A special dedication to stay at home moms and stay at home dads.

1. Because you don’t want to miss out on raising your kids.
2. Because of all the resources available on this fabulous internet, you can really start for free.
3. But you should have the option to stay on your career path.
4. Have the control to live a healthy, balanced life.
5. It’s good for business people to outsource work to brilliant people like you.You can add a few hours to their over-booked days.
6. So you can work whenever you like.
7. So you can work wherever you like.
8. So you can stay connected to the “outside” world.
9. Because you have to prove to your past and future employers that you can be a great parent, and still do a heck of a job.
10. Because you already have a computer and an internet connection.
11. You already know where to get a free logo!
12. You know that you need to decide between setting up a website or a blog.
13. You know how to get traffic to your website.
14. You know where to setup a free email address for your business.
15. You already know what type of jobs you can do online.
16. You know where you can set up a free web site or blog.
17. You don’t want to spend 260 hours a year (almost an entire 24 hr day per month) commuting.
18. Your skills don’t have to get rusty.
19. Your kids will appreciate it. As long as you can keep a balance of work and family.
20. You know that you should NOT work longer than 2 hours a day!
21. You want to go to college and finish that degree you planned on finishing before you had kids.
22. You need more than 5 hours of sleep every night.
23. You want to eat healthier than the take out food you always get with your coworkers (and you know you have to out with your coworkers when invited, otherwise you are viewed as either stuck up or just boring! hehehe)
24. You can sit down and write out a business plan for yourself.
25. You have to come first in your life, even if you’re a parent.
26. You know that if you aren’t happy, you aren’t going to be the best parent you can be.
27. Or the best spouse or partner.
28. Have a better sex life. (Hey, when you aren’t so exhausted, great things happen!)
29. You know why a social network is important.
30. So you can help people
31. So you can get paid for helping people.
32. You know where to find work at home jobs.
33. You know NEVER to give out your credit card or bank account numbers to someone who is hiring you for work at home. (If they are asking for money from you, it’s a SCAM)
34. A balanced life is the only way to live.
35. So that you can live in the moment. . .
36. Not live getting to the moment.
37. You OWN twitter (not really but), you do have access to all the best twitter tools.
38. You know better than to over promise your time.
39. So you can fully appreciate the very high tech machines that roll up the toilet paper at the toilet paper factory, when your 2 year old unravels it almost every time he goes potty. You can never roll it back up as neatly as it was.
40. You miss too many little things.
41. First steps.
42. First words.
43. And too many other firsts to count.
44. You know this is what life is all about.
45. You are honest.
46. Your goal is to stay on your career path.
47. Business professionals need people like you to outsource your talents.
48. You can stop and go to the park whenever you want to.
49. So you can learn what it is to just “be where you are“.
50. Watch Dr. Phil or Oprah and work on something tedious at the same time, when doing repetitive work, it can be helpful to add background noise in the room.
51. You have one spot in your house that can be dedicated to your physical workspace.
52. Listen to your favorite music.
53. Make up your own rules.
54. Do the work that you want to do.
55. You can either Live to Work or Work to Live.
56. You have access to some creative advertizing possibilities.
57. Enjoy working with whomever you want to work with.
58. Become an Expert.
59. You can google free online training on almost any online job.
60. Work in your pjs or a business suit, whatever you feel like putting on.
61. Even if you are on disability, you can still share your values and experience with the business world.
62. You will have increased productivity if you don’t have to worry about where your child is.
63. And you know to keep all your work stuff on one computer and to back it up weekly at least.
64. No more over paying for pop machine drinks.
65. Keep your kids away from daily doses of the germs they’ll come in contact with at day care. Let’s be honest, they get enough virus and bacteria exposure at the park, library and grocery store.
66. Keep your office at a temperature that is comfortable for you.
67. You don’t have to work for hours on end. Everyone knows that your attention span is NOT 8 hours long.
68. You don’t have to restrict yourself to one employer.
69. Job security is difficult to measure in an economic recession.
70. Stop paying thousands of dollars a year for daycare.
71. Save the mileage on your vehicle.
72. You shouldn’t have to choose career over kids.
73. Find your mission in your professional life.
74. Pay the bills.
75. Take a vacation.
76. You can stock your fridge with your favorite healthy snacks and drinks.
77. As working parents, we never get to take sick days for ourselves. In fact we are used to working when we are sick, but now if you get the sniffles it’s not so miserable.
78. You don’t have to send your kids to school or daycare when they are sick. (You know how it is, hearing them say they don’t feel good yet hoping you can get through a meeting before you get the call from school.)
79. Have dinner ready on time.
80. Have time for your friends, your parents, your in-laws and grandparents.
81. So parenthood doesn’t have to be just your part time job.
82. You can network with other stay at home parents. (In fact visit my profiles and add me!) You’ll never have to be lonely.
83. I read somewhere “I am my best person when I don’t have too much on my plate.”
84. Appreciate what it that feels like.
85. Stop and play an online game until your afternoon caffeinated tea kicks in!
86. Peace of mind that you have found a solution.
87. No more cubicles – at least till your kids go to elementary school.
88. It is more rewarding than you can imagine.
89. You have the “know how”, you can setup the “how to”.
90. Become free.
91. Become strong and healthy.
92. You only live once.
93. You are the only one in control of your life.
94. You are the only one to blame.
95. You are the only one to esteem.
96. Live your life to your fullest potential.
97. Choose your hourly wages.
98. You can decide when you are ready to rejoin the real business world. And since you have stayed connected to it virtually, it won’t be a difficult re-transition.
99. Your kids will motivate you, and enrich your life more than you can understand as an 8-5er.
100. So you can eat all the plastic food and drink as much tap water out of tiny teacups as you want.
101. And finally, among all the decisions you make in a lifetime, you won’t regret this one.