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Life is Too Short to be Unhappy

June 22, 2008 | General

Without doubt the greatest benefit about having your own home based business and not being tied to a job, is being able to spend more time with your family. I think that the majority of people who do work for themselves would agree with that. It is not usually about the money but the freedom that you get to do what you want to do. I used to work from 11.30am until 9pm four days during the week and then one day at the weekend, so this restricted my opportunities to see my son play football during the winter and cricket in the summer. I particularly enjoy the cricket season as it is far more civilised to sit down with a beer on a warm summers evening (OK they are a bit few and far between this year) than stand on the touchline, freezing cold and being battered by horizontal rain. It's far more sociable as well and even the Friday training nights are an excuse to "go up the club" for a beer and a chat. And even though I am not seeking it, I often find inspiration or even direct business ideas come from the conversations I have. In fact once you get tuned into it you can get ideas and motivation from many situations that you are involved with in your everyday life. Last Friday night I was talking to a friend that I have known for five years now through our son's friendship and what he had to say greatly enforced my own opinions about starting my own business.

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