My name is Matthew Bredel and as of March, 2007, I am a full-time, work-at-home internet marketer.
For close to 10 years, I worked for a defense company which was an OK job, but I was so uninspired in life and frankly, I needed some more money. That is when I first discovered internet marketing! Now I admit that I didn't start making thousands in my first couple of months (in fact, I lost my shirt!), but I finally saw the "internet light"...
Yes, I few weeks ago I posted that I quit my day job to pursue online marketing. Well, the reality of this decision has finally come! My two week notice has ended as well as my first week at home. So let’s go over the good and bad things so far:
THE BAD:
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Yes, I few weeks ago I posted that I quit my day job to pursue online marketing. Well, the reality of this decision has finally come! My two week notice has ended as well as my first week at home. So let’s go over the good and bad things so far:
THE BAD:
- Spent 6 of the last 7 days working about 9 hours in my little office in the middle of my house.
- Fairly alone except the occasional phone call and seeing my wife and kids
- The perpetual need to know how my sales are going that day
- The fear of failure on low sales days
- Time spent (a lot of time!) on stupid things like accounting, computer organization and back-up, etc.
- Lots of hard initial work with little immediate return
But for all that is bad, there is plenty of good:
GOOD
- No Boss!
- No Directions from others!
- No communte or traffic! (I just paid $3.30 for 87 octane today!!!)
- Took my daughter to Disneyland on a Tuesday for her birthday…why go on a weekend?
- See my family for lunch every day
- Achieved tons of tasks (almost a month’s worth of work when I was only working nights on this stuff!)
- Ability and time to actually put my ideas into action!
- Time to continue learning the industry
- Elation, satisfaction and motivation on the good sales days
- No regrets!
The last one is probably the most important and I could probably think of another 10 more positives about my first week at working from home. The experience has been a bit surreal. Again, lots of excitement and a little bit of heartache, too. Still, I wake up every day with a smile right now and I’m pumped up for whatever the day will bring.
A few lessons I am learning, though:
- You need to take a break: The gym has been both physically invigorating as well as a nice mental break for the day.
- You can’t work at home all day: Take the laptop to the nearest Starbucks and work there. Get an external office if you can afford it!
- Don’t do it alone: I am still tempted to do everything myself, but that is a bit counter-productive and working with others provides me with a little bit of social interaction.
- Don’t focus on today’s sales! It is a vicious cycle. Checking sales twice per day is more than enough.
- Plan your day and week out in advanced. Prioritize your tasks and do it!
Right now, the whole process is quite novel, but making both a business as well as a personal plan (of sanity) is the best direction I think I can take. I’ll keep you posted on how life as being your own boss in the near future!
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