How to Organize a Successful Home Business

For all of us that are trying to run an at home business, it can be difficult to get the office organized. I have thrown together a few helpful things that I have done in my home office to get it organized. An at home business can be ran successfully and in an organized way, just keep working at it. 

Keep your work space completely separate from the rest of your home. Whether it be a separate room, or even a small corner of a room. Some people even use a closet for their home office. In order for you to stay organized and be successful, this office area has to be separate.  It can also be used as a home business tax deduction as long as that portion of your home is separate. Tax Deductions you may be able to use for a direct sales business or home business.

 

 Keep your work time and your home time separate. Schedule all of it each week, and go by your set schedule. When you do this you tend to concentrate more on what you are doing at that specific time, not worrying about the other things going on in your life. 

The main thing I have learned is you have to be organized. The first thing you need is a organizer. Shop around and check out the different styles and designs. Find the one that works perfectly with your business. Organizers can offer a lot of different things, and can be very useful in your business as well as your personal life. 

Buy yourself 2 different filing cabinets, or designate 2 drawers if you have a large cabinet. Make sure you have a file for everything, and be sure that everything gets filed as soon as you finish with it. This way when you need it, it is there. This will also save you time when you need it. We all need the extra time. 

Clean your desk. Take everything off. Start putting things back in order of the most used to least used. If you don't use your tape or stapler all the time, why have then directly in front of you. Always keep you a notepad handy. I have found that I always have to jot things down. 

 

If you sell merchandise from your home keep up with your inventory. Your inventory is what you make your money on, so make sure you keep up with what is coming in and out of your stock. If you have orders that you prepare, do it as soon as you find out about it. That way you are not trying to get everything together at the last moment, and it saves you a lot of time. 

We can all run a great business from home. Whether it is online, a service, or direct sales from home try to make your life as simple as it can be. Good luck with everything.

Finally Starting to Write Again

 

In 2009, I started writing online to make extra money. I started really enjoying writing. I would create articles on a variety of topics and it gave me a kind of piece in my life. In addition I started getting a decent following. At one point in 2011 I was making about $1200 a month. Then I had a son, became a single mom, and moved three states away with my family. At that point I had to find employment that had a regular income, so my writing went on the back burner. I even sold several hundred articles for a decent amount of money.

Now that I have finally gotten money put up, and will be moving soon, I have started writing again. I am only editing a few of my old articles, but I will be putting up more content soon. I will also be finding other platforms to submit my work to. Please have a look at some of my work on Hubpages. If you know of any great writing forms please comment and let me know.  

One thing I have learned through the years of not writing is that I should have kept doing it, because I enjoy it. I let life take over something that I enjoy, but hopefully now that we are doing ok financially I can grow my writing portfolio and my home business.

Getting Everything together Finally; Home Business

 

Well since my post, 2022 Is Finally the Year to Start my Home Business, there has been some changes to the plan with my home income and my future. We will be moving soon! I will take time off to spend time with my family and really start my home business, and probably so much more.

To begin with we will be signing on the new house in Arkansas next week. It has been a process and a few trips to Arkansas. All of the work has paid off though. We found a wonderful 2200 square foot home on five acres for only $180000. The house is beautiful and does not need much work on it at all. It also has a great area that I will be putting a couple of small buildings for the kids to have areas for themselves and I will be getting a building to put my home office. 

My income options has changes some too. I have decided to sell my current home. I learned that I can profit over $100000 on my home. Once I learned that I knew I had to sell. That will give me enough money to take a wonderful road trip with my kids and my mom. This trip will also give me the ability to work on our families website, The Traveling Family Adventures, I am truly hoping this will give my family an opportunity to grow closer and create a larger income from the blog.

So hopefully in the next couple of months I am hoping i can share more experiences and tips that I learn. I am a single mom of two amazing kids, I have a degree in business, and I am going to finally take advantage of both. I will use my degree to expand my home business and I will be able to spend more time with my young kids before they grow up and Mommy is not as important.

Getting More Involved in Crypto with CryptoTab

 

 I have been buying and selling Cryptocurrencies for a while on Webull. In 2021 I made approximately $5000 from the buying and selling of Cryptos like Shiba Inu, Doge Coin and XLM. That is small compared to what a lot of people make through Crypto trading, but I am proud of that accomplishment. I have the motto of every penny matters! Since I have been dabbling in Crypto for the last year, I decided 2022 is a good year to really get involved.  I am planning on it being a big part of my home income once we move to Arkansas. With that being said I have been looking into ways to earn Cryptos through cloud mining. One thing I found is CryptoTab. 

 

CryptoTab is a browser that you can earn Bitcoin and it allows you to do cloud mining of Bitcoin. I just joined the site yesterday, but I am trying to learn as much as I can to maximize my earnings. At first I just used my phone and was earning 300 H/s. That was just basic with no effort. Compared to another cloud mining ap, where I make 5gh/s, it is a huge increase. I like free money of any kind.

