Why do more and more people turn to work-at-home jobs?

Convenience, being your own boss and less expenses are all very attractive benefits I believe. Yes, for those who have a regular job I think if you wanted to start working at home, a good plan is to start searching opportunities online without resigning to your job. The moment you find something and it starts earning enough to leave your job, then maybe that would be the perfect moment to give full effort and start having the dream lifestyle of working in the convenience of your own home.

I agree with you. Do not resign from you job unless you are sure of what you are getting yourself into.

That's right. One can't just dump a full time paying job for a temp job online. Nothing is stable and totally secure with online jobs. I guess what's also attractive about this line is that salaries are taxfree and of course, you get to have more time at home with the family. You can also work multiple jobs since most of the available jobs don't require your presence for a full 8 hours.

Well said. Anyway, to be honest I still am looking for more ways to earn because my income is good to at least to support myself, but it won't be good enough when I decided to get married in the future. I feel good though that I'm on the right track and I'm finding more and more ways of increasing my income online.

Probably they should try to work part-time online and see if they can get extra income doing them. Later on, they might find out that their part-time online job's income is enough to sustain their family's needs, then that's the time they can quit their job, maximize their online income and live a more comfortable working condition...more leisure and freedom, as you said...

Yes,safety should be given first importance...risking their jobs and working online,won't serve their purpose unless they are extremely succesfull in their respective fields to sustain for a longer period.

It's interesting you pointed out feijiangjun that only few people can really earn good money working at home. Planning to work at home has become a really big challenge to those who dream of someday doing it and leaving their routine work behind. Most people desires that kind of convenience, and doing what interests us is another thing...we have a free choice and a wide choice online unlike in a regular job, if you're a secretary you only do secretary work. Online, you can be a salesman, a marketer, a business owner, a writer, an investor and many other types of work done by one person...you! Thanks for pointing that out lekhya.

Absolutely right, This online world is full of opportunities... Choose what u want and change if u don't want... No force and no commitments Its all about willingness... Just enjoy doing what u want unlike those full time jobs...

yes feij The most important point is that,we can opt for that in which we are interested and work at our leisure,no stress and no worries...

Well, I agree that there are good sides and bad sides in working at home while there are also good sides and bad sides in working in the office. So generally speaking, everyone still chooses what he or she feels is best for himself or herself. Having said that, in my case I would rather work at home than in the office.

Hello friend, You are right. Now-a-days internet is a very good place to earn money. But I don't think so it is permanent. So work in the other place is also very important for safe. Have a nice day.

When I search the web, I often saw opportunities that are available for moms. I hope you find something that fits your needs and preference. One possible work online for moms I guess is blogging. There are also others like data entry work, and if you live somewhere in America or Europe I have heard many from those countries earn well from taking surveys. There are a lot more options available, and I hope you found one that's right for you :)

Congratulations! I hope there would be more and bigger things to come :)

yes I think it's a matter of "if you can work at home enough to feed your family, then go ahead" is a good guideline. If not, then it would be necessary to continue working in your job until the time you find a way to earn more online by doing it part time and making your online business grow overtime. Having said that, many people working outside their homes have really satisfying work and others even have tremendous pay that an option to work elsewhere becomes non-existent. So it still boils down to everyone's free choice depending on different circumstances.

No, i don't agree with you. many people work at home with good income. And they are not lazy at all, they do well both works: earn money and house works.

So far with less than two weeks being active in mylot and starting about 20 discussions already, this discussion I created about working at home and the possibility of doing so has created the most response by far. It only shows that at least a lot of mylotters wanted to work-at-home and resign from their day-to-day jobs, and I can see that some of them are already working at home. This is a trend which I can see that would only grow as years go by. There's nothing more convenient than working at home and probably the most stress-free way to work ever! Anyway I don't pretend to earn so big, but in my particular circumstances what I earn now from home is good enough to leave my day-to-day jobs I had before. I earn better at home because as you say unique16 that there would be less expenses..I save on gas as well as no need to have food expenses outside when oftentimes your colleagues would urge you to eat out sometimes. Anyway, good luck to you and hope for the best :)

