Home Based Business Work Experiences

Home based business work experiences are something that I get asked about all the time. So here’s a more personal story of my time in big offices and what it’s like today. Remember, it’s not just women who can work from home.

I’ve worked in many corporate offices and hated most of them. The day started with commutes that ranged from 30-75 minutes each way. Before I had my own parking space, I’d spend ages and real money parking my car. In fact there are people I used to work with paying over $500 per month! When I finally arrived at the church of work I was greeted by windows that never opened, AC that seemed solely designed to spread germs, fluorescent lights that gave us headaches. Don’t forget the color scheme. Beige, more, beige, brown and magnolia. Sounds more like a law firm!

The kitchen space was either a health hazard, a war zone, or both, as people fought over powdered milk and nasty cold coffee. Then there was the office politics, the gossiping and the interminable meetings. Don’t even get me started on my PC and tech support. I could go on, but you know what I mean. The only office I loved was built in an old house in London. Of course, the reason was obvious, it felt like I was working at home.

Do you know something?

My home based business work has been very different. The commute involves a gentle walk to the kitchen which on a bad day, involving severe kid congestion, can last about 2 minutes. There are special treats. Yep, I can be a dad who takes his kids to school. It’s a 5 minute drive as they are both dropped off.

I once calculated that if I worked for 50 weeks a year, my home based business was saving me 2 hours a day commuting and an hour a day from needless meetings. Here’s the point. I could take about 14 weeks extra vacation a year and still get more done. Now that’s a thought!

This is not my office! The windows are open, the music will often be on and I can work at my pace. At 9am it’s freshly ground (Peet’s) coffee, toast and marmalade. Lunch is a sandwich that is a creation that’s a culinary pleasure rather than something that looked like it crawled onto my desk having escaped from the back of the office fridge. Water is purified and from the tap and 45 seconds from my desk – round trip.

Technology at home involves Skype, wireless headphones, Mac and music. The whole house is wireless. It just works and it’s a pleasure rather than a frustration.

So many women work at home and they’re smart. Home based business is not just for the inhabitants of Venus!

The point is that your home based business work experiences can be a huge benefit rather then a constant source of pain and frustration. There’s a reason that millions are changing and for most, they’ll never go back!

Funny story, my neighbors were confused at first. Where do you work? What’s your job? They are so, so envious as they leave at the crack of dawn for their life on the free way slow lane.

Be excited about working at home. Get off that treadmill for ever!

What do you think?