 

After researching CryptoTab I learned that you have to activate the mining every 2 hours or it stops running and if you want to invest money you can earn more. So as an experiment I invested $151 for a boost. Now on my phone I am mining over 3000 H/s. 

Next I learned that you can use CryptoTab on your PC. So while I am writing this I am mining 3200 H/s from my phone and 900 H/s from my laptop. I do not know a whole lot about cloud mining yet, but I think it is a fairly good start. You can earn more with referrals but I have not gotten any as of yet, so we will see what comes of that. Hopefully one of my lovely readers will join under me so I can test it out.

This post does have referral links to other sites.

2022 Is Finally the Year to Start my Home Business

  I have not updated this blog much due to the fact that I have not been able to focus on my home business. I do some small things that help me earn a couple hundred dollars a month, but it has not been a true work from home experience, but it soon will be.

In the last 10 years I have been focused on getting my finances in order and raising my kids.In doing that I was working more than 50 hours a week and sometimes I would go months without a day off. This has prevented me from having focus on my home business. I have promised my kids that this is going to change at the beginning of 2022. 

Moving

We are currently looking for property in Arkansas to buy. The prices there are very good for real estate, and we can have land to garden and build things on our own. It is taking some planning to make this happen, but it is finally showing real hope that it will happen.

Colorado

I currently own my home in Colorado. It is a small A-Framed home on a little less than an acre. I purchased the home five years ago for $84000. In the last few years the cost of living has went up dramatically, so now my home is worth close to $200000. I have been in the air about what to do with my house, but I finally found a great lender to help with a lot of question. So I decided on a refinance.

Refinance

 Mortgage rates are at historic lows right now, so I took advantage of that. I refinance the home and was able to pay off $25000 in credit card debt, a $30000 truck and put up $22000 for a down payment on a home in Arkansas. In doing a refinance I came out very well. I actually only added $300 a month to my mortgage, added two years of payments, but got out of debt completely other than my home. 

Getting a Plan Together

Now that I have the refinance complete I am able to plan out the move and the beginning of my home business. The fist thing I am going to do is make some repairs on my home, then use it as a vacation rental. The home is located close to fishing, hiking, and has a view of Pikes Peak from the yard. Rentals for the area for this size home have an average rate of about $1500. That means an income of about $700 a month less fees. 

In addition to the real estate income on the home I am looking at properties in Arkansas that are large enough to set up a couple of small camping vacation rentals. Two for sure, but possibly more depending on the land. That gives me an additional potential monthly income of roughly $1500. 

That would give me a monthly income of about $2200 less some fees, so I am giving myself a rough estimate of $1500. That will not be enough to cover everything and I want to continue to save money for my kids future. I do not want to go back to living well below poverty. So I am putting a business plan together for a sales and production business for my family and I. This will include a website for antiques and collectibles as well as hand made items that we will all make. There has been thoughts of opening booths at flea markets or farmers markets. We also plan on growing a lot of food, so that is also an option to sell.

There are many options that are out there, and I am putting a complete plan together to start my home business with my family and have it be very profitable. Other employment options are still on the table, but I have promised my kids that I will only work part time and will never give my life to a company like I have done for the last 10 years. I am grateful for my job but I have to do this for my family. As a single mom, my kids need me more that my job does. 

I am doing it all for my family, FINALLY!

Still Earning Money off of Ehow Blog after 10 years

 I was analyzing my income sources today and saw that I am still getting views and earning from the blog, my Ehow Blog. For me, that is crazy! It has been over 10 years since I have made a post, and I sold my articles to Ehow over 10 years ago. I wanted to share that I do have other blogs that shares income sources, saving money tips, and my traveling adventures with my family. If you are interested in seeing where my life has taken me in 2020, then please take a look.

Finances and More from a Mom

Saving Money and Home Finances

New Single Mommy Blog

The Traveling Family Adventures 

 

 I am not getting rich in my life, but my financial future is much brighter than it was 10 years ago. I share when I can, and hope to be sharing much more soon. Thank you to everyone that has supported me in my journey or for simply reading some of my posts. I appreciate it more than you know.

Direct Sales Tax Deductions for your Business

 There are many different direct sales businesses today.If you are interested in direct sales you should learn about the benefits and drawbacks of this type of business. One of the benefits of a direct sales business, and most home based businesses, are the tax deductions available for you and your personal business.

Direct Sales businesses have many different tax deductions that are available to help you save money when you begin to file your taxes each year. As a home business owner, you should take advantage of all of the tax deductions that are available to you. If you have the knowledge of the tax benefits available to you, you could reduce the amount of taxes that you own when filing each year. In some cases, you can even eliminate the amount that you owe completely.

I am not a tax professional. I do have my associates in business, and currently attending University to receive my Bachelors in Finance. You should always get professional tax advise if you are unsure of your situation.  I personally recommend H and R Block, but just be sure you choose someone that is very knowledgeable about your work at home situation.

Here is a link to the rest of my helpful Hub on Direct Sales Tax Deductions