What I do for a living…
People are always asking me what I do day-to-day. Well, this is an average day… checked email and several websites for how well my business is doing, took my wife out for a cream tea, bought some plants to extend our hedge, planted plants in garden (hope they live… I’m not a gardener!), lunch, answered a few emails, spent time discussing future projects with my Russian programmer via Instant Messenger. Verified and added a few links at Incomemax.com. And now it’s mid-afternoon and I’m writing this blog post. 
It’s a bit strange having an online business that you run from home… the Internet is always there… so I could be always working… but the whole point (for me) is to work only a few hours each day and enjoy the rest of the time with my family. The kids grow up so fast, I don’t want to be stuck in a 9-to-5 job (is it 8-to-6 nowadays or does that include the commute?) and never see them. By the same token, there’s not much point in working from home if you’re hiding away in your office morning, noon and night. Striking a balance is hard… but not as hard as the alternatives.
April 26th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
I agree with you. I also run a home business and publish a newsletter called Stocks2Watch®, which I started up in January of 1998. The freedom and choices it gives me are terrific. Now here in the midwest, today it is sunny, windy and a bit cool, so instead of maybe going golfing, I plan to head down to the gym for a couple of hours to workout and then perhaps sit around the pool and read.
My brother and I recently started http://homebusiness.kim-lar.com and also the web journal at http://wallmann.bravejournal.com and it only takes a few minutes a day to update things.
I used to be traffic manager for Zion Industries (once famous for the Zion Fig Bars and the Zion Choc Chip cookies) and I would often look out the window on a nice summer day thinking how great it would be to be outdoors golfing, riding a bike or just taking a walk. Now, I can basically do it anytime I want to. You cannot beat a home business!
I wonder how others feel about this or if they ever dreamed of being anywhere but at work!