Re: Question???/Beachbunny

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Beachbunny,

I should basically get on a schedule and plan it out like I do for

the office? say I will work Mon,Wed, and Thursday seeing

appointments and Tuesday & Fridays typing files and doing office

stuff?

I have to set limits with clients on when I see things and stick to

them, right? It is sometimes hard for me and I will have to practice

and have it worked out. I can tend to be a bit of a work alholic.

See I don't mind sometimes sitting and typing a file or two a night.

It kinda of relaxes me. Sounds crazy, ah? It is like it is quiet and

my mind can concentrate on one single thing. I just can't let the

clients know I do that or make it a habit. I've gotten alot better

with schedules and stuff because of getting into exercise and having

so much to do that is the only way to get it done.

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>

> Go for it!! I mean, it sounds like you have thought it all out,

and have

> most of the bases covered. It sounds like it would be absolutely

perfect!

> I know my hubby has always told me that being the child of BOTH

parents with

> BPD has given me this drive that alot of people don't have. When

I get my

> mind, my heart, and my soul dedicated to something that i want to

make work,

> it usually happens. It sounds like it will be the very same way

for you too

> You have given it alot of thought, and it sounds like only good

things can

> come from it.

>

> Being a " work from home " mom, I have found that it really is the

best way

> to live. I have a Ph.D. in English and certification as an

Opthomology tech

> After working in the working world, I decided to get my Ph.D. in

religion

> (man, this sounds like i am a full time student...but this is

actually fall

> out from my nada and fada) I became an ordained minister, and now

pick and

> choose my " gigs " . I doing weddings, christenings...etc. It's

great, and as

> far as I am concerned....the only way to go. My only piece of

advice to you

> is....make SURE you set up " business hours " ...otherwise you end up

working

> 10-12 hour days...and 7 days per week. People have a tendency to

feel like,

> if you are home...you are " open " . Fight the urge to just do a

little " work "

> on sleepless nights or on weekends if that is what you choose.

(Obviously,

> I don't have that luxury as most of the weddings I do are on

Saturdays and

> Sundays.) At one point, I had such a hard time with it...I

actually had to

> get up, get dressed for work and pack my lunch just as I would do

if I were

> headed off to work. Of course, I didn't do that long...just long

enough to

> get myself acclimated to the new schedule.

>

> Whatever you do, I'm sure you will do a great job and be great at

it. I

> hope it really works well for you....it has a feeling of success

to me

> already!

> Kisses and Nibbles,

> Bunny

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>

> -- Question???

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>

> Does anyone out there work from home? I have played this over and

> over again in my mind. I am really thinking about doing this. I

will

> have to set up a nice home office and dismantel my company to get

me

> out of a lease if I can't sublet. I am a residential appraiser and

I

> can do this out of my house. I can make about the same money and

of

> course it will be a 1 woman show. A smaller work load so I can do

it

> myself, but no overhead or employees to pay, so the money will be

> about the same.

> I'll have to work out the kinks and I will wait till the busy

season

> slows down, so it won't be so overwhelming at first.

> Ant tips on working from home? I just keep thinking I am killing

> myself to keep a business open for what? I can still do my job.

> Still make good money, I will work about the same hours, but alot

> more will be spent at home and not on the road or in the office. I

> will have to do everything myself, but I should do just fine. I've

> learned alot about that stuff in the past 2 years. I just think I

> have learned that

> I can deal with people in business and the homeowners just fine,

> can't deal with all the stress of having an office to run

> (employees). I am constantly sought out to do or to help or to fix

> at work anyways, so it would be less time and stess just to do it

> myself right in the first place. Any thoughts?

> I do not think after nada wanting me to take care of her and cater

> to her, and to fix everything, I am cut out to be someone's boss.

> I work hard and I am very good at what I do, but the stress I feel

> from dealing with their problems, thier moaning and them always

> wanting me for something just gives me flashbacks of nada. I keep

> think that if I chose to have a baby, it would be a part of me, I

> would love it and do my best to raise the child right. I DO NOT

want

> to raise employees! HA HA HA! Anyone else out there feel the same

or

> have gone through this? Even working with people, not just being

the

> boss,

> I find people exhausting and stressful in the workplace. I know

you

> still have to deal with crap on other aspects of the business.

There

> is crap not matter what job, but I just don't seem to be able to

> deal with the extra bullcrap from co-workers and/or employees.

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