Do you ever stop and ask yourself what kind of personality it takes, or what kind of characteristics one needs, to work from home successfully?

As I sit here and write this I have two keyboards in front of me, three mice (one of which quit working for some reason - I’ll take care of that in a minute), my feed reader is updating and taking up a big portion of screen space (I just keep typing even though its covering this text box), my email is downloading - which I am watching on the other monitor with my left eye, and every once in awhile I glance at the clock… patiently waiting on the mail to run (the checks, I love the checks!).

Am I insane? Schizo? ADD (that’s short for Attention Deficit Disorder, not an invitation to add yourself to my schizo-social networking group)

Of course it’s more fun to say I’m ambitious, independent and goal oriented. Sure I am! I have a schedule. I have structure. I have goals. I reach goals. I make money. It’s a smooth-running operation!

Right. I have a schedule, yes. My schedule is get everything done you can possibly do in one day, sleep, wake up, go again. I have structure, sure. If you consider the duct tape that holds it all together. I’m too busy staying on my schedule to restructure things anyway, it seems. Goals are good and I have tons of them, and I do actually achieve them. In my own time. Or I change them. I do make money, which is shocking. As for it being a smooth-running operation… well, I lied.

Yeah well, I’m working on it so no big deal. Organization and Time Management are myths anyway, if you ask me. I decided a long time ago that they are both frustrating and disappointing. So I tossed them out the window.

Who needs a schedule to remind you that you’re off it? Who needs structure that you constantly have to bend the boundaries on? I dont want to be in a box - else I’d just settle for a cubicle. So I’ll take my chaos with a slice of pie on the side, thank you.

Are you a normal clear-headed person with a spouse and two kids, a dog and two cars that lives in a 3-bedroom ranch brick house? Or are you a little bit on the odd side? Even if you have a spouse and two kids and the white picket fence… isnt that just so your neighbors and parents wont know just how eccentric you really are?

What normal person in their right mind wants to be their own boss, their own secretary, and their own award committee? Us, right?

People jump off this ship every day. They cry “its all a scam!” or whatever other excuse they can dream up to justify not being crazy enough to make it long term. Or maybe they’re in denial and dont want to admit that they are completely weird and unlike the rest of the world. It can be an uncomfortable thought, I know. The checks make it worth it though. You gotta love them checks.

Even the little checks. Oh lookie! I got a check for $32.47!!! :D Yeah, baby!

$32.47

$324.70

$3,247.00

$32,470.00

$324,700.00

I want to be in shape, the perfect size with good skin, drive a cool car, manage my home better than the FLYlady, buy a bigger home, fly all over the world, have the whitest teeth, raise perfect children, have a huge bank account, look my best every minute of the day.

Doesnt everybody?

Yeah… but it’s only the crazy few who drop everything and go after it.

You’re planning to hit the goldmine online, right? What do you plan to do with all the money you earn? That’s the topic up for discussion at my forum, here: How will you spend your fortune?

I gotta run. I have 46 comments awaiting moderation, 1080 unread messages in my inbox, four blogs to post on, eleven forums to visit, three sites to update, and I have to make lunch…

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