Business, Tech, Life

There are literally thousands of articles out there about how to best manage your home office. There are guides to setting boundaries, staying motivated, appearing professional, etc…

Those are all fine and good – but I want to talk about some of the awesome things about working out of your home – things that make the risk of running your own business completely worth it. Some of these things would make it worth taking a lesser salary from your employer to telecommute (if you’re still living in cubicle land).

1) Wear, tear, gas and mileage. I literally drove my car less than 10k miles in the last year. This included two 1000+ road trips. I fill it up about once every three weeks, and get the oil changed about twice a year. It should last another 15 years at this pace.

2) I just mowed my yard on my “lunch break” – how awesome is that? This arrangement allows me to do things like that without missing a beat. You’d be amazed at how much free time a few timely errands or odd jobs spread around your work day can create on your weekend.

3)Fitness and Diet. I don’t remember the last time I ate out at lunch. Actually, I do, but that was because I was out with my wife on Monday afternoon. I don’t have to pack a lunch, and I never have to run out and grab a bite – I just eat what’s in the fridge. This leads to a much healthier diet.

Speaking of that – I can also generally have dinner ready between the time I knock off for the day and my wife gets home from work.

If you’ve never considered it, I highly encourage you to attempt to arrange a work from home scenario for yourself. While there are challenges, the time and money saved makes it well worth it.

This blog has existed in several iterations over the last several years. For the last few years, I’ve been sorely neglectful of it – choosing instead to focus on growing my business and doing crazy stuff like getting married.

I’m making a conscious effort to keep this little corner of the web alive and kicking. First, I’ve gutted it completely. Here is where I want to talk about the business world, entrepreneurship, and all the other great things that come with that, and I wanted a fresh start.

More importantly, when your success depends a great deal on success in SEO and PPC marketing – it’s easy for that to become a primary focus. One could accurately call this blog my attempt to remain not only a well-rounded businessman and entrepreneur, but a well rounded person in general.

I think that’s important, don’t you?