subject: Finding A Balance In Life [print this page] There are countless Americans out of work and fruitlessly hunting for a job. There are at least an equal number underemployed. The poverty rate everywhere is soaring. For most families it is a battle just to make ends meet. This is true even if a family member has a job as it probably doesn't pay enough to cope with inflation even on the necessities of life. For decades now it has taken two incomes to sustain a family and now even the dual income family falls short of the goal to meet its needs. .
Any person lucky enough to have a job at all realizes that the business they are working in is having a hard time staying in business. Employers are encouraging early retirement, cutting hours and laying off hourly workers by the hundreds. Those working are giving it their all so their employers will appreciate their value and spare them from being doomed to the same fate as those unlucky folks mentioned above.
Those people in salaried jobs are a little better than their hourly brethren as at least they know how much money to expect every month. Knowing that allows them to budget more accurately in order to make ends meet. This does have its downside however.
Most people who are salaried find that they make far less than they would if they were hourly. The reason that so many companies have salaried positions is because they can get their employees to work as many hours as they need without having to pay them any more money. This can be really hard on a family because when we are salaried most of us have to work more which causes us to miss softball games and football with our kids.
It's a vicious circle. Hourly workers get their hours cut, go home early but don't make enough money to take their kids out to the game. Salaried people will get their hours increased not cut, will receive no increase in pay and can't get home to take their kids to the game. How can you win?
Now, thanks to new technology we can have the perfect compromise. We can choose to start our own business, and with the right software and support we can be very successful. Because online business is booming so much, running our own business online would allow us to be able to make enough money to be able to pay all the bills and still give us the option of being there for every dinner and every little league game.
Many people put their family first. Part of this is providing them with food to eat and roof over their heads. It can be very difficult to strike a balance between working life and family life as there are so few hours in a day. When the company you work for is your own, though, you can set your own working schedule and never miss important family dates again.
More people are seeing the light of operating their own online business and making it a success. With the appropriate software and the right kind of support, anyone can create and maintain a successful online business venture. We don't have to sweat over bills and how much we take home weekly because finally how much we earn depends on our own merit, not the whims of a boss or a funky economy.
