The Little Things That Make You Glad to Work From Home

Well said! I would add to that there no no work related stress like you have when you are working for a boss or company. It is nice not to have the pressure of extreme work loads that have to be performed by some looming deadline.

True, it is nice to be able to set your own hours. That type of freedom does not come in any other type of job. Even if you have one of those exempt type of jobs, you still have to be there early or stay late for meetings. It is amazing how the 40 hour work week has stretched into the 60+ hour week with most people work 10 - 12 hour days, and you still end up taking work home at night and on the weekends.

You are both right. The working time freedom is also a luxury that most office employees do not have.

Yes, it nice not to have to get up super early. It is nice that you are able to spend quality time with your children. I think after the events of today their are a lot of parents cherishing every moment that they get to spend with their children. I am not sure if you heard about the tragic shooting at a elementary school in Connecticut where 20 children under the age of 10 years where shot and killed.

My deepest sympathy to the victims and their families. The news is now on the paper in my country.

You know for a long time that was how I was to that I could never get referrals, but recently I have noticed that talking about sites here on myLot has helped me to get a few referrals. I have 3 referrals on AyuWage and 2 on Hits4Pay. It helps. I had heard some good things about mybrowsercash, but then I also saw some posts about glitches and problems with people getting paid. So, I have put that one on the back burner. Right now, I am trying out Swagbucks. It is taking sometime to figure out how much I can earn. Today I earned 41 SBs and currently the exchange rate is .01 per SB by my calculation; although, I hear that the rate is going to go back up in January. Keep working on that dream of $10 a day. If you succeed please share because we cold all use an extra $300 a month. Currently, I would say I am closer to the 20 - 40 a month range. Still it does help. I really do need to find more time to be active here on myLot. I just need about $3 more to make the minimum for cash out. I am on track, but some days are high paying days with me being quite active will other days I am not so active so my earns are only a few cents. I am trying to figure out how best to balance everything on my plate. It feels like it is the leaning tower of Pisa. I either do really good in one aspect or another, but then the tower grows top heavy on another side with it threatening to fall over in a new direction.

Well I've been trying to make money online for maybe almost 2 years and still can't even make $10 a day. Too many of these places don't pay enough for your time that you're in front of the computer. I don't know how people do it as a living

My friends keep telling me that it takes time and lots of patience to make big money online. That's why it is wise to still keep your day job :)

If only working online paid a little better. Then it would've been a better option given the hassles we are saved from and money we do not need to spend on transportation, formal outfits, etc. If only! Good day!

I don't know how better is your better, but I read from other members who recieved payments here that are good enough for their one week grocery. Maybe it matters on how much time we devote in this online works although we cannot depend our whole necessity for this line of job. But for unemployed people, this much better than nothing.

Most people still keep their offline jobs while doing online ventures. They only quit their offline jobs when their online income can pay their bills. That's exactly what I am doing :)

Green, what a strange policy? I personally believe that the best make-up a woman can apply is a smile. Also using make-up or not is a personal issue. Don't know what's wrong with your ex-employers!? Its a good thing that you are now out of their cages and can fly like a free bird. Good day!

MIMO, good point! The make up while it can make a woman to feel more polished or professional it truly is not a substitute for a warm smile and a great personality.

True, nothing can beat a warm smile and great personality :) Talking about high heels, lots of my girl friends feel the same way you do greenthumb018. They still wear them despite the ache, because high heels make them look sexy. Freedom of choice, I guess :))

I agree that nothing can beat the sweet comforts of home, sweet home. Now, if I just had a house-elf to tidy up the apartment. (A little Harry Potter humor) That would just about make it perfect.

Yes, it is, and I set goals on all my sites as well, based on what I need and what I would like--it works out well for me. There are times when I have issues keeping the goals, but that is usually because I am sick or something else serious is going on. Normally I am not "lazy", so it isn't hard for me to do what needs to be done.

chrystalia, that is great! I would very much appreciate if you share some thoughts on how you set your goals and manage to achieve those goals. Currently, I am striving to learn to be better at time management through the use of goal setting. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

chrystalia, I think the key to staying disciplined to working online is to have goals. I know how much I want to earn with a site, and it helps to keep me going to meet that goal. There were times that I wanted to hit that cash out button early on AyuWage, but I had already set the goal of earning $10, so I would get the bonus. I just kept thinking about how close I was to making that goal. It all comes down to having that goal and knowing what you want to achieve.

Well, my kitty tends to insist that I get dressed once I get up as he will immediately request to go outside. I definitely agree with you about it being nice not to have to commute. No getting stuck in traffic or potential of getting into an accident. You can also save more on car insurance because you are driving less. Definitely working from home gives us the flexibility to schedule work around our life rather than us trying to figure out how to squeeze in life around work. When I was working on of my colleagues would say that she had appointments so she had to leave right after work. The word appointment was code for carpooling her kids to sports and afterschool events, but you have to admit saying you have an appointment can sound a lot more acceptable than I have to leave to take my kids somewhere.

