Tag Archives: working at home

Working from Home vs Working at Home

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I don’t know if I was just the biggest ignoramus ever, or what, but before I took this blogging job, I had no idea there was a difference between those two phrases. I used them interchangeably, and thought nothing of it. I have since come to realize the error of my ways, and in case there are any readers out there who were as uninformed as me, let me make it clear: Working from home is very different from working at home. Many people tout direct sales (Avon, Mary Kay, Tupperware) as being a job for mothers who want to … Continue reading →

Reason #176 I Love Working at Home

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Reason #176 I love working at home? I don’t actually have to be at home to do it. As I sit and type this, I am at my parent’s house, three hours from home. My in-laws are on their way to a conference, and they offered to let me tag along for the ride, in order to visit my parents. It wasn’t out of their way (my parents only live two minutes off the freeway, so it was easy to drop me off and keep going) but it was still awfully nice of my in-laws to make the offer. They … Continue reading →

Dealing with no Education and no Skills

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Two days ago, I talked about people not having any experience or skills wanting to find the “perfect job” for them. Although I stand by everything I said in that blog, I realized that I was dispensing general advice, with no concrete links to follow or advice to follow up on. Last night, I discussed the no education part of the equation, and today I thought I would write up some fake stories about fake people who find themselves trying to work from home so y’all can see how I would approach the problem, in a fake world of course. … Continue reading →

I’m Giving It Another Go

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In past blogs, I talked about how hard it was for me to work at home. I got lonely, I went a little stir crazy, I turned an awful pasty white color, and I spent most of my day talking to the dogs. Okay, I’ll admit it: I was actually talking to myself, not the dogs. I did talk to the dogs too, but it was more of a yelling tone of voice, “Will you just stop barking already??! I am going to kill you two!” Not really in-depth conversations happening there. As of Friday afternoon though, I am again … Continue reading →

The Pitfalls to being an Independent Contractor

My friend, Darlene, has been working at home as a transcriptionist for several companies, including a general transcription (GT) company and a medical transcription (MT) company. She recently quit the GT company because she was making more per hour at the MT company, and she also liked the work that was available at the MT company more. Just yesterday, she got an e-mail: She was let go from the MT company effective immediately, because there was not enough work to keep her employed there. They told her that as soon as the work picked back up, they would love to … Continue reading →

Setting a Schedule and Sticking to It: Part Two

If you missed Part One of “Setting a Schedule and Sticking to It” please check it out here. Otherwise, read on! Once you have a rough idea of how many hours you need to work, and what days of the week you are going to put those hours in, you can get down to the nitty-gritty. Here are some ideas of questions you need to ask yourself when setting up a daily schedule: Are you an early bird? Or a night owl? I have fought against my natural body instincts enough to tell you that it’s a losing battle. I … Continue reading →

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

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Here’s my sage piece of advice for the day: Don’t quit your day job just yet. Work-at-home jobs typically take a while to send out that first paycheck (if you missed the reasoning behind that, please check this article out for more info) and so if you leave your steady office job counting on the paychecks from your work-at-home job to kick in quickly, you could hit a rough patch. But there is also the fact that although the work-at-home job seems like perfection personified, some people end up really not liking it. Strange, I know, and I wouldn’t believe … Continue reading →

Random Job #217: Buying Books at Thrift Stores

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One huge benefit to the Internet is the amount of jobs that have been created from it. In this particular case, you are sent out to the thrift stores in your city to buy non-fiction books to be sold on Amazon.com or eBay.com. Apparently this company, Aquaricon, makes enough money off their sales to pay you to buy these books on their behalf. When you get to the thrift store or warehouse, you will call the company’s operator and tell them the ISBN number on the back of each book, the cost, and any defects. The operator will give you … Continue reading →

Personality Traits You Must Have to Work From Home

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I originally mentioned I was going to write this blog last month in this blog but I got sidetracked and never actually covered the topic. This is in direct violation of my third principle (see below) “You Must Be Organized.” Just remember: Do as I say, not as I do. 😉 Here is that list of personality traits you must have to work from home, in no particular order: You Have to be a Go-Getter. You cannot just sit back and expect people to come running to you with jobs. You have to put a resume together. You have to … Continue reading →

The Holy Grail of Jobs: Working from Home

Working from home seems to be the Holy Grail of jobs. Who doesn’t want to work from home? The jobs are advertised everywhere: On TV, in magazines, and all over the Internet. In almost all of the ads, very little work is ever shown as being done (I still haven’t found a job that I can do while having a two year old sit on my lap, despite the photo shots in these ads to the contrary) and flashy red sports cars seem to be much more important to the people running these ads than the time spent in front … Continue reading →