Ode to a Ponder

I need some Chocolate! Who's with me? *raise your hand* I'm telling you, work has been the pits today... gripy customers and all!

I work from home and LOVE it! This July I will have been working from home for 2 full years. I make more money at home, but it still has it's "pitfalls" too! Shall I name the pro's and cons? I think I will name a few! So, put on the old seat belt... here we go!

1. PROS: I can schedule myself to work whenever I want! CONS: What if I don't want to work??? lol
2. PROS: I can sit in my jammies and work: CONS: Then I won't get dressed all day! lol
3. PROS: I talk to so many people every day! CONS: Not everyone is congenial!
4. PROS: I can sit at my desk or on my bed to take calls with my laptop and phone! CONS: My "behonk" is the size of Manhattan! lol
5. PROS: I can eat and drink whenever I want! CONS: Again.. my "behonk" is the size of Manhattan!
6. PROS: I make more money at home! CONS: No cons here! lol
7. PROS: I have a chance for promotion! CONS: I work extra hard and then what's the use of enjoying being at home? lol

I could go on and on! But pondering my work ethics I see that working at home was the only option! I wouldn't do it any other way! I don't miss being "in the world"... in fact, that is a PRO in and of itself! Also, with Sarah homeschooled, I don't have to start work until the afternoon! Which is wonderful! ((Of course, Sarah is done for the summer.. and has been for the passed 2 weeks))

I've had many people ask me. "Don't you miss working out THERE?" Um.. let me think about that for a moment... UH.... NOPE!

It's not for everyone! But it was the best thing that ever happened to us! I'm making $10/hr at home... and I'm at HOME! No gas expense, no dry cleaning, no gripy bosses no food money for lunch time!

If anyone is interested in some very good work at home companies here are the few I work for:

LiveOps Take infomercial call orders... I got my Bro-in-law, Forrest, to work here and he loves and makes tons more money at it then I do.

Work At Home Agent Many different verticals for this company.

Willow, CSN You need to become incorporated as a small business to work this company... this is this primary company I work for right now and make the most money with.

ACD Direct This is a "seasonal" job taking pledges for PBS companies (radio/TV stations)

You can use my name as a reference if you like, too! (Karen Johnson)

These are just a few... there are many others that I just don't have time to work with but are great for some extra $$ every month! If you'd like to know what these places are just send me an e-mail! I'll be glad to help!

As I've said, this is not for everyone... mainly because lots of people don't like working from home! But I LOVE it and wish I could have found this years ago! Right now we pay bills with what money I earn. Pastor Johnson has a few part time jobs right now so that will help tremendously, but we and the people at Grace Baptist didn't want him to have a "full-time" job as that would interfere with his work as the Pastor of Grace Baptist. So these "at home" jobs have been a great help to us!

How did I find out about this type of work? Well.. at first I started looking around on the internet for things... and there are TONS of scams out there so I gave up the search!

I was volunteer teaching game coding at an online site one day and one of my students instant messaged me: "Mrs. Johnson, have you ever thought of working at home?" She commenced to tell me about Work At Home Agent which was my first at home job! I signed up... about a week later got an interview over the phone... started training and was working within 2 weeks! So, that's how I got started!

Sure, you have some 'down' days... today was one of them for me! I had a few cranky custy's and they ALWAYS get me down.. but I just have to make sure I pray and ask God to help me with them.. and He does!

I'm looking into some Data Entry jobs right now... I will keep you posted if I hear back from them. That would be about $20/ day and that depends on how fast you type... I'm a fast typer and I'll outdo myself if I can to get $20/day!

So... bring on the chocolate... *even with a behonky the size of Manhattan*... I'm ready for a "break!" lol lol lol

The Pondering Karenowski!