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Questions On Being Your Own Boss? Here’s My Take On It (Part Two)

I finally, finally, finally got part two up! Read part one if you missed it. Erica asks: How long did it take to become self-employed? If you read my "How I Went From Laid Off To Gainfully Self-Employed" posts, you'll know that I started seeing enough income come in around month seven. Luckily, I was receiving unemployment and had a bit of severance pay to fill in those gaps in income. But … [Continue reading...]

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Questions About Being Your Own Boss? Here’s My Take On It (Part One)

I asked some moms on the YML Facebook page if they had questions about being their own boss. They did, and I answered some of them below. Yoni asks: Why are some so opposed to being self-employed?  Because it's scary. When you're working for someone else, you don't realize how incredible it is that money appears in your bank account on schedule. That (if you're lucky) you have insurance and … [Continue reading...]

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How I Went From Laid Off To Gainfully Self-Employed In Seven Months (Part Three)

Read part one and part two first if you missed them.  Once I left my office on the day I got laid off, I sat in my car for a minute, dazed, confused and hurting. This was my first job out of college and I thought I was pretty good at it. To be laid off with no warning after three years of solid performance reviews? Hit me in the gut. I kept thinking about that over the next couple weeks. … [Continue reading...]

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Baby, This Better Be Worth It

As I type this, it's about four days before my son starts preschool. It will be the first time in a full year that he will be someplace other than just with me all day. I tried to do the superwoman thing and make $50K a year while working from home, with no babysitter, and write books, and run two or three successful blogs, be a super responsive social media consultant, edit manuscripts, make … [Continue reading...]

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7 Months Pregnant And Searching For A Job

Last time we heard from Tamara, she was crossing items off her before baby bucket list. Now she's updating us on what has to be a daunting task — trying to find a job while pregnant.  by Tamara Floyd I have been searching for a job since before I discovered I was pregnant.  That was 35 weeks ago.  Needless to say, my initial reactions to the news were shock and panic. “How can we afford a … [Continue reading...]

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How to find a family-friendly workplace

Children are expensive. And unless you are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or some other celebrity, no one is just dying to give you money just to look at them. So you must have a job. Sometimes I can't believe I workfor the organization I do. When I first interviewed for a position for my current workplace, I was so nervous about my prospective boss finding out I had a three-month-old baby … [Continue reading...]

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