The good life-being your own boss

For some the thought of working from home and being your own boss is a scary thought. It takes the right person to be able to switch his or her thought process from working for someone else to working for you.

With being your own boss, there also comes a lot more responsibilities that you didn’t have while working for someone else. First, you have to make yourself sit down and actually do some work. Before this wasn’t a problem; if you wanted to keep your job you kept on working. Now, no one really cares if you work or not. You are the only one you have to answer to while being your own boss.

It is a wonderful feeling of being your own boss and usually you can dictate when you want to work and when you want to goof off. However, there comes a point where you really need to sit down and figure out how much you need to be making in order to keep a roof over your head and food on the table. More than likely you have already thought of these things before ever deciding on being your own boss.

Look at any distractions you may have around the house. Are there things that call to you throughout the day? Maybe the television looks really appealing after you have worked for an hour or two. Maybe the bed is calling you right after lunch. This is where being your own boss and discipline really come in. You need to be able to make your clients happy or get the projects done that are going to be making you the money.

Once you get a good system down, then you should be able to figure out how much time you need to work in a day to make the amount of money that you are comfortable with. Just remember that being your own boss means that you are in charge of your future. You will probably end up working harder than you ever have before, but you will love it all the more too.