I agree to all the points you mention dorannmwin. Thanks to internet for making those things possible :)

I agree with you that the earnings are slow. It takes time to start earning online. At least I am starting to make enough to pay the internet bill, so that is a nice benefit.

Yes, I know what you mean it is nice to let it collect in our PayPal accounts. I have been doing this some. I almost have $40 in the PayPal account. I will probably end up transferring it into my bank account soon. Still it is nice to see the PayPal balance grow.

That's true. Online earning is surely good as extra income. We can paid many bills and many more like that. I used to save all my online earnings, so it became benefit to me when I collect more money using here.

I agree I hate the commute to work. I miss the days when I could just walk 5 blocks to work. It made it quite nice. I agree that the workplace has become so incredibly stressful. All for what? I mean someday it almost feels like the money that we make is not worth the stress, but money is a necessary evil of life. Yes, it is nice to have some freedom. There have been nice fall like days where I could sit on the couch working online with the patio door open enjoying the breeze.

The stress caused by commuting to work as well as meeting deadlines can indeed reduce our life expectancy. That problem is practically non existent if we work from home.

Yes, it always nice to get that face to face interaction. Even in the workplace it seems like we are relying upon technology more. People send emails because it saves time rather than going and having a face to face conversation. I know I had to do this a lot when I was working a split position between two sites. I was always emailing because that was the only way that I could keep in contact with colleagues especially those that would leave as soon as the bell rang.

Both online and offline jobs have their own benefits. With offline jobs we interact directly with people face to face, which is great too :)

MIMO, Here it seldomly rains. I would prefer drive in a rainstorm than a dust storm. Still, I prefer not to go out when it is rainy. Tomorrow, morning I am planning to go out early to the farmer's market, so I am hoping that the weather will be decent. pomwango, yes it is nice to sit and listen to the sound of it raining. We have been needing the rain it has been so dry. I am hoping that all the rain will make my car look a little bit cleaner because I am tired of seeing all the dirt on it from the dust storms.

I just hate rain. Its my policy not to go out when it rains. No matter how important the work is, unless its not an emergency. I just hate to get drenched even a little and then mud and clay, also you find stagnant water in some low land places. In short its awful. Good day!

Neither rain storm nor dust storm appeals to me. Accident rate usually increases when either one of them happens.

Yes, the freedom is outstanding! We can live our lives rather than having to squeeze life in around work. The ex-boyfriend is still whining over the fact that I used to spend to much time working and not enough time paying attention to him. The weird part is that he does not get it that a lot of the reason that I put so much time into work rather than him was that I was feeling like we were in this deadend relationship with no future. I got tired of the fights that would always happen anytime that I tried to share my fears, so eventually I just stopped bring it up at all. I got tired of waiting for him to make a decision to want to be with me when we had been in a long distance relationship for almost 7 years. He always said he would move up here, but he could never make that commitment. As much as I could have considered moving back to my home town, I needed to see him actually choose to follow through on what he was always planning. In the end, I guess that neither of us could trust each other enough to make the relationship work. Now, the only thought that goes through my head when I hear him say that I spent too little time on the relationship was that I invested and spent way to much time on that relationship because it all turned out to be a huge waste of my time and energy. At least most of the time, we are rewarded for the time and energy that we invest into working online.

I agree

mayka, yes the benefits to working from home comes with the con of low pay. Still, we can supplement earnings by working online. After all, I think that especially in the current economy we all can use a little bit of extra money.

I understand what you are talking about. Lots of the time when we get summer moonsoon storms here it will be a show of thunder and lightening, and if we are lucky it will actually rain. I agree that I tend to unplug the computer when the weather is that bad. I have gotten a little spoiled in the past with having a laptop that as long as it is fully charged, I can unplug and still keep working. Currently, the laptop battery is not holding a charge so that is not an option. It is so wonderful that you can work from home, and spend time with your children. I hope your children realize that is a wonderful gift as I know not all parents are this fortunate to be able to be home with their children.

It is interesting how we tend to rush to our computers in the mornings to get start on a new day full of earning, and to check to see how much we earned from the previous day's work. Yet, we tend to loathe the having to get up early and trek into work for a traditional job. Do you think it is more that we see the fruit of our labor whereas in traditional jobs it tends to be that we are expected to perform our job responsibilities and we expect to receive our paychecks. I mean you never hear anyone wanting to shout out about how much they earned from a traditional job except for perhaps if they received a bonus. Here online we all exclaim in delight over our earnings.

That is wonderful that you have so much time to focus on the important things in life. It nice to meet you. It seems like you are learning the ropes to earning here on myLot quite nicely as you have been very active here on this discussion. It is wonderful when members participate so actively in discussions.