For most of you guys, I think I already know the answer to this – you guys work online to try to make money. But honestly, shouldn’t there be more than just that?
I think the main thing that we all have in common is the fact that we want to make money online but more importantly, work for ourselves, have our own hours when we work and the fact that we’d be able to work straight from home. Those are the main reasons why we work online, right? Honestly, it’s a lot more than that for me.
The other day when I was working on a couple of projects I was thinking to myself, “damn, I really don’t want to do this right now.” And to be quite honest, I probably didn’t want to do it tomorrow or the next day either.
Now, this was only one project that I’m not a big fan of but it makes a decent amount of money for me. But if I don’t enjoy it at all then doesn’t that sort of defeat the purpose a little bit? I mean, if I’m working just for a paycheck then I might as well just stay at my day job complaining everyday on how I want to quit. And if I’m working on projects that I don’t like then flashbacks of working a day job comes to mind.
So if we’re doing it just for the money then in the long run it’s going to catch up to you. You’re just going to be a little miserable working for the money.
Why do I work online? Well, I actually like helping people out when I can. The first website that I started was aimed to help college students but that project fell through the cracks because what my business partner and I were trying to do simply couldn’t have been done with just the two of us. We just didn’t have the manpower to take on that specific project.
My second site was aimed to help the younger demographic as an online sex education class with some fun to it. So people can check out everything on their own. Of course, I had stopped working on that but I’m in the works of putting it back up and getting everything squared away.
Besides helping people out, I simply aim for projects that keep me interested. For instance, the other day I was talking to a friend and explaining to him that I usually never take on big projects that I won’t be interested in. If you look at my track record I have built sites about money, hot women, sex (but not porn), sports, movies, etc. And with all of those websites, I enjoy it because it’s something that will always keep me interested as well as make me some decent cash.
Basically, what I’m saying is that if you don’t like what you do when you work online then you probably shouldn’t be doing it. Yes, the money might be nice but in the long run you’re just going to miserable. Plus, if you’re only in it for the money then you might as well get a day job and at least socialize with others while not being cramped up in your home.
It’s not healthy, go take a walk!
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Also, if you don’t enjoy what you do, it will just go to waste in the long run. For instance, all those Make Money Online blogs that people start for all the wrong reasons and then they are all left for dead.
Damn it! You’re so right! I’ve been having the same thoughts lately, but then again you don’t get everything you want in life. Unless we are super duper rich and don’t work at all, there will always be that haunting daunting task waiting for us to do it.
You know, I’d rather be miserable behind a screen, than face-to-face with some bossy person. True story! Try it out. Next time someone frustrates the hell out of you in some online project, insult every atom in their being, in every language you can or cannot speak, scream at the top of your lungs, jump of anger if you need to. Next, write them a politically correct email with a huge grin on your face. Aaaaah! Nice feeling.
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working online allows flexibility. work when you want, where you want, wearing whatever you want!
that is the great thing about running an E business…
Evan
Jay you hit the nail on the head with this one. I may even be guilty of some of these items.
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I think having the convenience of having the ability to work any schedule that you want and make as much money as you desire as long as you are putting in the work
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For obvious reason: money. Nobody wants to work for nothing. We all are working for some benefits. Money is the main issue. Earning to where our super bloggers stand now is my goal.
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Being able to do what you want when you want. Making as much money and the work your willing to put in.
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I was honestly bore to be a business owner. I hate working for other people and I hate taking orders.
I do online stuff now cause I want to learn about it. I have an interest in it and I see my self owning a business in the field when I turn 22
honestly, doing online work (web applications, web designs etc.) I can see my self doing for the rest of my life. In addition to my dream of becoming a Rockstar/VideoGame Design (And Programmer)/Webmaster (awesome one), I if you ask me: Working online produces the most money for me to follow these dreams, I live in trinidad, so $1 USD == $6 TTD for me. And this helps me when I buy my software and guitars (drums, turntables, sitars) and the works.
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I do work online for an extra income besides my day job to pay the extra bills I have per month.
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I think when it comes to the end, money is still important. If there is definitely $0 to be made after many months of working online, I’m sure a person would quit. Unless of course money grows on trees for that person.
-Mike
Good income and freedom during the day are my reasons.
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i do work online for flexibility, freedom and the ability to choose thing i’v passion about , and in top of all that to lean more and new things
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because it can make money come, and we are free to do what we want to do.
I hate people to socialize with. And pretend…can’t stand it…
also what I had in my mind,, hehehe
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