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Am I happier? Yes - much more than I was when I worked the day job - more so cause my boss was an idiot.
Now, I spend a lot of time on the development of my websites but there is definitely "More free time".
I wonder what others like me do with that free time. You can't watch TV all the time! And I am smoking more and sitting idle more than ever. Not Good!
1- Skip the dog, get a cat. Much easier to haul out a bag of cat crap once a week than walk a dog every time they start doing the potty dance when you're in 'the zone' or have to get the mop when the dog drains on the floor.
2- I love old cars too, but that's what mechanics are for. If you make enough in AdSense you can hire some grease monkey to restore it instead of scraping your knuckles.
3- STOP SMOKING NOW and take up drinking. Replacing a liver is much more common than a lung transplant, if you must abuse yourself do it the least fatal way.
4- Whoever said "A penny saved is a penny earned" has really crappy keywords for their website and/or is being abused by smart pricing.
5- Forget the girlfriend, if you tick them off they'll click you out of AdSense and if you marry them they'll take half your AdSense revenue when they boot you to the curb
6- Bicycle? HAHAHAH! Damages your manly plumbing perhaps beyond the help of a blue pill, what some people will say.
7- Gym? So you can die a pretty corpse? The bacteria could care less.
You want to know the true secret to working at home?
BEER!
That's the answer, lots of beer and PubCon as often as possible!
I agree with this statement:
7- Gym? So you can die a pretty corpse? The bacteria could care less.
Whether rich or poor, fat or slim, pretty or ugly...
worms, maggots, ants, bacteria, (or fire) are waiting for all of us. :(
LOL ^
I heard someone mention going to fairs and conferences
That's work, not free time.
Only some times, it's a little bit free time, for example last summer 3 days fair, after the fair swimming in a lake beside the camping place where I slept with my wife.
For health, it's good that my wife propels me often to make a 1.5 hours walk in the mountains near by.
1. Don't get a dog or a cat. They leave hair all over, plus some people - like me - are allergic to their dander. However, If you don't want me coming over and drinking all your beer, get a dog or cat. Turtles actually make great pets.
2. Restoring cars is a pain. Buy a new car, preferably a sports car.
3.Smoke your brains out, drink heavily and gamble daily. To the "investors" out there, the horses pay a much better return. Plus, winning daily is much preferred to watching stocks go up .30 or even $1. Gambling is tax free investing.
4.See #3. Save? For what? Death is inevitable.
5. Many girlsfriends are preferable to just one.
6. The stuff about bicycling and your nether parts is pure rubbish. Ask Lance Armstrong. After overcoming cancer, he won the Tour 7 times and married Mia Hamm. Have you seen her? See's hot and looks pretty happy.
7. Working out is tough. Tennis, hoops and cycling is way more fun.
I fully agree that BEER is essential to happiness and getting closer to your inner child, sometimes, too close.
My advice, burn candles at both ends, cheat on your taxes (admit it, we all do), ignore authority of all kinds and buy gold with your earnings from adsense and gambling. Die of a heart attack. Quick and neat.
Since this thread has devolved into jokesterism, thanks to incredbibill
Jokesterism?
I may have come across with an amusing bent but people that really know me know that I'm pretty serious about most of what I said even in a humorous vein.
I'm not a rabid anti-smoker but when my hair starts to smell like smoke don't be surprised when you feel your head getting wet and see me, a drinker, standing on a chair next to you getting even.
plus some people - like me - are allergic to their dander
Another upside to owning a cat - people - like you - will leave me alone
Just kidding...
Die of a heart attack. Quick and neat.
Agreed.
It didn't take long before I realize that it was really hard to motivate myself to keep the jobs done. Nobody to interact to, real people, not via forum or chatting. And neighbours kept thinking that I have free time they can ask for help.
Since you've been decided to become the boss of your own, I wish you good luck. If maintaining your websites requires you to interact with real people, that's good. If not, allow yourself to come out once in a while to eateries or parks, and have some nice chats.
1- Skip the dog, get a cat. Much easier to haul out a bag of cat crap once a week than walk a dog every time they start doing the potty dance when you're in 'the zone' or have to get the mop when the dog drains on the floor.
