Approximately ten months ago I was sitting in a hospital room having been rushed to the hospital with chest pains. I knew I had to do something different for a living. While I was out of work on short-term disability I discovered I could make a living working from home so I began a website. My goals were to make enough money to continue my modest lifestyle and possibility afford things to help me relax, like vacations, an occasional massage, etc
Well, I have been living off my websites since February 28th of this year. Now I have the time, freedom, and the money to do everything I wanted to but the ironic part about it, I dont need any of those things now. My level of stress is nothing compared to what it was working for a major corporation. A vacation is always something I could use but I dont really need a massage. When you work for the big company you need more vacation time, you need ways to relieve stress, you need to find ways to spend more time with the family, etc
My friend, who has 2 kids, has been working 12-14 hour days for the last couple of months. He works for Fidelity Investments. I dont know why he has been so busy lately but he has seen his...