The Dog Ate My Homework…

I was watching a commercial and it had a dog in it that was chewing on paper.  It made me think of that old excuse: “The dog ate my homework.”  So I decided to write an article about that.

When you are in school – things can be a little easier than they are in real life.  You might fail, or get a bad grade.  But that’s about it.  (Yes – it may mean that you have to repeat the class – but just go with me here!) It does not mean your job is on the line.

When you get out of school you will find that there are 2 kinds of jobs.  One – you work for someone else.  Two – you work for yourself.  The first one leaves stress on the table.  You are not ultimately responsible – your boss is.  When you work for yourself it is you on the line.  Your job, your reputation.

You cannot lean on anyone else.  You cannot blame anyone else.

You may work from home.  You may have kids.  You have to juggle a lot no matter what you do, who you are, where you work.

You cannot use that old excuse anymore.

Darn.

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. She also creates web sites, e-newsletters, blogs, e-commerce sites etc. as well as print collateral including logos.