Make that once every two or three days, especially if the cat doesn't go outside, otherwise the cat will quite probably find its own way of giving your residence an olfactory makeover.
When frustrated by the world of the Web, I load dog in Alfa and go blasting around our otherwise peaceful neighborhood. The dog barks, the car rumbles and spits, neighbors curse. The parade passes, in short.
I only do easy stuff to the car and am otherwise what is known as a checkbook mechanic. New sports cars are OK too but in my experience are not nearly as much fun as they are not as disreputable, shocking, annoying and generally in-your-face as an old, loud, smelly rustbucket festooned with racing badges, rude bumper stickers and blatantly bootlegged safety/emission stickers. An ugly dog scowling out the back completes the package nicely.
Oh, beer. Forgot to mention that. Cheap red wine will also suffice.
Gambling is tax free investing.
Use spare time to make investment and a physical execrise as your life time interest.
Gambling is fine if you could manage yourself well on the risk management.
Gaming (Casino Gambling) can be exciting entertainment, and occasionally profitable. BUT I would NEVER consider it as a sound investment strategy... only FOOLS think that way... You can easily lose EVERYTHING in a heartbeat gambling... it is pretty hard (unless you are VERY stupid) to lose EVERYTHING in the stock market, although stock loses are normal. You make it up on the NEXT investment...
Over the years, I've seen too many people lose their jobs, house, families, and even their lives because of their gambling habits... If anyone of you (you know who you are) have a "problem" with gambling, I suggest that you seek professional help before you suffer drastic consequences.
It is very possible to get over the compusive behavior, my main client was a "recreational" gambler. He was/is a RE agent in Vegas, and I used to have a nicer car than he had, even though he made three times the amount of money that I did. I also owned my home... he didn't... and he was always borrowing money from people...
A year after he quit gambling... he had a brand new Sport Utility to haul around his clients in, and a nice new home.... he also had money in the bank....and the "funny" thing about it... he was making THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY as he was when he was a broke Gambler!
Now it's a few years past that... and he has tripled his income because he is doing so much more business... Pretty much the same amount of work as before.... BUT his attitude has improved so much... and his clients sense his success (did they sense the loser Gambler in the past?)...
Morale: Don't use Gambling as your 401k instrument
BUT I would NEVER consider it as a sound investment strategy...
My father in law from my first wife was at the roulette in Austrian Casinos employed.
One day, there was a head line in Austrian newspapers: "Oil shiekh wins 1 million in roulette"
I asked him about this. "All only fairy tails, he won one day 1 million, but he lost all the week 2 millions"
I also run out for coffee at the local cafe every day so I get some human interaction.
ken_b, so you already know how life in 50 years will look like :))
have you considered starting a blog that would change into a printed book after 2-3 years? I would be your first frequent visitor ;-)
Hi jema, I think you are right. I guess I have lost a bit of that drive after I left the job. While on the job I was working about 14 hours a day - about 9 hours office work and about 5 hours website development. I think this sudden change and this freedom has made me lazy.
This happened to me as well. It's temporary. It is because you were working so hard before (as was I) and you're body has something like "ah rest..."
After a couple of months it will get better and you will feel great getting up at the same time (7AM orso), actually putting on clothes and doing some work.
Just don't let it go to far.
If I could recommand something in the mean time; read a good religious book orso. I have read "The Purpose Driven Life" by "Rick Warren" and it changed my life (and my business).
See how you go!
I drink beer and smoke lots of cigarettes. -Larry
You would be silly to follow this advice obviously
This is going to be quite a strange post to write since I have been well-documented in many articles as the original UK/European technology business homeworker! A long time before homeworking was even considered a viable agenda anywhere.
And believe me, that was in the days BEFORE the fax machine! Phones or telexes, that was it...ok, telegrams!
So, after 30+ years what have I learnt? It's quite simple:
You are the master of your own destiny.
It's your decision when you take a break.
It's your decision when you do anything.
It's your decision as to whatever you do.
They are your decisions as to whether or not you make a success of it.
It is not suited to all however for those with the confidence and self-will to achieve, it will be the most rewarding decision you have ever made.
And on a personal observation after seeing and coaching many others through to a similar lifestyle...money is not the be all and end all of it.
Now at what time do you what that coffee? :-))
