I was looking for a quick article to start this web site off. I wrote this last year. It really captures why I (and many people I work with) work on a home-based business. Check it out.
Mark
Why Do We Do it? Home Based Business
So, why do we put in all the extra hours working to build our home based business? I will give you a great example of why I do it.
This weekend my wife and I traveled to our cabin in the northern woods of Michigan. The cabin started out as a hunting spot in the 50′s Over the years we have made improvements, but we really stepped it up the last 10 years. Now we have a cabin that is family friendly too. It is an awesome spot to vacation. Nice and quiet. We are 5 miles from town. So far out that there are no power lines. We do have a generator now and the place is wired for more modern convenience.
This trip we had 16 close family members at the cabin. We cooked over a campfire. We fought off the mosquitoes but had a great time sitting around the campfire and catching up on each others lives. There were 4 generations of my wife’s family there.
There are several reasons this is relevant to a home business. Having the time to do this trip is most always a desire of someone starting a home business. Time freedom.
Money. Not necessarily money, but the things that money allows you to do. Without the extra money, we would not have modified the cabin to make it a family friendly retreat. It takes money to make a trip like this and the costs are rinsing rapidly. To keep up this tradition, extra income will be needed.
The memories we generated this weekend are priceless.
What tradition would you like to keep going in your family? What other reasons can you think of to work the extra hours for you and your family?
Mark Potes
