I have been working from home now for about a year and a half.  In that time, there have certainly been ups and downs. My family and I have been making it as God provides. There is much that I have learned and continue to learn that I want to share in the hope that I can help other families get established with their own business. With that being said, I’m back writing for this blog.  I will bring you information, ideas, and offers that will help you build your business.  I look forward to interaction in the comments section as we discuss things and help each other.

God bless, Mike

My goal to work at home has been realized. There is much work to make it a success, but I am at home and working! This is likely the last post on DW@H. While I would like to continue this blog as a way to help other fathers work at home to be with their family, I can’t see it happening just now.

I am in focus mode.  I need to focus on making my new business a success.  I need to focus on my farm.  Most of all, I need to keep focused on my family and God. As part of this, I am getting rid of some of my websites and online distractions so I can better focus.

God bless, Mike

I am coming up on the three month anniversary of leaving my corporate job. I had visions of jumping right in and starting on my business.  That is not how it worked out. In fact, I found that I had higher priority things to take care of.

First and foremost was my immediate family. Second, was getting my farm under control.  Third, was catching up from being behind for so many years. Have I accomplished it all?  Not quite.  However, things are going much better and I can sense that I have some breathing room.

It looks like serious work can start in September. It takes much more discipline to make progress when you are working at home to start a business. There are so many distractions beyond the daily work of a family and farm. I have a schedule laid out, but it takes some work to keep to it.

Needless to say, I am excited to get started in a meaningful way. I’ll keep you updated!

Two weeks ago was my last day at work. No, I didn’t get fired, rather, I resigned my position as an Information Technology Project Manager in order to start my own business. It is perhaps inaccurate to say that I am starting my own business, as I already have one – it just isn’t making any money! This is better described as a re-start of my business.

What led to this? It was a change in my heart, brought about by God.

Three years ago I moved to a farm that is 80 miles from where I worked. Thankfully, my employer allowed me to work from home two days each week. This helped me make the situation work, for a time. In reality, it just became too much to handle a full-time job, 12 hours a week commuting, a farm, and most importantly my family.

God spoke to my heart through this verse:

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. — Proverbs 13:7 (KJV)

I had a great job that paid very well, yet things weren’t going right with God and my family. I won’t go into details here, except to say that I found myself always saying that I was too tired, too busy, or too short on time for my wife and children.

I had spent the prior 40 days seeking God’s will about this and some other things that will remain between me and God. Between commuting and the time away from home, I was finding it hard, if not impossible, to be the husband and father that God wants me to be. While I was successful in a material sense, I was not from a relationship sense.

The only real riches are “treasures in heaven” not material wealth here on earth.  These treasures start with my wife and children, extend through my family, then neighbors, acquaintances, and other people I come in contact with. I was not doing a good job with my wife and children, much less anyone else. God woke me up to this.

I had looked at leaving my job before, but the timing wasn’t right.  This time, God gave me the assurance that he will provide for me and my family. I have the skills and ability to develop an on-line business with God’s help.

I will trust God to provide for my family. I will be diligent in building a business from my home on the farm to support us. Whatever comes in the future, I am at peace with this new chapter in my life. I will never regret leaving my job to spend more time with my children while they are still home with my wife and me.

I am looking forward to my new life. It is a blessing from God to take this first step.

Mike