My Work at Home Life

My work at home experience has been awesome.  I have several work from home businesses that I enjoy, but what I love the most is designing.

Being a self-taught designer, I’ve learned a lot about the different elements of my craft and I always welcome learning new and unique things.

Working at home allows me to take my time in terms of creating my brilliant and vibrant masterpieces.  When I design logos for my clients, I try my very best to create a masterpiece that they envision.  I take my time and work to try to get as close as possible to what they tell me from the color scheme all the way to the creation itself.  Being perfectly honest, sometimes, I can piece a design together in a matter of just an hour and sometimes it may take longer depending on the type of logo/design I’ve been asked to make.

Whatever the design is, be it a logo, a personalized keepsake for a birthday, graduation, a special cause or occasion, I work in comfort knowing that because I work for myself, I never have to worry about doing things so fast that the finished product doesn’t represent who I am as a graphic artist.

I was up before the sun this morning. My daughter had sent me a text
asking me to call her when I woke up. When I woke up this morning, it
was around 6:34. My plan was to be walking in the supermarket, again,
by 7 a.m. I got there at exactly 6:53 a.m., but when I got there the
doors were locked on the east end of the market so I made my way down
to the opposite end, grabbed my shopping cart and immediately started
shopping. The first thing that hit me in the face when I entered the
market was Gatorade; 10 for $10. The next thought was my bottomless
pit, son, B.J., but when I got home another thought popped into my
mind; Christmas. I can save these Gatorades for the Christmas season
since I’m expecting a lot of company these will be perfect. Now
looking back, I should have gotten 10 more, but I can go back and get
more before the sale ends. I was right in my thinking because my
daughter was calling me so early in the wee hours of the morning to
ask if she can have company for the Christmas holiday. I told her
that she has to ask her father, but it was fine with me, so I’m
thinking I need to really get moving on my Christmas shopping to
ensure that I have more than enough food and drinks.

I’m shopping away in Giant looking for sales. The store is empty
except for the employees and a few early morning shoppers like myself.
As time went on a few more shoppers came into the store and I guess
they were thinking like I was thinking; get up and get the grocery
shopping finished early so that we can have the day to finish all of
our other tasks on our Saturday-to-do-list. While shopping, I said
good morning to the other shoppers and a few looked at me as if I had
4 heads. I immediately thought to myself as I often have to remind
myself, not everyone is going to be receptive of my heart. I have to
keep telling myself that because I honestly believe that people should
be love and I’m sure some of them are, but I guess I just expect
people to show it as I do, but that’s okay because you never ever know
what people are going through. I smiled at one man and he looked at
me like I was stone out of my mind, but I just pushed on, grateful for
my life.

The people in the market reminded me of something very important
pertaining to my business: I am a business owner and I love to treat
my customers with a smile. I want to make sure that my customers and
potential customers hear and feel my smile. I want the sincerity of
my voice, tone and words ensure their satisfaction not just with my
products, but with me as an individual and business owner. I want them
to know that they can always trust me. I usually earn my customers
trust during our first conversation because sincerity and just being
plain nice is my nature; there is no other way to be. I make sure
that my customers can hear me smile over the phone and they can
picture a smile from me via email. This is extremely vital to my
business and I’m sure you feel the same way and besides this is great
for customer retention so make it a practice to practice superior
customer service skills.

Have you started your own home based company. Is there something
holding you back; maybe you just can’t decide on what business venture
you’d like to tap into. There are tons of work-at-home opportunities
out there, but wouldn’t it make sense to start with your heart. What
I mean by this is simple and really, it is simple, real easy to start
a home business when you start from your heart because your start up
will be your passion. This is the reason you want to start your home
based business because you have a burning passion inside of you and
you know for a fact that you can turn that passion into a profitable
business, but your focus shouldn’t be earning profits, it should be
doing what you love to do.

When I started my home business, I started it because I was laid-off
from a job I despised and I didn’t want to even think about working
for someone else ever again. I didn’t want to carry the burden of
having to go on job interviews and I didn’t want to deal with office
politics. Why do these things that make life so very difficult on a
job even have to come into play. Why can’t we just go to work, do our
jobs and from time-to-time, be heard when we want to implement our own
ideas that we know for a fact will help to make things better for the
company. Instead we are forced to deal with supervisors who think they
have the right to down to you forgetting that you’re as much an adult
as they are and that they have no right to talk to you in such a
disparaging manner or tone. This is unacceptable.

