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The Work from Home Lifestyle

It doesn't give you the right to be a slob.

By Iria Vasquez-PaezPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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The work from home lifestyle does not give the user the ability to be a slob. You can still shower every day along with getting dressed although some people like to do the work from home lifestyle, which in their minds makes them able to be naked while working. Writing was the first work from home job. I studied creative writing in order to have the ultimate work from home job. Working from home doesn’t necessarily mean you can do whatever you want and it is, in fact, a huge responsibility.

Working from home is a raging trend. Working from home counts as self-employment, and also serves as a way to foster a change in employment. Working from home is a huge lifestyle change (The Goodista). It is a more relaxing lifestyle with less workplace politics stress, although there can be some on the phone. All that is required from a work from home job is to have a computer, internet access, a phone, and being willing to work from your house. Employers may think about cost-cutting while bringing up telecommuting as an option.

Some work from home jobs can be globally based without a need to report to a home office. I’ve applied at five “work from home” jobs on Indeed alone today. Working from home is an option for me because of my knee injury. I feel that nobody in standing-up jobs will hire me. I’m worried about my ribcage brace also putting off potential employers. Then there is my type 1-diabetes to be not so obvious with an insulin pump that is a low-profile way of managing it. Self-employment is another form of working from home jobs. When you are your own boss, you have to keep yourself on task.

Freelance consulting, on the other hand, requires your own work permit, taking care of your own tax returns as well as insurances, but the ability to work from home and have a variety of clients that will pay for your services. The benefits of working from home can be not commuting at all since I advocate that people stop commuting altogether because commuting is bad for you anyway. You do not have to buy office clothing. You can set your own pace or your own schedules. You sometimes have no boss although there are jobs out there that require a boss. You can also take your work wherever you want to as well as hang out with people you choose to hang out with.

Some cons include depending on an internet connection that works and is paid for. You also need phone or technical support to keep your business running. My internet bill is quite expensive. You do not have people to bounce ideas off of. Motivation occasionally is something you have to find on your own without other people. I’m plenty motivated by myself, though. I hardly need to rely on somebody else. Only children are like this since we grow up as the only child without any siblings around.

Work from home requires facts and legal advice, in addition to having a computer. Your home office needs to be in one room, although I work out of the living room in the condo I live in. You require health insurance coverage to be a work from home person give or take that the costs are covered by your budget. You need to settle down on a routine. I work from 7 AM – 1 PM daily when I’m at home, although this week I have a class at my job training school. Maintaining a set schedule is important because it is necessary to make sure you do have a certain pattern to your day.

Works Cited

https://thegoodista.com/work-from-home-lifestyle-change/

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Iria Vasquez-Paez

I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.

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