By Scott Phelps
When Christmas comes for example, the goose will be getting fat-and for many people around the world this will mean a well needed break. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or don't celebrate anything at all, this time of year tends to mean time spent with family and that means time away from your work at home.
There are many ways that you can buy out time for family if you want to, but whether you want to and how much time you take off is a personal choice. The basis of that choice is in part economic.
You can take buy out time for your family by working a little harder both before and after the time that you plan to be away. By getting ahead of your work, you can safely take off a day or more without the risk of losing your income. This is an important consideration for many at home workers since they do not get paid vacation, and yet they cannot afford to simply not earn for a few days.
The other side of the coin to consider is that when the majority of the country wants to avoid work to be with their family, there is an ever growing need for those few people who are willing to work. Some companies will pay more-time and a half, or even as much as double or triple the normal rate of pay to entice people into working at those times. What if you do not work for a company that pays extra-is there any point in working?
If you offer a service for your chosen work, you can charge quite literally whatever you want to. A computer repair specialist or a web programmer may be called upon on Christmas day to repair a computer or web site that has gone drastically wrong and that thus is costing your client money. In a situation like this, the client is likely to be willing to pay double your normal rate to get the work done swiftly-and if not, they may choose to simply wait till the following day when your rates go down.
A particularly loyal customer may deserve in your opinion, to get service without paying through the nose. Again this is your choice as the owner operator of your business-but you must always remember that charging too much for a loyal customer may cost you that return customer.
For those people who make items for sale, it may be possible to take time off without any loss. You cannot ship items on the major holidays-but could still cash in on the holiday rush.
There will always be people who forget gifts and end up having to buy something at the very last minute. If you are willing to ship things by very fast shipping services, you can charge a small premium to handle this extra work on your own behalf.
The final decision may not be yours; instead your family may decide that having you with them is more important than the income that you could bring in by working those days. If that is the case then try to forget work, because it will still be there when you get back, and instead have fun!
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