Okay, getting back to what I was saying because I’ll go on and on
forever about working for someone else. I started my own typing and
transcribing business because it was something that I knew had the
potential for me to earn a lot of money. Magic Fingers Secretarial
Service was born and passed away once I discovered it was not my
passion at all. I began to feel like it was a major chore for me to
type dissertations even though I made really good money. At first, I
was thrilled to have started Magic Fingers because I thought typing
was truly my passion, but I realized that owning a home based typing
business was not for me when I discovered the art of design. Now
don’t get me wrong, I love to type, but for myself and I did enjoy it
for as long as it lasted, but when I began creating works of art with
my software program, a fire ignited in me and Cyndi’s Light Work
Designs was founded. It’s amazing how when I began creating my
magnificent masterpieces, I thought to myself, Cynthia, you’ve been
wanting to have your own t-shirt business for the longest and your
design business is the gift God gave you to start your t-shirt
business. Isn’t it awesome how God puts the pieces of the puzzle
together for you out of His love for you.

My desire and initial thoughts were to open an online store to sell my
design on various merchandise. I looked into CafePress and Zazzle.
When I read about the commission, I closed both stores and just laid
dormant for way too long because I just didn’t have the funds to open
a physical store and CafePress and Zazzle were out of the question; my
oh my was I ever wrong. I am one to research and research, but for
some reason, I didn’t research CafePress and Zazzle nearly enough to
know that anyone can have a great online store creating and using
their very own designs. Now I have several stores on both CafePress
and Zazzle; my only regret is that I wish I would have kept them open;
it was a lesson I had to learn. I am growing my stores and I am
loving it. I have to promote my stores to drive traffic, but that’s
not too hard and when you have a business you love, its never hard
work to put in hard work if you know what I mean. I thoroughly enjoy
working all of my businesses and blogs. Its like it just feeds me
because I love to share my stories to be a help and blessing to others
who may be thinking of opening an online store or starting a home
business of their own.

If you want to start a business working in the comfort of your home,
don’t wait another second. What is your passion; what gifts and
talents do you possess that you think would give you the happiness you
desire and that you can use to start and grow your own business.
Think of your passion as a career. You probably have a passion
embedded deep inside and you that you’ve given deep and careful
thought to; well think no more; if you know like I know you need to
just write down your thoughts right now, pen your goals, create a plan
and start your own home based business. If you’ve been equipped with
all the right tools, your business cannot possibly fail.

Working in comfort doesn’t just mean working comfortably in my bedroom slippers.  It means doing things my way.

I’ve set up and built my business on my terms.  I’ve pieced it altogether using my skills and my amazing typing, transcribing, writing and designing abilities.  My schedule revolves around my family’s schedule and my time is my time.

I work when I want to work. I can take my lunch break anytime of the day if I so choose.  I go drive to the market to get the staples that every cupboard needs or to do my weekly grocery shopping.  I can also go on vacation whenever I want to without ever having to worry when someone is going to take the time that I may want. I don’t have to worry about scheduling my vacation around someone’s else’s time.  For me, time is a very precious and special component in my life as well as in my business.

As a business owner working from home, I never ever have to worry about punching a clock.  I have the freedom to do everything my way.  To build my business my way.  I have endless opportunities to incorporate all my own original and brilliant ideas to keep my business soaring for as long as I’m in business.  So all these things mean that I work at home in comfort simply because I do things my way.  There is no limit or salary cap placed on my talents, gifts, skills and abilities.  I get to use every ounce of my talents in a way that will keep my business prospering and in a class by itself.

So you want to work from home.  It’s easier than you could ever imagine and here’s why.

As you sit in your house or apartment, I want you to look around you.  Write down what you see.  Maybe you see a picture hanging on the wall.  Perhaps you see somethings in your kitchen that inspires you.  The cabinet doors.  The refrigerator.  Your precious pearls, your children.  Look at them and think about how precious they are to you.  What do they need?  What can you give them that would be beneficial to them in your eyes, but a lot of fun or educational for them.  Maybe it’s creating some coloring pages or a coloring book.  Maybe you can write a children’s book; a personalized children’s book with your child’s name.  There it is.  The beginning of a great new business venture; a business you can grow and enjoy.  It’s just that easy.

What are you waiting.  Let’s get started.