I love my work from home perks! When we work hard, we should reward ourselves by playing hard. By the same token you will see how good it feels to “pay” yourself for doing a good job working. Life is too short to never reap the rewards. Everyone deserves a relaxing and enjoyable vacation! Let’s Play!
Benefits of My Work From Home Lifestyle:
- Build my business tall & wide – talk to anyone
- Gives balance to your life – work and live
- Helps you to stay focused – focus on details
- You get self-fulfillment – just knowing I did good
- Builds character – I appreciate my work ethic
- Sense of competition – work until the job is done
- Creates responsibility – It is up to me
Likewise, these business accomplishments are extremely gratifying. I wish everyone could do what I do and work from home. Guess what? YOU CAN!! In fact, I am happy to show you how. GO HERE TO SEE HOW!! Many people today are looking for ways to work from home and I would be grateful if you let me teach you. I found this opportunity after Covid Budget Cuts pulled the rug right out from under my feet! In spite of being totally shocked, as it turned out, that was the best thing to ever happen to me.
I do not have not even one regret. As a result of losing that job, I found my True North!
When one window closes, another surly did open for me. I am so very grateful. Now I can work from home and enjoy life like never before. This includes our ability to travel as we want and where we want. Let me share just a few of my experiences.
My Work From Home Life Allows Me To Travel:
Obviously, I love to travel whenever possible. As I visit different places around the globe, I love the different cultures, foods and life-styles. And don’t forget the music. Every place I have ever traveled has its own distinct sound of beautiful music.
My husband and I make it a habit to dance everywhere we go. Here we are extremely lucky. We can earn trips (many times they are all expenses paid). There is my motivation. When we work from home, we usually are working towards earning a free, all expenses paid trip! Read that again!!
Here is a insightful article about why I work from home and travel
Destin, FL – This was my first ever earned trip and it was a short travel. Seven days plus a deep sea fishing trip! I survived the rough seas in the Gulf of America and caught some beautiful Red Snappers. That was a sweet moment. At the time of this trip, I lived close enough to drive. Although very sick with my faulty gallbladder, I enjoyed this trip and got to meet a lot of nice and very talented people. Some of them remain my dear friends today!
Hawaii – Tropical Paradise. There are other words but Tropical Paradise is the best to describe the beautiful island. We both love to travel and we stayed in the breathtaking resort of ‘Alohilani Resort. I think the beautiful flowers everywhere and the food seemed to be tied for my favorites. This location was special and memorable. Another earned trip. Diamondhead was seen from my balcony. I certainly did wish I could have seen the famous Diamond State Monument but time did not allow for that event.
Cancun – Here we stayed at the beautiful JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa. If you have never stayed at any JW Marriott hotel, you need to try them. They are one of the best hotels around and all are beautifully decorated with full accommodations. Many are all inclusive. This location was beautiful, convenient, and the food was fabulous! Let me suggest the Watermelon Juice on a hot summer day. WOW! Light and refreshing! There are multiple pools at this resort and we had a great time just hanging out poolside. Let me just say Banana Daiquiri********YES!!
This is why I work from home!!
Punta Cana – This is the only time I have ever been to the amazing Dominican Republic. So we planned to go for three days to celebrate our First Wedding Anniversary. This trip had many lovely memories. Let me tell you that this tiny island has many advantages. There are so many things to see and do. We got an amazing Airbnb that was right on the beach. We had front row view, third floor patio.
There was the view of not only the beach, but also the people mingling from the shops below to the restaurants within a 1 minute walk. There were cabana chairs and umbrellas right there. Several of the shops had pictures of white marlins as well as the white marlin mounted on the wall of one shop.
Next, we found a wonderful restaurant 2 miles down the beach called Jellyfish. We stopped and had some appetizers and a beverage after walking that two miles. On the walk back from the Jellyfish, we decided to take a ride on the parasail. This was both fun and gave us a chance to catch our breath from our walk. We had a stunning view of the area as we sailed above the ocean and beach! This is the VERY REASON I WORK FROM HOME!!
The “Cherry On Top” Was a Great Fishing Trip on Our Last Day in Punta Cana Which Resulted in One Beautiful White Marlin!
We got invited on a fishing trip that was scheduled for the last day of our trip. No one in their right mind would decline this invitation. My husband Nile loves to go deep sea fishing. I have only been one other time when I traveled to Destin, FL. After this trip, I may be HOOKED! We got up early and met at the marina at 7am. By 8am we were on the boat and headed off shore. We went out for 1.5 hours on the East side of the Dominican Republic.
The ocean was a bit rough. We were sitting inside the vessel but we got very hot. Myself and another guest started feeling a bit nauseous. The deck hands recommended that we come outside. Once we went outside in the breeze, we both felt much better.
Now comes the good part: Even though we had not one nibble the entire trip, as we began to head back to shore, we got our first nibble. Let me assure you that this was not just a nibble. We had no idea what was on the line but I envisioned a beautiful White Marlin dancing on top of the water. That is what I had seen of a fishing show. The deck hand handled getting the line out. It seems like he reeled the line in a few times, just to let it out again.
Well, finally the deck hand yelled and there was a fish on the line. He looked at me and said, “you come take this”. I jumped down off of my seat and grabbed a belt (one of those you put the rod in while reeling in the fish – I think this is what keeps you from falling into the ocean). When I took the rod, I immediately started to reel. I felt the weight of the fish on the line and wondered what would it be?
Reel Mommie, Reel!! I gave it all I had and I got that White Marlin!
In conclusion, the deck hand told me to keep reeling and to not stop. My arms were dying but I reeled as long as I could. This fish started to jump out of the water. I could see that it was some type of Marlin. I continued to reel. Then the deck hand said something to me, so I turned to listen to him. Oddly enough, I did not realize that I stopped reeling. Big Mistake!!
So My husband Nile came to my rescue. I could no longer reel: my arms were mush. Little did I know that when I stopped reeling, that White Marlin took a dive down to the bottom of the ocean. I handed the rod to Nile and he spent 30 minutes getting that fish back to the surface. Man! They both put up a great fight. Nile finally got him to the surface and into the boat. That White Marlin is now hanging on our wall at home. What a great memory and Anniversary gift! If you have any large or small fish that you want to keep for a lifetime memory, let me recommend Gray Taxidermy in Pompano Beach, FL.
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Ultimately, we both are so grateful that we can work home and travel while we get to enjoy the live that we are living. We both have dreamed of getting to travel the world and enjoy many different travel destinations.