The Truth About Self-Employment

By Maryl Joop


The other night at a retro Guy Fawkes bonfire bash down in college town, we went around asking students a variety of miscellaneous questions intended to gauge the level of their life-smarts. This is what we found. (Note- these are fictional interviews)

While many may share in this fantasy, it turns out our imaginings are quite far from the truth. If you find yourself continuously entertaining the idea of working from home, then perhaps you should review these points about self-employment.

Pack up foods you loved as a kid (did someone say Squeeze-its and Twinkies?), grab a blanket, some friends, and head outdoors. Enjoy the fresh air, sunshine, and the craze that will overcome you when that candy starts pouring out.

Tracy, 24, psychology: "Make sure the gas is off when you're not using it. And you should have someone come to check for leaks every couple of months. I love gas stoves. You can basically make smores on them any time you want!"

Three - Photo scavenger hunt. This is a great activity to do outdoors, especially somewhere with a lot of wildlife. Make a list of ten or fifteen plants, animals, and land formations and start snapping some photos. This is most ideally done in groups with a prize waiting for the quickest team. Add some nature to some raw human competition, and have the time of your life.

Not only will you have to do a large majority of the necessary work yourself, but the collaboration of fellow employees will be unavailable to you. Furthermore, while you can ask friends and family for advice about which direction you want to take your business, there will be no one who knows as much about your company as you, which makes you solely responsible for the decisions you make regarding the company's future. This can be a good arrangement if you enjoy the absence of dissenting opinions, but you better make sure you know what you're doing.

One of the most frightening aspects of self-employment is the fact that you must take care of your own health care arrangements. While purchasing your own health insurance is not always as terrible as you might think, it will take some work.

So there it is. This is how our college constituent thinks. Some of them are smart but lazy, others are smart and act like it, and a few are just a little bit ignorant. Just in case you were wondering, you should exercise regularly, shut off your gas stove when you're not using it, always have a designated driver and you had better get your own insurance when you are 26 years old. Jessika had it right on that last one.

No matter how you do it, spending time outside is a treasure of life we can't let slip by and affordable health insurance is has got your back when you are ready to roam. Go simple or go extreme. Take an hour or take a month. The important thing is that we all take the time to enjoy the natural and beautiful world around us!




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