Why Living the Dot Com Lifestyle Doesn’t Mean you work at Home!

A lot of times, I get comments like, “you are so lucky to work from home.” Well, what I’d really like to reply is, “actually I don’t work from home, my work can be everywhere.” Of course, that would be an a-hole of me to say that but dot com lifestyle doesn’t mean you work from home, it simply means you have the freedom to work “anywhere” in the world.

Strapped with an Eee PC netbook and Sprint broadband card, I can usually be seen at Starbucks or Peet’s Coffee, firing away at bunch of blog posts. Or sometimes, I will even sneak in to the outdoor patio department at my local Target store, enjoying the awesome laid-back lounge chair without even paying for it.

Unlike people who might make 10 times more money than me but still have to work in a cubicle strictly from 9 to 5, I have to choice to work anywhere I want, anytime I want. Being your own boss is priceless, having a boss above you will suck even if you make a billion dollars.

Of course, the freedom doesn’t come without a price, you need to learn to discipline yourself to work when others are not and rest when others are working.

For example, I enjoy going to the grocery store, getting a haircut, or any of those daily events during the day when everyone’s working and there’s no “traffic”.

My mom sometimes “worries” that I don’t get to see enough people everyday to interact with and I will become an introvert. On the contrary, it’s the complete opposite for me as I get to see “who” I want “anytime” I want. For example, my schedule is flexible enough to meet my friend’s schedules, most of whom who have 9 to 5 jobs. If I had the same 9 to 5 jobs, it would be very hard for me to take my free time to visit my friends hours away.

A 9 to 5 job would truly mean being “stuck”, seeing the same people everyday, that would lead more to boredom, I’d have to get a new job every 3 months. (which I completely did while I had jobs, I never like a “job” and couldn’t stay longer than 3 months on average.)

So next time you see someone working from home, he/she doesn’t really work from home but he/she is master of his/her life. Isn’t that our end-goal in life?

Make money, retire, and then control your life. OR, make money online, control your life, and never have to retire.

I hope this post inspire you to keep doing your thang online, whatever you do, affiliate marketing and blogging are all worth it in the long run over a corporate ladder that could fall over anytime during recession.