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Tombarriesimmons's avatar

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I didn't work from home until I was 40, when after my son died age 21 I sold my share of the business I had started when he was 11. The Swedish multinational that bought me out took me on as a consultant at a vastly inflated rate with a guaranteed income from 20 hours a week working from home, plus occasional visits to prospective clients. After three months, I could stand it no longer and threw in the towel. I intended to take a sabbatical, but in the event it started my writing career and the rest you can find out from my website.

One last thing, I left school at 15 - so I had to work, which gave me no time to self reflect x

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Tombarriesimmons's avatar

After spending most of my working life running my own businesses, I think it was the feeling of working for somebody else that got up my nose x

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Sara McMahon's avatar

Absolutely! Thank you for sharing.

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Sara McMahon's avatar

Hi Tom, thank you for sharing. I'm very sorry that you lost your son. So it sounds like you also did not enjoy remote work?

I have always been working, just in-person positions over remote. I prefer the balance of hybrid in a perfect world.

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