10 Things You Don't Know About Working From Home

10 Things You Don't Know About Working From Home

1. You'll suddenly realize that housewives are totally busy people -with hardly any breaks.
2. You'll be challenged not to work because your cute baby is staring at you, saying "play!".
3. You'll be asked constantly, "What do you want to eat today" by your spouse.
4. If you're not careful, that DVD collection will be your #1 distraction from work.
5. You don't remember when was the last time you took a bath/shaved.
6. You're suddenly more interested in nice looking shorts and pajamas in the mall.
7. Your cellphone isn't getting much use unlike before.
8. When you walk to the neighborhood park, pool, all you see are yayas and their wards.
9. When it rains, you're happy you're indoors and won't be going anywhere!
10. In the hot months, you're happy that you can afford an aircon for your room!
-Jomarhilario.com

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Pay It Forward

"Sis, can I ask you a question?"

"Yes sure, just keep it simple"

"Crazy!"

"What is it?"

"Do you think I should resign now from my work?"

To you this may be just a simple conversation, but this happens to be my chat conversation with my brother just a few minutes back. And this really brought me to tears! I was very touched that he even thought of asking me this. He is in the Philippines and I am here in Dubai, we only talk over the phone, or usually chat in our facebook accounts, or using this yahoo messenger chat. But for the last 30 years that I have known him (I'm older by two years), this is the only time that I can recall that we talked seriously about work or about anything for that matter.

Thank God for the learnings that I have been acquiring and absorbing from my mentor Bo (Sanchez), and from all the books that I have been reading about financial literacy, I was able to impart to my brother the wise advise that any wise sister (ahem ahem!) should give.

If ever he have asked me that question early last year, I would have said "If you are not happy anymore and if you think you are not progressive as before, then by all means resign! You may still find another job elsewhere, or better yet go work abroad like me! Anyway, mama is there to provide for you". Because I have the history of not staying long in my previous companies, if I'm not happy anymore, I would just pack my things and resign. Leaving me with nothing and starting all over again to look for another job. Without any savings either! I was crazy then. Totally.

But that is not the case now (whew!) I asked him the reason why he is contemplating on doing that - he has been working with that company for almost 10 years now. He said that he just sometimes don't feel like going to work and he doesn't like the new management. By the way, he is still single so I guess he thinks that it will be just so easy to decide on those things. Being a good sister with financial literacy (I am claiming it now even though I am still a neophyte on this) I told him this:

I asked him what is his plan if ever he decided to go through the resignation. He told me that he is thinking of taking up masteral or look for another job. Okay, I said, so if ever you decided on choosing either of the two, what you should have is an allowance that would sustain you for 3 to 6 months of being unemployed. That is to keep up with his expenses for the time being. I think he only have a small amount now. So I said if you really want to leave your current employer, start looking for another job. Make sure that you have a new job offer before leaving the previous one. And start investing on your future I said, start thinking of your retirement - invest in stocks. I have been telling him that for the past 7 months now actually.

After our short conversation, he said "Thanks Ate. I love you! I will start investing now."

Wow! He made me cry again! My heart is very happy because this is what I wanted to happen. I want me and my husband to have financial freedom and along the way I want my siblings, relatives, and friends to come to know about financial freedom also. It's like "paying it forward". I am learning so much form my mentors, and I want to share to my loved ones what I have learned also. So everybody will be happy and free! In these times, I am very glad that I had the paradigm shift.

My Big " Why"

" Find your emotional why that literally makes you cry" - Trace Trajano

I had another crying incident!

While watching two episodes of Eat Bulaga's Juan for All, All for Juan ( I watch over the internet only) - one of a day-care-teacher Luisa of Taytay Rizal and another of a college student Kerson from Quezon City. Luisa never got married because she took care of her father and is now taking care of her 91-year old mother. But you can see from her that she loves taking care of her parents. Kerson on the other hand lost his parents from cancer, his father passed away last July 2010 then followed by his mother that same year in August - both parents only in their late 40's. The first story  was pure joy as she gets to serve and take care of her mother for a very long time, while the latter is full of bleakness. But both brought me to tears...a bucket of them! Why?

I have been working abroad for almost 5 years now. But it was only 8 months back when I stumbled into Bo Sanchez's Truly Rich Club. Since then I had this paradigm shift. A major one! The first talk of him that lead me to this realization is about "finding your emotional why". For weeks I was struggling to find my fantasy..then suddenly it hit me: I want to go home and be with my family! Basically, my family is scattered in different parts of the world - my father has been working in California for more than 20 years now, me and my husband are here in Dubai, my two sisters are studying in UK, my brother in law is based in Singapore, left in the Philippines are my mother, my only brother, and my in-laws. That's four time zones to consider! Haha!

My Big Why: to have my family and in-laws stay and settle back in the Philippines, to spend Sundays and Holidays together in out-of-town trips or just enjoy the company of each other at home. This literally makes me cry every day. I always tell my husband that my biggest regret that I can have in my lifetime would be not having to spend most of my waking times serving and loving my parents. The next step now is to make the How and the When happen. And that is to be financially free in 5 years time! To make money work for me and not the other way around. That way I can spend more time with my family without thinking of how I can sustain our everyday expenses. That to me is success.

What is your Big Why? What is your hunger? The one that makes you cry. Once you have recognized this, you will have a clear step towards your goals and realizing them. Then you will be forever happy!