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Making your own boundaries

DoingBusinessWhileFemale — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:47:23 -0600

Roberta Lachman Jacobs

http://www.DoingBusinessWhileFemale.com

I'm sure you're not alone. One of the upsides of a 9-5 job, is that it gives you a structure. When you work at home,you have to create a structure for yourself. Working hours and non-working hours. Otherwise, it's so easy to feel guilty when you're not working and resentful when you are.

Why I want to go back to work

Mrs.Micah — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:25:46 -0600

This article expresses exactly why I'd like to go back to a 9-5 job. Not being a mom, I have more freedom on this point because I don't have to balance any parental responsibilities. If I was, I'd probably value the flexibility more. But as someone without kids and working in a similar "flexible" fashion, I've found that it eats into all crazy times of the day and generally makes me feel stressed about spending time on myself.

Whereas when I was working 9-5 I didn't like my job (why I left), but I had time to explore my hobbies and not be at all pressured to work...because I wasn't at work.

Bringing Clarity to Confusion

Jonathan Pletzke — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:23:32 -0600

I am glad to have come across your post and the references to other bloggers on this topic. My story involves finding insurance for my family of 5, and going from a $1200 a month COBRA payment to a $300 a month plan that has great coverage and lets us sleep well at night.

Like many people, I find the number of choices to be overwhelming. I've made some bad choices in the past when buying health insurance, and even been scammed. When I left my job nearly 3 years ago, I decided that I was going to buy health insurance properly. I went to the library, and couldn't find a book to answer all my questions. I went online, and found much confusing, misleading, and wrong information. So I set out to figure out what the best choice was for my family of 5.

In the end, I found out so much that I put it into a book, a website, and a blog. My mission is to share this information with people so that they can make the right choice. I'd love to help everyone to find their best choice and not get ripped-off. Please visit www.besthealthinsurancebook.com and make use of the free resources, discussion board, and blog.

-Jonathan

Jonathan Pletzke is a consumer expert on health insurance and author of the health insurance book Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off and website http://www.besthealthinsurancebook.com

Good luck on your quest

paulag01 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:49:01 -0600

Thanks for chiming in Sharkeysday... It feels good to know others are sharing this challenge at the same time.

I am just thankful that my partner can get her own insurance through work for now...as I am not even certain any of the individual policies would cover domestic partners in "family"....

Let us know how you make out...and I invite you to share on future posts I write about this topic.

Warmly

Paula Gregorowicz
The Paula G Company

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Insurance is not pretty

sharkeysday — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:31:23 -0600

My husband and I have recently become self employed and are also navigating those ugly waters. I'm beginning to think the Health Saving's plans with a major medical plan may be the best bet. Then you can put aside money to pay for the little things and are covered in case of a huge hospitalization or something.

It's all very confusing tho and I can see why many people opt to not be insured and ignore it.

Sharkeysday
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