When to quit your job to start working online?

Working online is becoming the easiest way for one to become his/her own boss today. Traditionally, there were jobs like offering day care services or physical marketing of goods from your own home with the help of networking; but today, the internet has provided lots of opportunities. The number of jobs that any body can perform online is uncountable.

Due to the numerous benefits online jobs offer, many people tend to be blind folded and end up making grand mistakes. I met someone who got a data entry job that was so promising; in that same week he got his first project, he quit his day job. Guess what?!!!... The data entry job was a scam. This meant he had lost his day job, and now a jobless man. I almost took the same decision on winning my first freelance project. What saved me was that the client’s work load was so light that it could not occupy my whole day, and I really needed to be sure that I will ever be paid.

Now the big question is, when to quit?

1.   Stabilized online income. Before thinking of any thing, the first thing you should do before quitting your day job for an online job is to have a stabilized income. You can set a minimum target that you want to earn on a monthly basis. This can just be the basic expenditure on essentials including all bills that you incur in a month. This will help you to remain in your standard of living.

2.    Unmanageable workload. Once the work load from your online projects starts to break you down and you can’t handle it concurrently with your day job, it is the right time to think about quitting.

3.     Enough savings. Another thing to consider is your savings. How much money do you have in your account? Can your savings take care of every thing for more than three months? If it does, then you can think of quitting your day job. Depending on your interest and venture, making money online may not be as quick as you would like. Having enough savings will help you to give more time to concentrate on developing your business as the savings take care of the bills.

I hope these 3 tips will be helpful in making the right decisions in your online career but always remember to have a plan at hand so that you don’t go off track.

Having a home office is becoming popular. Almost every one be it a student to and an engineer needs a home office. Most people though don’t like the idea of coming home from the office then working, the story is a bit different from that of a freelancer or someone who works from home. For a freelancer, a home office is a must. One of my friends said he doesn’t really need a home office because he can do all his work from where ever God takes him. I paid him a visit after 3 months just to find one of the corners of his living room transformed. I asked him why he had to put- up an office he said, “Man!!! You just can’t do things every where. He actually made me laugh because what he said was the exact opposite of what he said previously.

Why you need a home office?

Productivity:  Believe me or not, for one to have the highest productivity while working on a project, you need to concentrate. To have full concentration and have your entire mind set to the job you need an office setting. Take an example of a programmer who needs to spend hours and hours trying to troubleshoot an error in a script. You can’t spend hours working on your bed and think you will have full productivity.

Comfort: Another advantage of having a home office is the comfort. If is advised to always be in the right sitting positions in order to avoid future back pain complications. Having a proper office setting with the right chair will offer you comfort hence make you work while relaxed.

Cost: Having a home office will reduce on your expenses. First of all you will not need to pay an extra rent for an office room or office space as you will have your office in your house. Secondly you will avoid unnecessary taxes that you would pay if you had an office in a commercial building. Last but not least you will save a great deal when it comes to transport since there won’t be any need to commute from your home to the work place.

How to Get Started With Your Home Office

If you are looking for a way to get started with a home office, there should be a reason. Many people set-up home offices for different reasons. Before you get started first outline the duties that you will execute form your home office. As you may know the requirements of a graphic designer’s office are not the same with that of a customer care attendant.

So the first step in making your home office is to know what you will do in the office. Ask yourself the things that you will need in your office to accomplish those tasks. For example if you are a freelancer planning to take on typing jobs then it is a must for you to have a printer, and scanner as you get some assignments in hardcopy or the client may need the finished work in hardcopy.

 

After listing the things you need, go buy them and have them in hand because it is easier to design the office when the equipment is in hand. Now, locate a convenient location in your house or room. Many people sometimes fail to set-up a home office because they think they don’t have enough space in their house. You don’t really need a whole room in order to have a home office; just a corner in one of the rooms is enough. 

You don’t really need a lot in order to start a home office. Many people are turning to work at home jobs; here is where an office becomes essential. Many freelancers feel they don’t need a home office as they can work from their dining tables, but for efficiency and concentration you will need an office setting.