut off. i was not able to do mylotting for so long. but now that i have this connection again. i cannot live without mylotting. and my other earnings sites are a great help as well. but mylot help me in so many many ways. jhelai
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
hey jelhai! congratulations for having your conncection back! make the most of it! happy myLotting!
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Aug 09
I think with me, it is a little of both, as I have chosen to work online as I have no choic because of my age. I really don't mind working online though as I am making some money, albeit not a lot but over time, it will add up. I haven't found a lot to do, but what I am doing is yeilding me pocket change mostly, but hey, it is more than I started with and that is how I look at it. With the economy being the way it is, money is the name of the game, so if a person can find just one thing that will work, then I say go for it as I am sure we all need money. I know I do. I am on a fixed income, but it only goes so far, and is usualy gone before the month is over, so that is how bad it is for me. I am just glad that I have found mylot as by finding it, I have found other sites as well, and ones that have paid me a few times too. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
hey rosekiss! thanks for dropping a response...you made a good point... happy mylotting!
• Malaysia
18 Aug 09
I have only started working from home a few months. Mailnly to have some extra money. I have had some success with it because I have been paid several times. The amount is small but its a good start. Now I am putting more hours in it hopefully to make more. My target is at least $300 a month. If I achieve that then I will be quite happy. This target is set for 2 months from now. Wish me luck!
@mrsctb7 (120)
• United States
19 Aug 09
Since I am disabled, I can only work from home. Now, though, since my husband lost his job, I want to make more to help out my family.
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
we're really thankful there are opportunities to work online.. it's a great way to earn money even if you can't go out to work... every penny adds up! thanks a lot mrs!!! happy myLotting!!!
• United States
19 Aug 09
I take so many credit hours and I have so little time of break that I simply do not have time to work outside of home. It's impossible for me.
• Philippines
19 Aug 09
orking form home seems to be the most convenient set-up for you.. it is for me too...i have a little one....