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by Erica Martin
About 18 months ago, I wrote my first post for Work at Home Adventures – it was titled “Balancing Response” and it was a response to an post that Jess Weaver had written on finding balance in your life. I...
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by Leisa Good
If memories of the holidays drum up “visions of sugar plums dancing” and many other culinary delights, then you’ll want to learn about some of the latest apps and online tools to share your holiday foods. You can now take...
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by Leisa Good
With the holidays, comes the age-old tradition of gift giving. For many of us former office workers, fond childhood memories of unwrapping presents on Christmas morning were soon replaced by memories of the holiday office fiasco. If you shudder when...
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by Miranda Grimm
There is a striking difference between the titles “Stay at Home Mom” and a “Work at Home Mom”. Yet, somehow I keep thinking I am both. Obviously the difference being between one key word- Work. Being a working mom involves...
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by Leisa Good
With the holidays here, do you find yourself wishing you could donate more of your time and money to worthy causes? As a work-at-homer (WAHer) do you find it difficult to leave your home business or all of your work-at-home...
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by Miranda Grimm
Facebook recently celebrated 1 Billion Active Users! The Social Network Giant has become so infused in our lives that being facebookless is completely against the grain and just feels so unnatural (so to speak). Normally I could care less if...
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by Leisa Good
With the beautiful colors of Fall surrounding the outside of your home, why not allow some of the same colors and smells into your home office? Decorating and Candy >>Fall candles and artificial leaves can make nice, peaceful decorations for...
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by Leisa Good
Do you ever feel like you are constantly replacing your gadget’s batteries? Are you throwing them out before you even had a chance to use them? Well, you are not alone. Let me tell you how you can save...
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by Miranda Grimm
Visit Us on Facebook Today (10/12/12) to Celebrate and Win Prizes!! https://www.facebook.com/Adventuresofworkingfromhome People are more productive and happier if they are comfortable while they work. One of the greatest things about working from home is that we have the...
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by Leisa Good
Ever feel like you just can’t leave home without your cell phone? Ever get up in the middle of the night to check your email? If your like most of your fellow WAH (Work-at-Home) friends and colleagues, the answer is...
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by Miranda Grimm
Are you a Pinterest Pro? I spend a lot of my time on Pinterest and I have to admit that I think it has kind of changed my life! Since beginning my Pinterest hobby obsession I have started a few...
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by Miranda Grimm
Working from home may not always have your standard benefit package but freelancing gives flexibility to still live life and keep priorities in line. One of our highest priorities should be our health- physical as well as emotional. If the...
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by Miranda Grimm
It is officially Summer! This week has been a bit slow it seems in this world of working at home, or maybe it’s just me. Or maybe all my work at home friends are too busy enjoying the Sun! Any...
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by Miranda Grimm
This has been a great week for a lot of us it seems. Lets recap the highlights: Search Engine Evaluating Companies have been hiring The data entry company, GAO, are pulling more people off their waiting list and hiring! We...
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by Miranda Grimm
Okay I know many came here to tell you and me that working for anything less than our worth is just not acceptable. I understand that mindset and in most ways I agree. But sometimes four dollars an hour is...
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by Jess Weaver
Please don’t read if you’re sensitive! (post from Jess Weaver and may or may not represent the view of WAHA as a whole (I, meaning Miranda, have ruffled enough feathers for the year)) 1. When you are looking for a...
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by Miranda Grimm
Want an illustration like this for your website or blog? Contact me for a price quote! Keep Your Butt Safe!
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by Miranda Grimm
If you hit that Contact Me Button on the left side of my page, without first reading through at least a dozen articles on my blog, I will never respond. Do not waste my time. It is very valuable to...
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by Miranda Grimm
Gasp! >ME< a Floozy? Well, maybe not in the sense you are thinking…but YES when it comes to work at home jobs! This Valentine’s Day I wanted to stop and think about our relationships with Working at Home. After putting...
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by Miranda Grimm
“How Many Hours Do You Work from Home?” This is a question I get a lot, and even more so over the last couple of weeks. As most people seem to understand, there is as much variety in work at...
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by Miranda Grimm
In 2010 the average American spent 32 hours a month on the internet. I think it is safe to say those of us Working at Home spend that much a week on average. If you are working 20+ hours at...
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by Miranda Grimm
Yes another year has come and gone!! Can you believe we are about to ring in 2012? Feels like just yesterday we were preparing for Y2K!!
