Table of contents for Working From Home
- Work From Home – Part 1 of 3
- Work From Home – Part 2 OF 3
- Work From Home – Part 3 of 3
This will be a three part series. If you are interested in learning more about how you can for work from home, positions, companies and resources I hope you will come back for all three parts. See below for the breakdown of when the posts will appear and what will be included.
I have been wrestling with this post for a few weeks now. I knew I wanted to do a post that would provide resources to others who may be in a situation such as I was at one time but wanted to make sure that the information was presented in a way that would not scare anyone away with the title alone. I am not benefiting from providing any of the information or resources I will be writing about. My only “agenda” is to hopefully help out someone else who may be interested in work from home, positions and companies by sharing the knowledge I gained along the way.
I want to step back for a minute and tell you a little about my journey. Eight years ago Joe and I were newly married with a blended family of eight. We were excited about our new future together and the possibilities seemed endless. While at work one day Joe was helping a patient where a Bariatric Bed was just installed. It had been installed improperly and when the patient attempted to pull themselves up on it the chain broke. The patient was not hurt however my husband instantly had spots in his eyes and a headache. He was seen by doctors and they said he should be fine. Well he wasn’t fine and it progressed into him having complex partial seizures and then drop seizures. Joe was no longer able to work. Being approved for disability was a long road and well let’s just say workmans comp was an even longer road.
I knew I had to find work but how could I work when I couldn’t leave him alone? It wasn’t fair to expect the kids to deal with something so scary. You never knew when he would wander away or just drop in an unconscious like state wherever he was no matter what he was doing. This led me to my search for a way to become the sole source of income for my family while still being available to care for my husband and children.
I knew I did not want to do telemarketing, sales, home parties or MLM. Not that there’s anything wrong with these types of work just that I’m not suited for them. When I first began my search I really had little hope that I would find anything. What a shock when I realized there’s a large variety of companies who not only allow people to work from home but their main workforce is working at home!
This wraps up the why I began working from home. Please come back next week for the second part in this series. If you have any questions or things you would like me to address in the next few posts please email me or leave me a comment. I’m happy to answer any questions I can.
~ Tammy
Tammy, you are such a strong woman. I really enjoyed reading this post. I’m so sorry to hear about your husband’s accident. That must have been heartbreaking. Your strength and success is so impressive. I hope your husband is doing better now and I look forward to reading the other blog posts in this series.
Leslie, thank you so much for such a kind comment. My husband actually is doing so much better. A year ago he was even able to go back to work part time. If it weren’t for his accident though I never would have began working at home or to start my blog. People always told me things happen for a reason but I don’t think I realized how true it was until the last several years.
Can you believe it’s been that long ago? I know I started working for VIP when G was 1, and she’ll be 8 in the fall. I’m so happy to have found work from home… and continuing to do so on my terms this time around!
I really can’t believe how fast the time has flown by Tonya! : ) I don’t know what I would have done or what I would do now if I hadn’t found work from home. It’s been a huge blessing for my family.
I’m so glad you found something you like (besides blogging and me)!
Well I definitely like blogging – and you more but there are ways to get the bills paid. : )
Tammy, I can’t WAIT to read about all of the companies that are out there. As you know, working from home and being available for my family is something I really want to do!
I hope you will be able to take some great information from these posts to help you be able to do that Shani. : )
Tammy, I’m sorry to hear about our husband. I work in technology and work from home the vast majority of the time. I not only work, I project manage resources across the globe. I find that working from home saves time, but my children end up waiting patiently for me to join them. I end up working a lot longer hours because I’m constantly needing to proof I’m productive. What’s been your experience?
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Hi Maggie! I found the same thing when I initially began working from home. Work – family balance is something that I definitely struggled with initially. I intend to talk about that in my next post because it’s extremely important not to allow work to take over.
So excited for the rest of this series, and so glad to hear your husband is doing better. I would love to work from home but everything seems scammy or sales or customer service and I don’t want to take complaints all day. Tried a few different home party businesses and it’s just not right for me at all. Can’t wait to hear the rest of your story, thank you so much for sharing!
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Thank you, Sarah! I know what you mean about everything seeming like a scam. I am huge on research so I have a bunch of legitimate and very helpful resources. What type of work do you do currently?
Ack, so sorry I haven’t gotten back to you before now! Right now I am a Sales Assistant I guess. I work for a company that reps different HVAC equipment manufacturers. When schools and hospitals are being built I help our salesmen by finding jobs with our equipment on it and then after they select what we’re bidding I make it look pretty on a quote that I send out to the bidding Contractors. I get them any add’l info they need on the equipment and then process and track the order. It’s partly customer service and I pride myself on providing great service (giving them info before they need to ask for it), and it’s a lot of computer work which I feel like I’m good at as well. Anyways… ideally I’d love to find something to do from home that’s more computer related than phone related. Can’t wait to go check out your resources in part three, thanks SO much for sharing everything you’ve learned, I feel like you’re the resource I’ve been looking for
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Sarah I think you will find a ton of good information on the work place like home site as well. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help. Your current position sounds similar to head hunting. Have you ever thought of giving that a try?