Work is Work - but Why Work?

"Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces." Og Mandino

My mother started working 3 jobs when my sister and I were basically self sufficient. My mother had always worked. My dad was in the Air Force, and tended to be gone normal hours, but also was gone during weekends. How she raised two girls without dad around is beyond me.

Times are different now. I work full-time. My husband works full-time. I also work part-time. My part-time job, I love. Because I fit it around my family's schedule. I am my own boss.

But it is a job. I set time aside every day to work at home. It's usually in the evenings during the week, and during the afternoons and evenings on the weekends. I get to see my kids, spend time with them, and enjoy them. I get to spend time with my husband.

And I will be honest, there are days when I don't want to work. I'm either too frustrated with how my full-time job went, too mentally exhausted to put effort into another project, or just overwhelmed with what's going on around me.

But I plug along because it was my choice to do this. I have my one BIG reason why I undertook this job. My personal WHY.

It's the big picture I'm shooting for. I know some people might find it hard to listen to me when I tell them they can work at home when I'm working full-time outside my home. Yet, I know eventually I will be able to work from home full-time. And on top of that, there are a lot of people on the team I am with who used to work 40-60 hours a week and now, they are home full-time with their families. There are also parents on my team who still work 40-60 hours a week and are earning 4-6 figure checks a month. They're even earning and extra $50-500 a week!

That's my goal. I've been with the company over a year. I had to slow my momentum down 6 weeks after my daughter was born because I had to go back to work full-time. I couldn't spend all my time building my contact list and making calls to my friends, family, and anyone else who had asked for more info. Now, I have to find that time during the day to do that, and also schedule it in my day in the evenings and weekends to work my home business.

But I don't mind. I may have to sacrifice some things, but in the end, it'll all be worth it.

I work because of the Big Picture.

What's your Big Picture?