| Working from home is a fast growing trend these | | | | get any work done when they are awake. You |
| days. But what most people do is they jump right | | | | will get most of your work done when they are |
| in with the hopes and dreams of making huge | | | | sleeping during naptime and later at night. |
| profits before they even think about the fact | | | | Family members may not mind taking care of the |
| that there are some disadvantages to working at | | | | children from time to time, but in the end both |
| home. | | | | the children and the job are your responsibility. It |
| The benefits do indeed outweigh the drawbacks | | | | is easier to work from home with older children, |
| to working at home, however, you should | | | | but you will still need to have a balanced schedule |
| consider the following disadvantages to working at | | | | in order to get all the things done that you need |
| home before making your final decision. | | | | to do. |
| 1) Acknowledge Your Present Job or Career | | | | 4) Discipline and Self-Motivation |
| You may not be able to easily transfer your | | | | In order to accomplish everything that you want |
| current career into a work at home situation. For | | | | to you will need to be disciplined and |
| example, if you work as a police officer or in the | | | | self-motivated. If you need encouragement by |
| medical field, you may not be able to easily | | | | others to keep going, then I wouldn't recommend |
| transition your career to working from home | | | | that you work from home. You will not have |
| unless you change careers entirely. | | | | anyone looking over your shoulders and making |
| Creative jobs like writing and design transfer well, | | | | sure the job is being done. Many distractions can |
| as do, administrative and sales positions. If you | | | | get in the way, such as TV, friends, family, |
| cannot make the work at home switch with your | | | | housework, emails and surfing the Internet. |
| present job, you can try to think of something | | | | 5) Isolation |
| that you would like to do working from home and | | | | Working from home can be lonely and frustrating. |
| begin investigating that field. | | | | Find ways to make sure that you remain |
| 2) Cost - Disadvantage or Advantage? | | | | comfortable spending time alone. If you feel |
| You can decide if working from home is right for | | | | depressed at all, you will become withdrawn and |
| you by determining the cost factor. Many moms | | | | sad. It is best to take the right steps to combat |
| will want to stay at home to work in order to | | | | the loneliness before the issue worsens. |
| save money on daycare. But, when you work | | | | Once you have considered these factors you |
| from home you are now self-employed. | | | | may decide that working from home is not the |
| You will need to get health insurance, which will | | | | best thing for you. However, hundreds of people |
| come out of your own pocket. You will have to | | | | deal with these disadvantages to working at |
| pay many taxes and be required to keep | | | | home and still seem to find success in their |
| excellent records of your income and expenses, | | | | careers. |
| so you can fill out your end of year tax return. | | | | If working from home is really what you want to |
| 3) Working at Home with Children | | | | do, then these drawbacks should not stop you. |
| It is not as easy as it may seem to work at | | | | Just be sure that you understand that there are |
| home with children. If your children are too young | | | | some disadvantages to working at home as well |
| to be in school yet, it is usually pretty difficult to | | | | as the many advantages. |