Do you ever get tired of getting up every morning and driving to work then at the end of the workday turning around and driving back home? About 18 months ago, I was tired of the whole shebang and called my baby sister, Leanna, to share with her the emotions I was going through. She is 19 years younger than I am.
Leanna listened calmly and then said, "How would you like to work from home?"
"How is that possible?" I replied.
She then asked for my email address, my phone number, and a couple other pieces of information and told me I would get an email and to respond to it. Yeah, sure. Right?
Well, sure enough, I did get an email and it had an application to apply to a company that has a large work-base of work-at-home (known as WAH jobs) employees. I filled out the application and a few days later went through a group interview. Then I received an offer of employment in my email a day or two later. Once I accepted the offer, I had to pass some security humps and gained employment..
It has been an interesting 18 months with this company. I learn something new every day I work. They hire by referrals and without my sister knowing about them, I would not be working from home. I enjoy working from home as I don't have to dress any special way for the office nor do I have to figure in travel time as part of my workday. I also get 30 minutes to eat lunch at home and don't have the added expense of eating with the workgroup and spending $10 for lunch every day. In reality, with the current cost of fuel for the car, I am probably making $1-$2 more an hour than I am being paid since I live rurally.
One of the biggest advantages of working at home is being here with my dogs. Elsie, the Giant with immune-mediated polyarthritis, now gets her pills on a regular schedule. Michaela, the Corgi, Elsie, and Max, the 9-month-old German Shepherd pup all know my schedule and take advantage of breaks and lunch to be let in and out. They know exactly what time I get off work, and are ready to eat as soon as I log off the computer and take the headset off.
Life is good now that I am home surrounded by the pets that love me! They give me so much love. I am happy that I decided to work from home and reached out to my sister. Life is very good!
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