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What’s our blog all about? It’s about our readers, and the things we think will help them establish their ideal work/life balance. We’ve put the blog together to give our readers the advice, inspiration and sense of community you need when you’re working from home or living a self-employed lifestyle.

The blog is home to a team of four regular writers: Lolly, Cara, Jay and Agnese. Each write about their own work from home experience: their routines, frustrations and successes.

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Latest blog posts:

Lolly Kirby's picture
Make a lovely Fathers' Day Gift with Your Children With Fathers’ Day coming up, we can start to feel the pressure mounting to buy expensive gifts for these important men in our own lives and the lives of our children. However, though it’s been said before and will no doubt be said again, often the best gifts we can give are those that have some... Continue Reading »
Lolly Kirby's picture
Use up Your Old Bananas to Make a Delicious Cake Even if you’re very efficient with the fresh produce you buy to feed your family, sometimes you’re going to find that you have bits and bobs left over each week. This can be very frustrating, especially if you are sticking to a budget for your shopping, as it feels wasteful to throw things away.... Continue Reading »
Jay Otaigbe's picture
Are We Wasting Money on Our TV Packages and Are You Unashamedly Nosey? Hi guys, I Hope you all didn’t miss me too much. I’m still busy with a variety of different surveys although I did find a number of questionnaires paying particular attention to the type of TV/telephone/internet package that I have. OK, right. The internet I must have and a phone line appears to be... Continue Reading »
Jay Otaigbe's picture
The Longer Days Confuse Me, and What Device do I Have Again? Hi all, Hope you’ve all being doing lots of interesting surveys over the last week or so. I have been going crazy searching for mobile survey apps and still can’t find anything worth mentioning. Regular surveys are becoming more readily available and the survey topics seem to be revolving around... Continue Reading »
Jay Otaigbe's picture
I Feel That Extra Maths Tuition is in Order Hi all, It’s been so long since I reported back to you about my recent findings because I’ve been so busy with a huge number of online tasks that have recently become available around here. There are some very interesting tasks at the moment such as verifying whether a website has relevant high... Continue Reading »
Lolly Kirby's picture
How To Have Fun With Your Family This Easter With Easter just around the corner and with many children off school, it is the perfect opportunity to think about spending some quality time together as a family. Whether or not you celebrate the religious meaning behind the Easter festivities there are still plenty of ways to get involved and... Continue Reading »
Jay Otaigbe's picture
Spring Oh Spring, Where are you? I’m back and I’m as cold as ice, I can’t believe how persistent this cold weather has been recently to the point that nature is getting confused and creatures are emerging from hibernation just to perish. I think I know how they feel as I emerge from my humble abode in east London only to find the... Continue Reading »
Jay Otaigbe's picture
Mobile Survey Apps Not Working so Well Hi all, I promised that I would be trialling some of the many mobile survey apps available for Android and I did just that. Unfortunately there leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to this somewhat novel idea I wish could be working properly. Having loaded several different survey apps I... Continue Reading »
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Advertise On Your Blog Or Website Many of us are now looking for different ways in which we can supplement our monthly income and for most people that will mean looking at ways to earn money whilst working from home. Working from home allows us to fit our extra commitments around current jobs, whether they be full- or part-time,... Continue Reading »
Jay Otaigbe's picture
Now Owning a Smartphone or Tablet Has Really Opened Up Your Survey Options Hi all, Hope you had a great weekend. I’ve been steadily drinking and eating my way through mine. Yesterday I went to my friend’s daughter’s birthday party which was just an excuse for the adults to drink. I thought of complaining to him but then I forgot and then all the children went to bed and... Continue Reading »