One of the downsides to a home-based business is the uncertainties of it. You never know what direction it will go. It is sometimes hard to gauge how successful or unsuccessful it will be.
I am extremely grateful for the work I do. I have been working for over two years writing web content for a company based out of Florida. I am paid well and I get a good amount of work.
At the same time, I always keep in the back of my mind that this could end at anytime. Anything could happen. The company could make cuts, shut down, lose clients or decide that I no longer fit what they need. So I don’t take anything for granted.
Then last week I was surprised to learn that for the first time ever, I had no writing assignments. My mind immediately went into panic mode. I didn’t receive an explanation, just that I had no work.
I started thinking, “This is it…it’s all over with. It has come to an end.” I was convinced that the end of my dream had finally arrived.
I would later learn that changes were being implemented. No, I hadn’t lost my job. But I would no longer be receiving writing assignments the last week of every month. This would allow for those workers at the web content company to recharge and work on other projects. And for their freelance writers, such as me, more time to spend with family and friends.
Now you can look at this a couple of different ways. Of course in general it sounds like a nice deal. Get a week off every single month? But at the same time, that is a week’s worth of pay not coming in.
Well I chose to continue the grateful route of thinking. Grateful that I still have a job, especially with the tough times we are in. Grateful it is a job I absolutely love. Grateful it is a job that I can do from home. Grateful that I am available to my teenagers.
And yes, grateful that although my work has been cut, it allows me the chance to look into other possibilities. I’m not exactly sure where this will take me. But once again I am reminded that with a home-based business, you just never know what direction it will go.
Keep this in mind if you decide to take the plunge. Don’t take anything for granted because there are a lot of uncertainties when you work from home.
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