My Life as an Affiliate

I have been living in this neighborhood for five years and I’m just now meeting the neighbors. It is not that they are unfriendly or that I did not want to meet them, it’s just that I had a very demanding job. I worked a lot of extra hours, it was usually dark before I got home, and I went on frequent business trips. With the little free time I had, I just did not have the time or energy to walk around the neighborhood and make an effort to meet anyone.

Well, all that changed when I made the decision to quit my “job” and start my own business. Yesterday, I met two neighbors and today I met another one. That’s because I took the time to walk around the neighborhood and speak to people that I saw outside. It’s a lot different when you are working at home instead of getting home after 6:00 in the evening. When you’re working at home, you can take a break and take a short walk (or long one for that matter) while it’s still daylight.

I can’t make claims of luxurious homes, vacations, and yachts like some people, but I can tell you with my own business I work my own hours, I am my own boss, I enjoy working from home, and I make money doing it. It is a lot easier than having an hour’s commute each morning and evening five days a week. It also brings peace of mind - the stress is gone, no reports or projects due in the morning, no boss to answer to, no conference calls and no meetings.

Also, I can’t claim to work only a few hours a week because in fact I work more hours than I did when I had a regular job. I don’t mind the extra work because I am building my own business and not someone else’s. I am making money for myself and not for the boss.

Have you met your neighbors?

Linda Chandler

Linda worked in mortgage banking for several years and now writes mortgage training material working from home. She also maintains her websites at http://www.mortgageproducts.org and http://www.mybiz1.us.

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