Tag: work from home
What you Need in your Home Office (and what you don’t)
Working from Home is new for many but not for me. Take it from me – here’s what you need in your home office (and what you don’t!)
Top Five tips to Rock Working from Home
With so many people working from home during the pandemic and a number of companies exploring longer term work from home policies here’s a few ideas for creating a work from home routine that doesn’t suck.
Getting a “Real Job”
Let me start by saying I always resented that phrase – “real job” – as if the way I earned my money wasn’t actual work. People loved to ask if I was applying at “real jobs” or if I’d thought about giving up teaching… Continue Reading “Getting a “Real Job””
What Nobody Tells You About Working From Home
Working from home – or earning a living working from anywhere, therefore allowing you to travel while working – is definitely glorified in our culture. When I tell people about what I do they often say I’m lucky or that it must be nice.… Continue Reading “What Nobody Tells You About Working From Home”
What’s your Personal Brand
One of the biggest mindset shifts that has helped me successfully make a living by essentially freelancing services that I’m interested in providing is thinking of myself as managing a personal brand. In this mindset, any service I provide – anything I do in… Continue Reading “What’s your Personal Brand”
Carmen in Canada’s Top Ten Tips for Teaching Online
As I was writing “working with less” and thinking about what we as online teachers put out there to other potential online teachers, and each other, it got me thinking. I said with that post that you shouldn’t be intimidated by veterans and the… Continue Reading “Carmen in Canada’s Top Ten Tips for Teaching Online”
Working with Less
So if you’re out there doing your research about working from home, especially as an English teacher, you might notice the same trend I do: over-freaking-complicating what’s physically needed to do this job. If you watch online videos about teaching online you’ll see crazy class… Continue Reading “Working with Less”
Those whose Career is Building Your Career
When you choose to make a career for yourself that looks and feels different than the beaten path it’s a choice that comes with a lot of questions. Wanting to blog and make money online from home is different than either of my parents… Continue Reading “Those whose Career is Building Your Career”
Working from Home and Setting Your Own Schedule
The biggest misconception people have about working from home or working for yourself is that you work when you want or need and can take it easy the rest of the time. The reality, for online teachers at least, is that we work at… Continue Reading “Working from Home and Setting Your Own Schedule”
Sincerely, Carmen in Canada
When I write about working from home I caution my readers not to romanticize the reality – I give up stability, normal working hours (although I am slowly building towards normal hours, more on that another time.), and many of the perks of a… Continue Reading “Sincerely, Carmen in Canada”
