When you're living life as a military spouse it means that there will most likely come a time when you will have to be apart from your hubby for special occasions. I just celebrated my 6th anniversary thousands of miles away from my husband. He'll also miss out on both his and my birthday in July, along with our little boy's very first birthday. When things like this come along and you can't be together it's hard to get into the happy, celebrating mood. It's best for everyone if you do try to make the most out of it, however. Here are some ideas to celebrate and share while apart! Send goodie boxes. I just sent a bunch of homemade chocolate chip cookies, a handwritten love note from me, and a picture drawn by my daughter. A good thing to know for military spouses is that Amazon is great about shipping directly to APO address. They even have a "how-to" fill out the form when you're shipping to a military address. Today's day and age makes keeping in touch so easy! Thanks to … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: When You Don’t See A Paycheck
As I've mentioned in previous articles, the thing about working from home is....it's work! Another thing about it is that there might be a time, or two, or three, where you're pouring yourself, your time, and your energy into your job and you have no idea if it's going to pay out or not. This is one of the reasons that it's so very vital that you are working a job, or running a company, that you are absolutely passionate about and love. There are actually many reasons that this is the case. Some of the other ones include that time working is time "away" from your family or other duties or hobbies. Even though you're working from home you have to carve out and reserve time and that is a precious commodity as a mother! Many times this means that your work time will mesh with your "you" time-so it better be something you indeed enjoy most of the time! Whether you're in direct sales just starting out, making a go of your small business, or working for a start up company that is going … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: Work for Where You Live
When you decide to join the work from home world location and your lifestyle are extremely important things to consider. What will work, and what will not work, will be greatly influenced by the lifestyle that you live. Even if you have a talent in a certain field if you do not live somewhere that will benefit a company or job that goes along with it you will not succeed. I am a military spouse. This means that I have moved 5 times in the first 5 years of my marriage and now in the 6th year of my marriage I've been temporarily relocated for 6 months (basically moving again--just with a lot less packing and unpacking). This means that working from home is great for me since my jobs can follow me around from place to place. My very mobile lifestyle has really limited my work from home options, however. I love photography and taking wedding and baby pictures would be a dream job for me. In order to succeed in photography, however, you need to build a client base that will then refer … [Read more...]
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