{"id":720,"date":"2007-11-27T11:33:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T19:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/10-reasons-why-i-love-working-at-home\/"},"modified":"2011-04-09T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T04:48:32","slug":"10-reasons-why-i-love-working-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/10-reasons-why-i-love-working-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Reasons Why I Love Working at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m tired today. My son’s going through one of those ‘get up between 4 and 5 am’ phases, and I am most decidedly not an early bird myself. Closer to night owl, but since I do have to be up in the mornings with my kids I don’t indulge that as much as I would like.<\/p>\n

But, you know, that’s one of the great things about working at home. I don’t have to drive tired to work, and if I really, really need to, a nap is not entirely out of the question. I’m pretty hard on myself, and naps are quite rare, but if they’re needed I can do it.<\/p>\n

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But there are many more wonderful things about working at home, especially for myself and online.<\/p>\n

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  1. Setting my own hours.<\/strong>
    \nI have one kid at school and the other is currently keeping himself entertained. But once that stops I can stop working and not have a boss telling me to get back to work!<\/li>\n
  2. I decide what to work on.<\/strong>
    \nSome days that’s really hard, because there will be many things I think I ought<\/em> to be working on, but it also allows for some whimsy. Of course, there are still priorities and sometimes I do things because they need to get done, not because they’re the precise thing I’m interested in working on at that moment.<\/li>\n
  3. Setting one heck of an example for my kids.<\/strong>
    \nMy daughter is definitely getting the idea that she can do whatever she dreams of. For the longest time she assumed she would be a mommy, but she thought that a part of a mommy’s job was to work on the computer. Now she’s decided that she can have the career and her husband can stay at home. It’s fun to watch.<\/li>\n
  4. I can be as creative as I want.<\/strong>
    \nSome days that’s almost torture because I’ll have too many ideas and too little time. I have so many ideas I’ve just never had the time to implement.<\/li>\n
  5. Knowing I’m doing good work.<\/strong>
    \nSometimes it’s easy to feel like nothing has come of my work, but other times I can see near immediate results. It’s a great feeling.<\/li>\n
  6. No worry the boss won’t give me a holiday off.<\/strong>
    \nWhile it’s rare that I take a day completely off, for holidays and other times I may do as little as check blogs for comments, check the forum, and my email. Less than a half hour, and I’m free for the day most times. And if I really want the whole day off, I can do that too.<\/li>\n
  7. I can work when I’m sick.<\/strong>
    \nOr not, depending on how sick I feel. No guilt about getting coworkers sick, and my family would be seeing me anyhow.<\/li>\n
  8. I can work my best working hours.<\/strong>
    \nI’m more night owl than morning person, so that’s when I work. If I can’t focus, what’s the point of working?<\/li>\n
  9. I am almost completely spoiled for regular jobs.<\/strong>
    \nAnd I love it. While I could work for someone else if I had to, and do a good job, my heart is in my business. I like it that way.<\/li>\n
  10. Being able to provide for my family.<\/strong>
    \nI do pretty decently from home. Currently not quite at my husband’s level of income, although at times I have exceeded his. That I can do this while being there when they need me is just amazing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I could probably go on and on, but 10 reasons are plenty.<\/p>\n

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