| Stay at home jobs and home based businesses have | | | | month. To deal with this, first of all, you need to have |
| never had as much appeal as they have today. | | | | some money in the bank before leaving your regular |
| Chucking the nine-to-five grind to stay at home is a | | | | job for a stay at home job or to start a home based |
| dream that appeals to most of us. Really, you think, | | | | business--or to focus on that stay at home job or |
| what's not to like about not having to dress up, fight | | | | home based business that you've been working at |
| traffic, and endure bosses who lean over your | | | | part-time. Experts recommend that you have enough |
| shoulder every minute of the day? | | | | money saved to cover six months of expenses |
| It's easy to think a stay at home job or a home based | | | | before leaving your job for any reason. This is |
| business would be a dream come true, and for many | | | | especially important for people who want to stay at |
| people it is. Realistically, though, a stay at home job is | | | | home and work or to start a home based business |
| just like any other job--you have to actually to work. | | | | because it can greatly reduce the stress that comes |
| And statistics show that people who have stay at | | | | with feast or famine syndrome and give you some |
| home jobs and home based businesses generally | | | | much needed breathing room. |
| work more hours per day than their counterparts who | | | | Too, people who have a stay at home job or home |
| work in conventional businesses. | | | | based business often run into payment problems. |
| One problem that many people who work at stay at | | | | You've done your work or provided your service and |
| home jobs or who have home based businesses run | | | | product, but you don't get paid. Collection can be a |
| into is what's often referred to as "feast or famine | | | | nightmare when this happens. And what many people |
| syndrome." They find their workflow is either too low | | | | don't know when they become stay at home workers |
| or too high; in other words, they either have a lot to do | | | | or owners of home based businesses is that people |
| or nothing. This makes it hard for people to budget | | | | who hire you may classify you as an independent |
| their time and their money, and is especially hard for | | | | contractor and pay you as far out as 90 days. To |
| people just beginning stay at home jobs or home | | | | make sure you don't run into payment issues, always |
| based businesses. It takes time to develop a steady | | | | get everything in writing. It's hard to wait 90 days to |
| base of clients for stay at home businesses, and even | | | | get paid, but it's even harder not to get paid at all and |
| then there will be many times where everyone wants | | | | perhaps have to turn to a collection agency in order to |
| your product and/or service at the same time. This | | | | get your money. Because many stay at home jobs |
| can be very stressful when there's only one person, | | | | and home based businesses are Internet-based, you |
| you, to do everything. So if you're planning on starting a | | | | need to take special precautions to know you're |
| stay at home job or home based business, it's good to | | | | dealing with reputable businesses with a good track |
| have a plan in place to help you deal with what can | | | | record of payment. So do your homework and get all |
| often be a roller coaster workload. | | | | payment terms in writing before providing any stay at |
| The feast or famine syndrome of a stay at home job | | | | home work or home based business product or |
| or business leads to another difficulty. When you're | | | | service. The headaches and stress this will save you |
| feasting, you're making money--when you not feasting, | | | | is immeasurable--and ensures you're more likely to |
| you aren't. It's hard. One week you're raking in the | | | | believe that your stay at home job or home based |
| money, and the next week you're barely squeaking by. | | | | business really is your dream come true. |
| This is where a stay at home job or home based | | | | Charles Fuchs |
| business can, again, be more stressful than a | | | | I grant permission to publish this article, electronically or |
| conventional job where you're paid on schedule and | | | | in print, as long as the bylines are included, with a live |
| know exactly how much you'll be bringing in every | | | | link, and the article is not changed in any way. |