Working at home vs. Working away from home

It’s been such a loooong time since I’ve updated this blog and I’m so sorry for my readers who actually do spend time visiting my blog only to be disappointed. I’m guilty of neglect as charged, I’m always online because I have an online job but blogging has indeed taken a backseat because I have work everyday. I wasn’t even upset upon noticing I lost my PR 1 just a few days ago.

So what’s new? Well, contrary to what I said last time, I have finally given up trying to do all things on my own because some two weeks ago I hired someone to help me in the house and I have not regretted my decision ever since. It was such a relief to be free of chores which I’m no good at anyway. When I was still dreaming of working at home I thought juggling the house chores, family life, and work will be a breeze since I’m just at home anyway but sad to say it’s not. It’s because I’m still doing real work and that doesn’t change the fact that it will need my concentration and focus and time just as if I’m working in the office. Working at home is definitely not for the lazy because I have been comparing and I think I was actually working harder now that I’m at home. Here I’m not allowed to drag my feet since the longer I stayed in front of the computer the less time I have with my family – and it’s not easy to ignore a kid tugging at you. But I’m really happy with the way things are going. I didn’t think a job can make me happy and feel satisfied because I was miserable when I was working at a call center. I don’t miss talking to customers for eight hours, chatting with colleagues, team building, commuting to work or any social interaction whatsoever that occurs in the office. Don’t get me wrong I have met wonderful friends there that I still keep in touch even after 3 years but working at home is definitely my cup of tea and I’m much more motivated now than ever. If before I had to drag myself to wake up and go to the office, now I anticipate receiving my work for the day and wake up as early as 4 am even though I don’t receive my file until 6 or 7 am. If before I missed so many days of work because I was too drained and I dreaded the idea of working, now I don’t even miss one day of work. Yesterday, we went swimming because I thought I was free of work for the day but I was given a file to work with at the last minute which I could turn down if I wanted but I still I didn’t, so I brought work with me to the pool – talk about working from home away from home! LOL If before my heart breaks everytime I leave my baby, he was only two then, to go to work; now we’re together 24/7. If before I received a fixed income for working for a fixed number of days, now my income is performance-based. It can go as high or as low depending on my performance. If I do a good job and the quality of my transcript is perfect I instantly get rewarded so I get motivated even more to do a good job. Of course, the opposite goes if my transcript is in poor quality which thank goodness I haven’t gotten for a long, long time.

Now, that I’m free from the household chores which I hated, I can focus more on the things that I love which are my family and my work.

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