Working from Home

I’ve been working from home for more than a year now and I’m quite happy about it. The income is good – in fact, home based jobs are lucrative and you can actually have fun because you will get to meet a lot of people (virtually) and learn a lot of new stuff. I love the thought of not leaving home and experience the traffic, pollution and other stressful events in the outside world. I don’t have to dress up and I don’t have to spend money on food, fare and clothes/office attire. I’ve worked at a company in Manila for two years before and trust me, this is way better than the work I had. I’m not yet financially free but I finally got the opportunity to save money and finally invested into something BIG (it takes a lot more than that – I could say that I am when I earn my first million and I have “passive income”). It’s good that I was able to earn 5x more than before and I get to enjoy it TAX-FREE! Another good thing about this is that I can take my work anywhere! I could hang out at a coffee shop if I want to be in a different environment, I could go to a friend’s house, and I could be at a cruise ship or just about anywhere other than my own house! Like what I heard from a webinar before, “Just give me a laptop and cell phone and I’m in business!” This is actually true because it doesn’t require too many stuff from you. All you need is the necessary skill, determination and willingness to learn (and of course, a laptop and cell phone).

The problem that I see in working from home is that people think that you’re a BUM because they don’t understand the nature of your work. If you tell them that you’re busy because you’re working, they would even laugh at you and will not take you seriously. They think that you’re useless and you are still depending on your parents and they are feeding you and supplying you with all your needs. (Yeah, I get that all the time, people think that I sit around and watch youtube) Another thing is, when you’re working outside, other people around you understand that you’re dead tired after a day’s work but when you’re at home, aside from your daily tasks, you still have to do chores like cooking, washing the dishes, cleaning stuff… Well, I’m cool with it but sometimes, you don’t get to prioritize your work because a family member will ask you to go somewhere to do errands. And believe me this is really frustrating. You might think that you have the freedom to do whatever you like but when you’re at home -you’re actually not exempted from a lot of things and you have to do it immediately because it can’t wait. Sometimes I think it’s exhausting because I have to multiply myself into three. Good thing I’m still single and I don’t have kids to worry about. Phew!