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WFH: First real hardwork salary

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I'm finally getting paid! I don't really sound excited right?? :) Well you can't blame me. I've waited so long for this! And I've got bills to pay. Who doesn't anyway? I even almost was willing to wait until it reflects on my account early today. But I decided to sleep on it still. It's more important to have a good sleep and wake up with positive outcome. :) So going back, as per oDesk payment policy or rules , your earning comes in to your account, Wednesday the 3rd week from the start of your work. It's week 3 for me now. I've chosen the weekly payment schedule as of now because I need to settle payments to a lot of things and it can't wait. I'm maximizing the expenditures as well so I can start saving come January next year. By then, I'll change the schedule to monthly withdrawal so it will be less fees when transferring funds. oDesk has a fee of $0.99 every withdrawal. I selected Local Funds Transfer so my money would go dir...

Spending too much time at work when the children were young is a parent's biggest regret...

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Do you want to be one of these parents?? I don't. So I decided to stay. Stay with my kid until I've developed that stable parent-child relationship I never did since day one. This article is a repost from this page . - Two thirds admit they would do things differently if they could have the time again - Spending too much time at work is the biggest regret parents have about their children’s early years, according to a study. - It found more than three quarters have at least one thing they regret doing -  or not doing - during this period. - And two thirds admit they would do things differently if they could have the time again. - Spending too much time at work is the biggest regret parents have about their children's early years - Almost six in ten with more than one child said they had changed their approach with their second child to make sure they did not end up with the same regrets - More than a quarter had given advice to friends after they had chi...

Hello from Google!

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I woke up, my son in front of me opening a letter from Google.... How cool is that. Snail Mail. Old School. :)