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Making the choice to work from home
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If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.
-- Walt Disney

The Introduction

First, I would like to say that while this book was written with the mother in mind, the same questions and steps could be applied by anyone. It is my prayer that this book will open your eyes to all the possibilities this world has to offer. I would also hope that it will inspire you to be the mom, dad, or individual you desire to be.

As a mother, I know how important TIME is, so I have written a book without all the fillers. I believe that hearing how others have succeeded is an important motivator, but you can read these success stories any time at my web site, therefore you will only find a few references to such in this book. Instead, I am giving you the basics to really get your mind ticking, and to help you find solutions to everyday work-at-home problems. I am also going to be providing you with many resources to help you get started today. With that in mind, I hope I have written a book worthy of your TIME.

As we grow up, we are led to believe that we must know exactly what we want out of life. We are told to work hard, to stay on course, and to make sacrifices so that our goals or dreams become a reality. We push hard towards those goals, then hit midlife crises because we are dissatisfied and feel trapped. We become afraid of the unknown and afraid to take chances, so we continue to follow the same course.

But what if we simply aren’t happy? What if we reach our goals only to find out we are lost? What if we achieve our dream and find out it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be? What if we reach our dream and realize it’s not fun anymore? What if we get there and our dream is great, but there is still something missing? What if we get there to find it was someone else’s dream we were living? Do we live our lives simply existing because we worked so hard to get to where we are, or do we reach out and grab life?

We can look at dissatisfaction as a chance to try something new, or we can live miserably by keeping to what we already know. It is my hope that you will see the many possibilities that await you. I believe that we have the God-given right to make changes in our lives, as changes are needed. I also believe that our changes should be family decisions, because once we are married, we are no longer one individual but a unit of one.

If I can get only one thing across to you, I hope it is the understanding that nothing is set in stone and nothing is ever wasted. With each experience, we have learned something new and shaped the individual we are to become. With each experience, failure or success, we have something to learn and something to teach others.