Can You Work For You
o you want to start your what interests you and how you
own business? Well, why want to spend your time. I read
don't you? This is not a one time that if you do what you
hard question. I'm certain you love, success will follow. I'm
have barriers to following your not sure that success is always
dream or you would have done it measured in dollars... we can
already. We need to examine what weigh happiness and contentment
is standing in your way and coax also.
you into dipping your toe into
your dream water. Most of the I want to assure you there are
time, keeping you from doing your issues to worry about. If you are
own thing is fear. Well, fear is half of a two-paycheck family and
good. It keeps you real, but your regular earnings are needed
don't let it plan your life or to keep your family comfortable,
paralyze you. you do have to recognize the risk
to venturing out on your own. If
I have enjoyed owning several you are a stay at home Mom and
different businesses in my life want to contribute to the
time and hope to develop and run household but have short human
many more. I love the excitement beings to care for, you need to
of building a dream into a plan carefully so you don't end
reality. It can be challenging, up burning the candle at both
frustrating, time consuming, ends, therefore jeopardizing the
moneymaking or a dismal failure. reason you wanted to stay home
You learn from each experience. with your children.
I have so many little ventures in Let's explore a few ideas and you
my head to try in the future. You will see that it is possible to
need to acknowledge the work for yourself if that is what
creativity in yourself, decide to really want to do.
Think of something you do you I scheduled hour-long sessions
enjoy. Can everyone do this thing and charged $25.00 for the first
as well as you can? Do they have session, $10.00 for each lesson
time? Perhaps you can do it for after that. No one questioned the
them. fee and several said they were
relieved it was so reasonable. I
I love to knit. I REALLY love to had no overhead and only profit
knit. Once I made flyer type in my pocket from showing other
posters and hung them all over people how to do something I
town wherever I could. Grocery enjoyed doing so much. Word of
stores, yarn shops, Laundromats, mouth soon made it unnecessary to
etc. On the poster I offered to put up any more posters and I can
give knitting lessons in my home be as busy or not as I choose.
at the client's convenience. I Although my husband is always
waited and because I am not a supportive of my entrepreneurial
patient person, when I didn't get endeavors, even he was surprised
any calls I decided this was one on a day I had three new students
of the ideas I wasn't going to and two return students and made
brag to my friends about...and $95.00 sitting on my couch
then...when I had given up hope, knitting.
(two days after hanging the
posters, I told you I was devoid I once decided our area could use
of patience), I started getting a cleaning service for
calls. I got so many calls I had residential homes at a reasonable
to go out and purchase a price. Now, previously when I
scheduling calendar. I scheduled said do what you love and you
the lessons when they were will be successful, I certainly
convenient for both the client don't want you to think I love to
and me. clean...quite the contrary,
however, I do like to make money. to carry liability insurance (not
I put two ads in our local expensive at all), advertise in
newspaper. One ad advertised for the paper if I lost either a
someone to clean houses. The worker or a house and be certain
second ad offered reasonable fees that I always gave the customer a
to clean your home. The calls charge that would cover my
started coming in. When an expenses and pay my ladies with a
applicant who wanted to clean little left over for me. I never
called I would interview them, cleaned a house. When I felt I
make sure I felt very comfortable had done this long enough and
with them and told them I would wanted to go on to something
get back to them in a week. When else, I offered the business to
folks called who wanted their the first woman I had hired. She
home cleaned I would go to their was one of my best and most
home, see what they wanted done dependable workers and the
and gave them a price to do it. I customers loved her. I knew she
left them a contract and asked could keep things running and I
them to think about my offer and could walk away from this baby
call me back. The first week was feeling secure it was in good
a little disorganized and I hands. My mistake, (I told you
questioned why I just didn't get that you would learn even from
a paper route. But, the second your blunders), was that two
week things really began to years after I gave her the little
smooth out and it just got busier cleaning business she sold it for
and better from there. I soon had $35,000. Hummmm, it never dawned
three ladies cleaning three on me I could have sold it.
houses a day. I could have even Duh…..
let this venture grow, as it
wanted to take on a life of its Can you install perennials and/or
own once it started. My part was maintain them for folks. Everyone
appreciates their yard looking mornings. I'll bet you will make
well but few folks like getting enough during those two hours a
dirt under their finger nails week to keep you free to spend
while swatting black flies. time with your own children the
rest of the week. Most working
Working moms stress over having moms have sitters who don't do
to take time off for routine weekends.
dental and doctor appointments.
Are you in a position to do this Do you enjoy cleaning? I have
for them? Can they call you if found that even people who don't
their child needs to be mind doing their day to day house
transported to a sitter because work really dislike cleaning
of illness during the day? their bathrooms. Specialize in
bathrooms. Yes, people will call
Can you bake? Well, get out that on that ad. They will happily pay
mixing bowl and stand back! to have you shine their bathroom
People will pay you for making while they work. (And, Mom, you
birthday cakes, cookies for can usually take your baby with
school functions that need to you to do this.)
look home made, and desserts for
their parties. Word of mouth and The key is to think about what
return customers can keep you you love to do. If you're going
hopping. to do something you don't enjoy
just for the money you might as
Can you devote a Saturday morning well work for someone else. Then
to watching children while their test it. Is anyone interested in
mom, who has worked all week, paying you to do this thing?
does errands? Advertise yourself Next, visualize how to make it
available to sit, on short notice happen. Can you do it during the
from 9AM to 11:00AM on Saturday day with children or in the
evening when re-enforcements are realistic.
home? Don't be afraid to try
several things and fail. Dream a little and control the
Eventually you will find a niche magic in your life.
if you stay focused and
About the Author:
Holly Burnham is a self admitted yarn addict. The addiction will be life long and there is no hope of remission. Her constant knitting has put the cleanliness of her home in peril. Her yarn stashes are havens for generations of moths. At the risk of contracting this affliction, visit her at http://www.knittinghaven.com
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