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin My work from home journey has been a long and interesting one. Back when I started looking for work from home, I had been working part-time at a clothing store. However, I wasn’t making a lot...
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by Miranda Grimm
I finally took the time to update the look around here! I have been doing a lot of design work for other people and kept putting off my own. But here it is, my Winter Theme. Let me know what...
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by Jess Weaver
The holidays are right around the corner and us work at home professionals need to earn some income. The sad part is that most writing work seems to be drying up. Places like Demand Studios, Merchant Circle and Textbroker are...
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by Miranda Grimm
Last September marked my official three year anniversary of working at home. I had done some small work prior, like surveys and answering questions for ChaCha. But my official ‘Job’ was with West (very brief time) in 2008. Three years...
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by Miranda Grimm
Today, I was fired! 2 hours after being fired: I am watching Law and Order reruns on USA, eating a cup of chocolate pudding- the kind with the vanilla swirled through it! It was the only chocolate I could find...
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by Miranda Grimm
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by Erica Martin
Written By Erica Martin: Working from home has many advantages, however there can also be some disadvantages- healthwise. Many problems can develop or worsen if they already exist, because of the stress that working from home can put on different...
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by Deb Knight
Written By Deb Knight: Summer is rapidly coming to an end, kids are going back to school and vacations are ending. If you are anything like me you have had a totally different schedule over the past couple of months...
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Written By: Jessica Weaver I have been working at home for the past 7 months and it has been an incredible journey. I am learning that things change very quickly and I need to adapt to that quick change. At...
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by Jess Weaver
What is Title Editing? Work at Home Adventures has discussed Titling from Demand Media for quite some time. Check out Miranda’s blog post to get a more in depth feel for what Titling is. In layman’s terms TE-ing is exactly what it...
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by Miranda Grimm
If you have ever been made to feel your home based job isn’t good enough- Raise your hand! If you ever felt the need to defend the fact you are on your computer all day because you are WORKING- Raise...
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by Miranda Grimm
Working from home often means we can control our own schedule. While this is a huge blessing for us and usually the main reason we choose to work from home, it can also be dangerous to our health! When the...
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by Jess Weaver
By Jess Weaver: We all have those “Stressed to the Max” days. But, this was a really bad week for me. I decided to completely let go of my Phone Job this week. I was waking up every morning and...
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by Jess Weaver
By Jessica Weaver Through this whole “work at home process”, I have discovered a lot about the type of writer I am. This may sound weird to some of you…but are there specific types of writers? I quickly got many...
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by Jess Weaver
By Jess Weaver: I only started my work at home career a few months ago and I am just now seeing results. I have spent a lot of time filling out WAH applications. A person who wants to work at...
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by Erica Martin
By Erica Martin: It can be very difficult to balance work at home jobs with other priorities. Many articles have been written about the benefits of working at home, but regardless of whether you work at home or outside the home, you...
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by Deb Knight
By: Deborah Knight Being a Work At Home Mom (aka WAHM) is the ideal situation for those of us who need to make money but also want to raise our children and not pay someone else to do it. Unfortunately...
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by Jess Weaver
By: Jess Weaver Most of us who work at home try to set up some kind of schedule to make our day go smoother. I have seen several work at home moms post their “day to day schedule”. However, in...
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by Becky Ollar
Hello. My name is Becky and I am a WAHM. (Work at Home Mom) There should be a WAHM support group. WAHM’s are in a “club” all their own. We’re not just stay-at-home moms and we don’t leave home to...
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by Deb Knight
By Regular Contributor: Deborah Knight Most of us began earning an allowance as a small child, then we moved into the working world where we began to make real money. Some of us had paper routes, some mowed grass and...
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by Miranda Grimm
I have been working from home on and off for the last 13 years. And while I have made a lot of slam dunks in that time, I have also made a lot of mistakes. It is hard to balance...
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by Miranda Grimm
After the shocking news that a well-liked company, Livework, was choosing to end all services effective the day after the notice, I was reminded of how quickly we can lose a job! Nothing is stable. When you work from home...
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by Miranda Grimm
I thought today’s post would be a good time to start an open discussion. I am working on a final portfolio for one of my classes (philosophy) and have found myself crunched for time. Therefore I will not be able...
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by Miranda Grimm
This is the official 100th Blog Post on Work at Home Adventures! The site has come a long way since its first post and there is so much more planned!! First, I would like to take a moment and thank...
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