What Inspires Me To Work At Home?

Every day, after leaving Beatriz at school I walk by a river.

Many times I just stand there and watch, take a deep breath and feel happy. The sun, the fresh air, the noise of the water against the little rocks, it's magical.

In the rainy months I close my eyes and feel the river's roar, it's the power of nature, it's here, life is all around me. The river is alive. And when the rains have gone I can see its bed, I can even cross it jumping from rock to rock.

That's how many of my days begin, with a smile of my daughter and a walk by the river. Full of energy and willing to grow and create.

I can't hardly remember the days when I was all day in an office, breathing smog and hearing the annoying traffic noises.

Now I work more, I work better. I can't even call it work anymore.

And what inspire me to work at home? Well, being with my daughter, with Alexis, living the way I want and where I want, being able to tell the world that I'm the one who decides what to do.

There are so many little inspiring details and sometimes I forget about them. We all do, but you must try to have them around at all times.

I've got a small yellow notebook, right, a simple little notebook, not a computer file. There I've written all that impulse me to live like I do, what fills my days with joy. When I'm feeling sad, and yes, we all have bad days, I open the little notebook and smile. It reminds me of all that's good and beautiful around me.

Of course I feel worried when I'm working in a project and I want everything to work right, I get anxious when my child is ill and even when I forget a bag at the supermarket, but I've learned to control my mood, I know when, how and why to worry.

Now I have control of my life. How many people can say that while trapped in traffic on the way to work? when we can't have lunch with our family? Having control of your life is great, if that's not inspiring I don't know what it is.

I remember when Beatriz was a little baby and I was still breastfeeding her. I took two purses to work, one with my lunch and the other with mommy tools: breast pump and feeding bottles, all that I needed to come back home with milk. It would have been great working from home in those days!

We all have a lot of things to do, dreams, projects, call them whatever you want. Fulfilling them is what moves us to action, to change. Living is changing.

I'm sure sometimes you may get tired of your work but don't want to accept it. When that happens it's time to change. Those with a conventional job are too afraid of losing it, but you have to know how to overcome the fear of losing your job.

It's not enough repeating phrases like “nobody values my effort at work,” “I deserve a better salary for what I do” or “I've got a lot of work and that's why I have so little time for myself”. It's absurd blaming others for your own choices. Take some minutes, think about what you are doing, it's quite possible you need to make some changes. Getting something wrong it's ok, the problem is when you don't want to see it.

Find what inspires you, make your job an important part of your life, enjoy it. If you don't love your job then leave it and get a better one, or create your own. It's the only way to keep growing.

This is the second part in my series the experiences of a teleworking woman. See you in the next chapter.

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