Friday, February 06, 2009
Working from home
I can’t remember if I mentioned it before or not, but my sweety got laid off last year, and we both agreed that it was nice for her to not have a full time job. She’s been spoiling me with having dinner ready when I get home and doing my laundry all those nice wifely things. The other side of that, however, is that she is often lonesome without me there. So I have a new goal in life.
I’ve always wanted to work from home before, but I have a huge reason to do it now. I want to be with my honeycakes! (Feel free to wince at my ooey-gooey-ness.) I have done some freelance work (www.pennydragon.com is my freelance site) but it is so sporadic and far in between that I can’t rely on it for income. Talk about stress. I need a telecommuting job.
The consulting firm that I mentioned in the last post will take some time to gather momentum to the point where I can make a living off it. In the meantime, there must be other opportunities. I’m sure thousands of others are clamoring for the same thing, so it’s a matter of luck to find one. So far I’ve only found one site dedicated to telecommuting job listings (it’s a butt ugly site too), and most of those listings seem like temporary projects. Still, there are a few that are tempting me to cough up the $15 access fee to be able to contact these companies.
I want to work from home, but I also want the steady paycheck. Tough thing to find. Even tougher for me since I’m not blindingly brilliant at what I do. A quick-learning jack of all trades just isn’t so much in demand.