by Alison Moore Smith on May 13, 2012
Working from home has many advantages. But dealing with a health issue while keeping your business inning smoothly can be a huge challenge. Working for long hours, sitting at a desk and banging away on a keyboard can be hazardous to your health. Yes, pro bloggers, your slippers and cocoa lifestyle might not be the best for your health.
One way to protect your business, reputation, and livelihood is to look for the root causes of pain and difficulty so that you can correct them and get on with the business of your business.
Inflammation is a leading cause of pain. If you suffer from inflammation related health problems — arterial, digestive, muscles, or joint problems — consider trying Nopalea. It’s a wellness drink derived from the fruit of the Nopal cactus. Protect Your Health, Protect Your Business continued
by Alison Moore Smith on May 5, 2012
On April 7th, my husband and I found ourselves in the emergency room of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center with our 11-year-old son, Samson, who was gravely ill. Unbeknownst to us, his appendix had ruptured “some time ago.”
Two days earlier he had come in from the playing soccer in the backyard to tell us he didn’t feel very good. What looked like the flu was much, much more serious.
I spent nearly two weeks living with him in the intensive care unit. Then he came home for a couple of days and ended up back in surgery for a partial bowel obstruction. He finally came home (hopefully for good) on April 29.
After the first, very long night, I ran home for a couple of hours (while Sam stayed with him), to shower, change, and grab some things. One of the first things I packed was my computer. I’m blessed that, as a professional blogger, I can work anywhere there is an internet connection. So, other than the overwhelming concern for my boy, my work wasn’t really impeded. I could attend to him whenever he needed anything, and still setup blogs, provide consulting, complete customization, and keep up with correspondence when he was sleeping. Dealing with Illness When Working from Home continued
by Alison Moore Smith on April 25, 2012
In January I had a life-changing experience. OK, so that’s an overstatement. What I really had was a blog-setup-changing experience.
For a number of years now, I’ve worked at setting up websites for the almost do-it-yourselfer. Win-with-1 is for people who want to own a blog and have control over the basic functions, but don’t want to do the most technical parts of setting up hosting, purchasing domains, loading software, FTPing, customizing, etc.
This has nicely filled a need for a particular niche of bloggers.
But in January, I had an online conversation that changed everything. I learned that there is an entire class of bloggers for whom any technical work is an overwhelming barrier. They don’t want to go up the tech learning curve to setup a blog, but they also don’t want to manage the themes, plugins, and features. What if Win-with-1 Is Not Right for You? continued
by Alison Moore Smith on April 21, 2012
The reason I love being a pro blogger is that it’s a model than turn into passive income. You work up front and leave a stream of income behind.
For most people, however, this goal is still in the future, with most of our income coming by selling our time. And really, whether you are an hourly worker or salaried, you’re really doing the same thing. You put in your workdays and you get a paycheck.
For those who need to show up to work in order to make a living, staying healthy is more important than ever. Having just spent nearly two weeks living in the pediatric intensive care unit at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center — with my 11-year-old boy and his terrible case of a ruptured appendix — I learned first hand what a benefit it is to have a business that can be run virtually anywhere. And I really came to have empathy for those who deal with chronic health problems of any kind. Healthy Work from Home continued
