Taking time to be with your family has many rewards

Today I met my daughter, Liz, and her fiance, Chris, at a photographer's studio.

Fascinating, interesting, curious – all describe the meeting. It's the first time I have had to help meet a photographer when it came to my daughter: Liz and Chris will be married next year and need a professional photographer since I will be busy being "just the dad" of the bride.

It was interesting to meet Erinn, to see her style of photography, to see her wall portraits, to learn what excites her about photography.

And it was great to be able to leave my work behind at such an important family time.

If I had a "regular" job, I couldn't have been there!

If I were tied to a desk, on a time card from an employer, I would not have been able to join Liz and Chris at this important meeting.

One of the reason I'm a work at home dad is so that I can be open to the important things of my life.

Like my kids. My elderly parents. Taking trips to conferences when I want to (as I did two weeks ago and as I will do at the end of this week).

Quality of Life REALLY Matters

For those of us who really MUST be entrepreneurs, the quality of life would drop with a huge "thud" if we had to go to someone else's office every day. Commuting, taking our lunch (or going to a restaurant), finding parking, paying for all that gas, and wasting all that time on the road… YIKES… I never want to do all of THAT again.

Life Changes WAY Too Fast

My father used to give a talk when he'd point out all the things we use in daily life that weren't even invented 10 years earlier. Now this pace has increased many times over… so I thought you'd enjoy seeing this short video.

If might take a few moments to load – please be patient – It Is Worth It!

Keep Learning – So Much Is Changing SO Fast!

As that video showed, life is ZOOMING past us: be sure to enjoy your family before it's too late.

AND, keep learning. Keep coming to this site and others that share great information with you. As you just saw, so much of what we use now didn't even exist at the turn of the century, and change is happening even faster every day.

WordPress (the software for this blog) was hardly known and seldom used. Google was an infant. Facebook was just for college kids (oops, it hadn't even been started yet!) and Twitter wasn't even thought of! Cell phones were here, but not with all the color, photos, and text messages.

Stay in touch – your very survival depends on it.

And remember to spend time with your family – it's why we do all of this!

Best,

Charlie Seymour Jr
A Work At Home Dad since 1983, succeeding in this economy

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Family Comes First – And Being A Successful Entrepreneur Helps

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