Atypical Virtual Associates

It’s funny when you work from home how all the things that you use for your personal time are also the same tools you use to conduct your business.

Your car is no exception.

If you use your car to go to a client’s office, you’re using your car for business use - that means if you get into an accident and they find out you were on your way to a work appointment as an independent contractor - well - you might not be covered.

Take the time to get multiple auto insurance quotes that include business usage. If you only use it now and then, you may be surprised how reasonable the price is!

If I had an unlimited expense account for the holidays I’d be able to get everyone on my list exactly what they wanted. Chocolate? No problem! Fitness and sports gifts? No problem!

As it is I do have a budget - mostly because if I get someone a super nice gift and they don’t get me anything even if they pay me it inevitably gets weird and I hate that.

So I have to pick a good, normal, everyone can use it gift and then send basically the same thing to everyone.

I’d like to be able to give a powerpoint presentation to a group of potential investors or clients in a big room with a huge screen and awesome home theater seating.

Not only would it be impressive, it would be comfortable. Then I could whip up some appetizers and feed my potential investors/clients while they’re over and sitting in the uber-comfy chairs I have provided.

I’d get clients left and right.

My neighbors decorate their house for Christmas.

I mean they really decorate. Lights and stuff everywhere and at least one blow up something or other in the yard make their outdoor lighting a sight to behold.

When I need a dose of Christmas cheer, I take my laptop out into the living room at night, open the draperies, and work while I bask in the glow of lights I did not have to put up myself.

People in all different situations and from all walks of life work from home.

Whether you are 16 and don’t want to work at a fast food joint or you were injured by a pain pump and now have PAGCL, working from home is a possibility.

All you need to do is determine what you can do and how you can do it from home and who would need your services. The rest is just contacting those companies and telling them what a rock star you are!

A great, off the wall gift for a client with a great sense of humor is one of the million funny t shirts available online. From political satire to straight silliness, there are a bunch of options and one is sure to speak to you as well as your clients’ sense of humor.

Making a client laugh goes a long way toward loyalty and paves the way for referrals, so make your client laugh and get them a holiday gift that will keep giving every time they wear it.

One of the worst side-effects of working from home is having your butt constantly on a chair or couch during the day and not getting outside. In order to make sure your butt doesn’t spread from the couch to other parts of furniture in your house, you need to take positive action!

Start by assessing how much movement you’re getting during the day. Before going straight for the Phentermine diet pills, see if there are some ways you can get your exercise in during the day now and then when you have the time. It will increase your energy levels and have you feeling younger and healthier.

If you are lucky enough to have school-age kids as a work from home mom, you have the option to go work at your local coffee shop or library.

But you don’t need luggage to make sure you can get everything you need from point A to point B in one trip. Just make sure you only take what you really need, and if you have too many files to keep up with, consider taking your office paperless and store more online and less in files that you have to take out with you when you leave the house.

If you are looking for a job and you’re working from home, you have the whole world in front of you to talk to about giving you money to do what you love.

When you think about getting a job, it has to be someplace where you can move to and commute and get there to do the job every day. If you are telecommuting you can apply for all of those jobs. Las Vegas resumes requested? Send yours from Indiana with a cover letter telling the potential employer how much money they’ll save hiring you instead!

Even if you’re working from home or spend most of your day in an office chair, it doesn’t mean you have to feel awful and tired through the days and well into your nights.

You could go the medication route with something like Lipovox, or you could just make sure you’re moving an hour a day. From chair exercises while you’re doing internet research to taking a few breaks through the day to walk around the block, a little movement goes a long way to making you feel fantastic!