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Caution Part Three: Iworking remotely for others. They aren’t
t’s that time, after working for yourself,

Working From bosses, they are customers. And that can wear
you down, because it can and does get worse
after a while.
Home - The better or damn profcient at what you do. But
You do come out of it. You inevitably become

you also feel the weight of it, the drag, the self-
Weird Stuff and doubt: what am I doing?

You will sigh a lot in the advanced phases of
working from home, alone, independently... a
The End and time when you might regret having made this
decision.

It’s also a time when you will be learning,
The Beginning truly gaining knowledge, of what it is, what you

should’ve but couldn’t have known unless you
met your future self for a sit-down.

First of all, meeting people invariably leads
(Being What’s Turning Out To Be a Series Based on
to “Where do you work?” or “What do you do?”
our frst Article on Being a Home-Based Worker
three issues ago!)
� I work in my apartment (house, second
bedroom, home-offce).
� I work on the internet (on people’s
websites, I write, I design for the web, I’m
a webmaster).

� What is your designation? Hired gun?
Freelance webmaster? Designer on the fy?

Friends will now know what you do, where
you work, because you’ve had quite a while
to explain it to them. It isn’t a simple one-
word title; it’s an ongoing saga of growth
and setbacks, stubbing toes and reaching
lofty summits. It’s a sigh, and you end up just
making up a simple one-phrase description for
it, otherwise you just kink up conversations
and introductions.

And people just immediately assume you
don’t have a job, and that you “play” on the
internet.

So. Expect that.

Then there’s the issue of friends... at least you
know when they are working, which is to say
you know when not to take time for socializing
and keeping in touch. But they don’t know that
about you.

Friends will assume you are your own boss,
you can take the time off whenever you want,

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