Earning online could be fun or could suck..

@mimpi1911 (25464)
India
May 8, 2011 11:53am CST
We have redefined the way we earn through web. Earning money is more fun here since we get to choose from hordes of internet activities that suit us. However, there are many who have to do it out of compulsion. It's like a hardcore real job in pajamas. They can hardly choose from the options. The online job thus starts to suck just as many real jobs do. What is online job for you? Fun or compulsion?
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
9 May 11
Hi mimpi! When I started on mylot, I had never in mind that am going to indulge in discussions for the sake of earning. Earnings were added bonus besides sharing my thoughts on the discussions and learning lots of new things through various discussions. I can safely say that it was pure fun for me and a great learning experience. As you know I graduated to AC and some other sites and there also the primary objective was to ‘write’ something and to share something. On line earnings still remains secondary for me, as I am in a regular job and can make do with the earnings of my regular job. I would not like to tax myself and work on various sites ceaselessly for the sake of on line earnings, which as you said, is not a cake walk.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
I know deepak. you are here for fun mostly. And you have enriched us time and gain. Being on the web wouldn't be as much fun had you not been there. So STAYPUT.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
10 May 11
Hi mimpi! I can say 'same' babout you - that being here would not have been such a pure joy, had you not been there.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
9 May 11
For me, it's a little fun a little work. Fun because i know that the money I earn here online is sooo little. If I spend this same amount of time outside working part-time, i could definitely earn more. Of course, working online has its perks like we can stay at home and don't have to get dress etc. whether working is for fun or purely for work, i believe all of us have to make it a fun process. Otherwise, it would make it all the more difficult to earn some money online!
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
Yeah, nothing like 'pyjama earning'! I love that part also. And yes, we need to make our work fun. sometimes we cannot escape it - the only thing we can do is to love it.
@alokn99 (5717)
• India
8 May 11
My experience is that when it's compulsion driving it, then its bound to get monotonous over a period of time, because you are not doing it to express your creativity, only doing it becuase you need to. The only thing that can make it in ways interesting is variety and if the reward is good. But then yes it becomes like any other offline job then, if you are into it every day. The best thing is to be able to mix and match activities that are of interest, bring out your creativities and at the same time keep online jobs going to atleast an extent that can take care of your compulsions and needs to some extent. I can't say online jobs or work to me has been fun, but I like challenges, and it is that along with responsiblities in ways which has kept me going. The fun and non monetary reward for me comes from learning and various other activities that stimulate me mentally.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
Yes mix n match would be just right to overcome the monotony and if you are looking for secondary source of income. You need to work on the dull things for they pay you more and doing blogging, networking etc. gives you the impetus. I agree with you there. The learning process and the fun activities on the net help us know new things - something we wouldn't have otherwise.
@few00cent (2183)
• India
8 May 11
For me its depend on the work I do here..if I am doing something I like doing and making money then its fun and if doing things just for money and not really interested in doing then its sucks.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
That is it!
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
8 May 11
At the early beginning it really sucks but later on when you know some secrets on how to boast your earnings, your interest will start to grow and it will be more fun. The reason why I didn't stop doing online programs to earn penny, it's because of the fun that I encounter everytime I am online. The best thing also you can meet different kind of people with the same interest.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
Yes, that's one thing that gets you going. we meet new people, new friends and mutually enrich each other.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
8 May 11
Hello mimpi. Well it can't be a compulsion or i wouldn't do it, right ? I earn a few extra dollars every now and then and i am glad to do so. I have donated via paypal, bought games on steam and even redrawn a few times to my credit cards by investing time and reinvesting earnings earned online.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
I know Alex. I think we love doing the stuffs we do on the internet and getting paid for something we love doing is just so wonderful -the incentives to get us going.
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• India
11 May 11
I think there are only a lucky few to whom a regular serious job which brings the bread, is fun and I’m not one of those lucky people. However, I still think online jobs would be better, specially for mothers like me who have kids at home. I would really take up an online job which is genuine and would pay me what I earn by slogging at office…only problem is that in India, the online jobs are just not there or whatever I see while surfing, I don’t think they are genuine.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
11 May 11
I don't do it unless it is fun, but sometimes there is an in between stage, lol. myLot is almost always fun, but I have a HUGE backlog of discussions to reply to. So I will just do a few every day until I catch up.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 May 11
That makes two of us. I am trying to reduce the backlog here.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
9 May 11
I enjoy earning online and could not go back to doing anything else. I love it here most of all but my more profitable online ventures have to take priority. I do feel dejected sometimes when outcomes are not quite what I expected but I am committed to working hard in order to make my dreams come true which are running a successful online business which will assist me in achieving my goal to open a boarding cattery. I’ll get there; I just have to practice the arts of patience and hard work.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
I know you will soon Paula. I wish you luck and will always be there for you. I could relate to the dejection that you were talking about since i have been there many many times. It's hard to find a niche here but success is not impossible.
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@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
11 May 11
Hi mimpi, You mean online fultime job? No I am not there. First I do not know those money generating sites and secondly I have not shown interest either. If tomorrow I get jobless bu chance may be I would turn one and ask you some legit sites. lol
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
13 May 11
Hi mimpi, ya, For a majority of people on line job is compulsion. They have several sites where they have different activities to do and get paid accordingly. But on line earning for me is just a fun or you can say that this is an exercise to erase out our mental corrosion.
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
10 May 11
it's fun because there is no requirement of how much time i should spend doing one thing. here i only get pennies for each post but i am my own boss. i can log in and log out anytime i want.
• Philippines
10 May 11
Earning on line could be fun if we bear in mind that we will get to learn too, of so many things the website can offer. Aside from meeting sensible people, we get to know so much information about the world and the people. So, here in myLot - we earn while we learn.
@wolfwise (100)
• Philippines
9 May 11
For me sometimes it's fun and sometimes it's out of compulsion because I don't have anything else to for now that's why I'am somewhat always in the web. I am really new in this online earning stuff and needs to learn so much stuff. For now I sometimes surf for hose important information concerning those earning stuff.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
9 May 11
I think, you are doing the right things. read more, interact and do little bit of networking. Trust me, avenues will be opened for you sooner. Good luck!
• India
9 May 11
hehe mimpi is all depend on your earning actually if you earning well then its very good or fun what ever u say but if u r not earning or earning very less then its a big suck.........what say m i right or not.......????????????????????????