Work From Home Countdown - 114 days

Ok, so you may be asking why work from home in the first place? Well, other than the growth of Adelphia that swelled the Coudersport, PA and surrounding areas until early 2002, we live in a very rural setting.

The area is known primarily for farming, timber, and hunting. There are a few other small manufacturing plants around as well as the typical retail merchants, hospitals, and schools.

Anyway, my wife and I just celebrated the birth of our third child on February 7, 2007 and we're currently living about an hour away from her parents and mine. We were both born and grew up in the area. The community and school system are great, crime is low and it's just a good place to raise a family.

That's not to say we haven't been out of the area before. We both attended college near larger cities and I served two years in the US Army on Oahu, Hawaii.

So the main reason to try starting my own business, becoming self-employed, or working from home is simply that there aren't any other jobs in the area that will pay the same salary you get working as a Senior Programmer Analyst for a major cable company with 10+ years of service.

Besides that, it just seems to me that the days of going to work for a company, putting in 20 years and retiring with a nice pension and gold watch are quickly vanishing if not already a thing of the past.

Alright, with that out of the way, we can finally get down to talking about the actual subjects of self-employment, working from home, or starting a business.