That saying 'If they can do it, I can too' is a good reminder for me to push myself more. You know my income is still not good enough to retire on and I can see a lot of people working online claiming that they are earning certain amounts of money which are staggering. So if they can do it, I can also do it is a great motivation to work harder and seek your sights higher and find greater goals for yourself. Anyway, blogging seems to be working with many mothers. But I can see many men earn their living with blogging. This is also something I wanted to learn myself, and I'm planning to do the steps necessary to start learning more about it. Good luck to you shylade in your blogging dreams :)

I have similar sentiments with you shylade. If they can do it, why can't I. Even though I'm already earning online, but income is still so small compared to many people who claims they are working a certain amount every month. I still have a long way to go to my ideal income working at home. So if they are able to earn that big, I know if I put the necessary effort and dedication someday I will be able to earn like they do or at least close to it.

yes, I love mylot too because of so many good people helping each other...it's a good community and I say that even if I have been active for less than 2 weeks. It's pay won't allow you to retire but it could be a great source of information that you can use to gain greater income. There are many who share their opportunities that really pays them and others teach us ways to earn more through other means like teaching how blogging works and the likes. I can see that generally we can find good-natured people in mylot.

I can guess more and more are dreaming of working at home. And all the things you mentioned are really good reasons for dreaming about it. Not so many people though are able to generate the income online that is can make one retire from them, and I'm also so far away from that position. Anuyway, thanks for the feedback and who knows...maybe someday you find something online that could make you quit your job :)

"Home sweet home" as they say, and if we find a way to work-at-home and create a good income doing so, it would also be appropriate to say "work sweet work". Yes, with the information technology and a lot of means available, there would be a lot of opportunity for everyone to finally work-at-home.

Yes, convenience is the key word for those trying to look for home based jobs. Imagine the convenience of working at home where you are comfortable. Also, imagine working without commuting or going over the traffic outside just to work. Add the fact that you can sleep more hours now because you are sure not to get late and the convenience of not having to go out when it is already flooding and raining. And there will be no better reason to stay home with your loved ones in the house. And yo do that while working. That is convenience!

Hi mathejo, what you asked can already be a new discussion you can make :) Actually what's working for me now for sure are first of all those two work online that I have that gives me regular income, and they are English conversation practice online with Koreans, and chess lessons online at Babaschess, as both of these work gives regular income. With these two, it allowed me to leave my work behind and start working at home full time. This only shows the potential and variety of finding opportunities online are really big...depending on your particular talents and preferences. Now I am also involved with JSS Tripler which has so high potential to give me regular income that could only get bigger and bigger because I have a good plan to back it up. When I started in JSS Tripler ( for anyone who doesn't know it, it's an investment site that gives you 2% commission daily ), my 2 % daily commission is only $2.2, having invested only $100, but now that I'm almost 75 days in JSS my daily income has reached $7.60 daily! This investment thing is not that easy, though as there is some study you still have to make like how the matrix in JSS works, but there are parts in JSS that is so simple to understand and execute you can immediately start investing without fear...because they have this 'restart feature' that would make JSS indefinitely sustainable for years and years to come... well at least hopefully they're right.

Yes i can say that everyone has different experiences and probably working at home is not for everyone. Working at home takes discipline, and some people who can't stop playing online games isn't fit for work-at-home jobs. It's simply necessary to give more and more time for work using your computer and less time for leisure...until your business online is working efficiently that gives some some more time for leisure. Time management is very important when you plan to work at home.

This is one of the dreams of parents...the chance to see their children more and manage them better...while it's the same with the children who will now be happy to always see their parents at home and not miss them anymore unlike when they were still working in their offices.

You are right about some annoying colleagues, although sometimes you miss others whom you have good relationships with. I think it's not that bad to work outside or in the office so there are some good parts and bad parts of it. But in my opinion, working at home have a lot more good parts and a lot less bad parts in it :)

hi meidiana, thanks for your well wishes. I hope the same to you and your family :) It's great you are already working at home using your laptop. I wish you have more success in whatever you're doing online :D

I like the part when you said you can work in your pajamas...wow, what an image of being comfortable at work! I always work with my short pants on and with comfortable shirt, but your pajamas beats that :)

Yes, i think those are some of the general benefits of working at home...more freedome and less pressure or stress. In the office, your work controls your time while at home, you control your own time and you can consume it however you like :)