Well I started writing this blog hoping to help others to get started on their road to financial freedom. We all dream of it but for soo many years have no idea how we can achieve it. We fear that this dream will never come true and so we decide to play it safe and make someone else's dream come true by working days on end for next to nothing just to get by, while the BIG BOSS or COMPANY takes all the credit for our hard work.
For many years financial freedom is something that I have wanted and like many others, I had no idea how to get their. Iv had highs in my life with finances and Iv had lows. But its not til you hit those lows that you really start thinking about how you can change this situation and never get to this point again. Iv worked for many different companies over the years but was only making just enough to just get by and when raising a family you always wish you had that little bit extra to treat either the children, the husband or even yourself. But for what I was earning I never could do that, even with my husband working full time it was a great struggle and it was our children that was hurting the most. Yes we had a roof over our heads, yes we had food in the cupboards, yes the home was kept warm and yes our children had everything they needed financially (but only just) but what they didn't have was our full attention. Because we as parents were doing everything we could to financially support our family we failed to see how much our children were suffering inside. On the outside they were great, feed, clothed and going to school and smiling,but on the inside they wanted us to be their for them, love them more, cuddle them more, lay with them more. In other words be nurturing parents. Being there for them emotionally and mentally, not just their for them financially.
It took us quite a long time before we noticed how our children were feeling but when we did I made sure to make those changes for the sake of our children. I finished working but did part time studies which I could do when the children were at school or daycare. When they finished school I was always available for them and if they got sick I was able to stay home with them.
My husband still had to work full time though so he could support us financially, but being the only parent working he would at many times be working everyday of the week without any days off. This not only took a toll on him but us as a family also as we never saw him for long so barely spent any time together as a family. It was then that I finally realised how my children were feeling all that time.
This is when I decided I wanted to do something about it. I didn't know what it was yet, but I new that something needed to be done.
After searching many sites and asking around for a very long time and I mean along time (approx 12 months) I found a job that would start catering to our situation. I was able to work from home, I was able to still be there for my children and it also brought in extra income which took some financial pressure off my husband, so could finally ease his work load and finally start spending time with his family.
I was so grateful for this new opportunity that had finally come my way and helped our situation out so much, it wasn't the biggest of pays but it did help us and that I will always be grateful for.
I have learn't and gained a lot of experience working for the company for the past 2 years but due to the children getting older, school sports and trips and camps becoming more frequent and costly I now have to look for another job where I will receive a better pay but this will also mean I have to again put my children through what they went through a couple of years earlier.
This is definitely something that I did not want to do to them again, so again I was on the hunt for making ways to earn extra income into the home front which didn't result in me having to be away from my children for long periods at a time.
Well, for 6 months I still couldn't find anything that suited my current situation and the requirements, but as I was scrolling through facebook one day and I came across a business opportunity. You can work at your own pace in your own hours, work from home and still be there for your children, no need to go door knocking or any do deliveries, everything was done through social media and on top of that you receive a PRESENTER KIT worth over $400, a free business website, team training and support and get paid within 4 hours of every sale you make.
At first this looked to good to be true, so I did some research on the company and the products, and I was amazed first of all with the products as they were actually products I would love to purchase not only for myself but for my daughter as they were perfect for her skin. My daughter and I both have sensitive skin so its very hard to find things that wont give us a bad reaction.
Second, the company was only new yet had some very good reviews and amazing feedback on how much they had helped other mums in my situation.
Thirdly there were woman who had made sales of upto $100,000 within the first 5 months of starting their
own business with this company, this means they earn't $30, 000 in commission from these sales in only 5 months. Here in New Zealand you are lucky to even make that in a year.
So after a little more research I decided to take that BIG STEP and signed up for my own business with YOUNIQUE.
What can I say, this has been so far an amazing experience, Iv met and made new friends with other presenters and I have made connections with international as well as national individuals, including makeup artists, beauty salon owners, beauticians, fashion artists. The YOUNIQUE products are just so amazing that everyone wants them or everyone wants to know more about them. Im not financially free yet but since joining this company I can gladly say I am on my way there. Like all businesses though you only get out what you put in. But what I love about this opportunity is that I can do all this from home and be the loving, nurturing mother my children need and I can gladly say I am on my way to be a successful business woman who is on the road to financial freedom.
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