March 2010 Home Business Connection Magazine

This winter, the weather has wreaked havoc on our schedules (unless, of course, you’re lucky enough to be soaking up the sun while the rest of us dig out from relentless snowstorms).

How many of you with kids had to find a sitter or call off work because of weather-related school closings? Chances are good that thousands of you couldn’t make it to work because of road conditions, which means using up precious vacation days or even losing a day of pay.

These are the realities we face when we work for someone else. Something as beautiful and peaceful as a snowfall quickly turns stressful as we scramble to arrange last-minute childcare, worry about our safety on the roads and potentially lose money in our paycheck.

If the lack of flexibility in your day has created more stress for you, you are not alone. While many people guess that money is the number one reason someone starts a home business, at Home Business Connection, we have found something entirely different. By far, our readers tell us that flexibility is the number one reason they seek home business opportunities. One reader wrote, “You can’t put a price tag on being able to come and go as you please. There’s true value in the freedom to plan your day according to your priorities, not your employer’s. Being able to schedule my life around my work, and not the other way around, has been a dream come true.”

So as you flip through these pages, take notice of the variety of opportunities that come with the benefit of flexibility in how you spend your time. These are all businesses you can run from home with the potential of earning a full-time income working part-time hours (or less).

We hope there are no more major snowstorms this winter, but if there are, maybe now you’ll be able to enjoy the snow, not stress over it.

Wishing you success,

–The Home Business Connection Team

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