Watch out for my return to blogging! :)

Watch out as I share with you my thoughts about working at home, homeschooling, being a 24/7 home-based family, fatherhood, simplifying life, etc. 

I've received a lot of questions over the years. Some have actually paid me to help them. I figure that, if I should help more people, I might as well write everything down. Coaching people has one "psychic" income that I'm getting the most kick from - people who actually do something with their lives.

For starters, here's my initial thought: At worst, some think of working at home as some kind of a dead end non-career thing. At the other end of the spectrum, some thing of working at home as a life in paradise. Both notions are false, dangerously false.

The first perception leaves you out of the many opportunities available in the digital world. That is where we live today, by the way, just in case you didn't notice.

The second perception is escapism. It would burn you out in three days. Before you know it, you'd get pulled back to the very thing you hate right now -- your desk and the blasted traffic outside.

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Truly Rich Club Wealth Summit 2013

I had the privilege of being on stage with Jomar Hilario and 3 other online income earners during the Wealth Summit 2013 at the Philippine International Convention Center. Around 300 people were there.

On stage with (L-R), Jomar Hilario, Jan McKingleyHilado, Paolo Josef Abadesco and Sha Nacino (photo from the Timeline of Sha Nacino) 

During the Wealth Summit, I was interviewed by Jomar about my journey towards my present online work. He asked what I did before working online, the transition and how I spend a typical day these days. The time on stage however was limited.

Allow me to talk about my story in greater detail here.

A Slice of Working at Home

I work at home. Many people still couldn’t get what that means. I’m tired of explaining. Now, I just let them think whatever they want to think and not give a damn. Oh, how life has become simpler since then.

Working at home, in squatting position, in front of TV and with kids running around

Neighbors thought I work nights somewhere. That’s because they see me at home during the day, wearing shorts and tending my garden. My eyes go up each time someone mentions I work nights. But I have learned to cope with the punishment by saying, “Yeah! See you around.”

That was a wake up call, indeed ...

A homeschool colleague named Oliver was following my fatherhood blog and I didn't realize it. I ran across him in a homeschool gathering. Then he asked, "What's up? I've not read anything new in your blog."

Aluminum Apple Keyboard by Andrew*

That was a wake up call. I had not updated this blog regularly as I used to. For a time, I thought that was, "Ok." Deep inside me, something said, "No, Marvin, that's not Ok. You're out of integrity here." 

Bloggers like me put up blogs like this with a vision. In my case, I've been envisioning this blog to be read by fathers like me. There's just a lot of stuff out there that fathers could munch during breaks, to make them better parents of Filipino kids, especially in the information age.

He Chose to Visit Me to Get His Payout

I started giving out payouts to my writers last Friday. One of them is from the other side of the small city of Calamba. He happened to be shopping with his wife at SM City Calamba when I sent him SMS for his bank account.

His reply, "Can I go over there right now?" I thought that was surprising. Anyhow, I said, "Yes, you can come before 12nn because I'm gonna be leaving for a meeting."

This guy is a work-at-home guy as well. So, he has that flexibility to go anywhere during the day and be flexible about his schedule. Nice, isn't it? It's simply you can't enjoy while working in an office.

Social Media Week - Rome

Online jobs is the result of the combined forces of the economy, globalization and the internet. Watch and listen to Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk Corporation (odesk.com).



I'm sure many Filipinos need not leave the country to seek employment abroad. With proper orientation towards the growing opportunities available in the internet, there's a good chance for fathers and mothers to stay home.