Posted by Debbie Dragon on November 23, 2009
This week, my oldest son turns 7. During those 7 years, I’ve worked out of my home as a freelance writer and content marketer. Like most people, I started on the quest to work from home when I was pregnant with my first child because I really didn’t want to put him in daycare but financially – we needed my income. It wasn’t always easy and we made some sacrifices to make it happen, but I fully believe it was the best choice for our family.
Posted by Tisha Tolar on July 2, 2009
Interesting that even the great philosopher’s knew that it’s the moms that rock this world. Case in point, the phrase “Necessity, who is the Mother of Invention” (Plato, The Republic -Greek author & philosopher in Athens 427 BC – 347 BC) . Note that Plato did not use the term ‘father’ – and for good [...]
Posted by Tisha Tolar on March 13, 2009
I hate to even admit this out loud and deal with a million eye rolls, but sometimes I get bored stupid working
Posted by Tisha Tolar on February 4, 2009
I work at home without supervision. Of course, I am an adult and a business person and don’t need supervision but sometimes I think it might help me stay focused. Being disciplined about anything in life – exercise, quitting smoking – is never easy. However, it is a necessity when you want to work for [...]
Posted by Tisha Tolar on January 26, 2009
Our friend Ben over at Money Smart Life did a post a while back where he mentioned this:
“I’m great at starting projects but not stellar at completing them. I have a Masters Degree in Project Management and successfully managed many simultaneous software projects at my old job, I should be able to do a better [...]
Posted by Trisha Wagner on November 12, 2008
I am a planner. My mother is a planner. My sister is a planner. What exactly is a planner you may ask? A planner is someone who likes to have an organized, scheduled, structured theme to their days. We are otherwise referred to by some as control freaks. Yes I can smile while I type [...]
Posted by Trisha Wagner on November 3, 2008
Procrastination……something that I must really work on….one day. I’m fairly certain they didn’t coin this term for my behavior alone, so I’m guessing the rest of you probably face the same dilemma on occasion. So what can you do to put a stop to the delay in starting something?
First you must acknowledge why you are [...]
Posted by Debbie Dragon on
Freelancers are one of the few professions where an individual can create their own hours, select which clients they will work for and which ones they won’t, and decide how much their time is worth. This is the same across all freelance professions, whether you are a writer, graphic designer, web designer, etc – freelancing [...]
Posted by Trisha Wagner on October 30, 2008
Now that’s a strange question isn’t it? I have been in full on family mode this week but I’m trying to keep in mind what I have to do for my upcoming transition. I’ll be honest, I’m trying to prevent a massive panic attack knowing that 2009 is just two months away and I have [...]
Posted by Debbie Dragon on October 26, 2008
Before I started my business as a freelance writer providing online articles and marketing materials for clients, I used to write fiction. I wrote my first novel when I was in middle school. I was lucky enough to be in an experimental 5th & 6th grade program called MAML (Multi-Age-Multi-Level). In this program, we didn’t [...]
What I’ve Learned During 7 Years Working From Home
