Entries Tagged 'Work-Life Balance' ↓

Punting my office job for the freedom of freelance copywriting was the best decision I ever made. However, one scary aspect of that leap was leaving behind the health insurance my employer provided. It turns out you CAN get good coverage at a reasonable cost. In fact, our family will save over $3,000 per year with our new individual plan.

If the infrastructure is sound, you’ll manage to catch many problems before they become real disasters. For example, across the street from my house in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California:

In this case, it was phone lines holding a 40 foot tree off the ground, keeping it from blocking road access. In your case, […]

I don’t really see the benefits of starting your own business, if you’re going to treat it like a job. Sure, if you have a way of pulling in all the money you need with a few hours of work a day, then more power to you. But, when starting up a new business or […]

September 27th is the day that BlogCatalog.com has picked to unite bloggers against all forms of abuse. I’d like you to take a minute to think about how abuse in some form or another might have affected your life.

Call it what you will—contracting, consulting, freelancing, working at home, SOHO, even telecommuting—the solitary life of small business owners, work at home moms, and independent contractors provides benefits unavailable to captive, permanent employees. Despite the benefits, however, there are some definite drawbacks.

Of all the issues raised by both novice and experienced solo small business owners, the problem of loneliness surfaces with the regularity of sunrise. Many solo workers wonder just how to keep from going crazy in the midst of all their freedom.