by Teresa Schultz

Created on: February 15, 2011

Are you ready for the reality of working from home? Whenever you don’t work, you don’t earn any money.

Sure, depending on what you do from home, there’s the possibility of building an increasing monthly passive income, but how much time do you get to work at increasing passive income when you’re so busy with quicker jobs to bring in enough money just to survive?

It’s certainly great to watch a movie in the middle of the day just because you can, or run off to the school to support the kids, but all the while you’re thinking that while you’re not working, no money is being made.  It’s difficult to fully relax.

Should you go for that walk because you know you need it and it’s good for you, or should you get on with work?

Should you spend ages preparing a healthy meal or should you just grab a quick unhealthy snack or two, so you can get on with work?

How do you explain to friends, family, and the kids that working from home is not an open invitation to disturb you at any time they please?  If you were working elsewhere, for a boss, people you know generally say things like “Oh, we’ll ask her when she gets home from work.” Not so when they know you’re at home.

You feel bad when the school your kids attend ask you to assist with something and you say no, so you say yes and then you stay up late that night working, after you’ve assisted the kids with their homework.  You catch maybe three hours’ sleep before you need to get up to get the kids to school. You get back home wondering if you can fit in another two hours’ sleep, but two friends and your elderly parents remind you about somebody’s birthday in the afternoon and you have to go out and get a gift.  You get back and your parents call to ask you if you can please go out and get them a gift for the person too. Oh and they hope you’re staying at the party quite a while, because they need a lift home and don’t want to leave the party too early. You have to leave the party early to get the kids from their afternoon sport, but you say you’ll be back at the party to fetch them.  Your parents are finally ready to leave the party but your kids want to stay longer because they’ve only just arrived.

After homework as you’re tucking the kids into bed, one of them announces they’ve invited a friend over for the weekend and have promised the friend you’d

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