Wondering who I am and how I managed to grow a profitable business while homechooling nine kids?
It didn’t happen overnight.
In fact, I didn’t plan on it happening at all. I never dreamed of having a business. I was just going to be a teacher. I’m a total introvert and always worrying about putting myself out there.
So how did I push past my fear and launch anyways?
Let me share my story…and some words of encouragement so you can see that YOU can do this as well…
I didn’t want you to get bored with all the details in the typical written fashion, so here’s a timeline to show the progression.
About Lisa
At this point I had no experience making money from home. I just knew I didn’t want to go back to the classroom because I LOVED being home with my kids. As I researched ways to make money online, I discovered freelance writing. And I made the decision to try. I sent my first pitch, and started making money! Well, at least a little bit! My first gig was $20 for 1500 words…yikes! But it helped me find confidence in my abilities so I could grow. You have to start somewhere!
As you can imagine, large family life on a single income got to be tight. We were broke! So I knew I had to do go back to the classroom OR find a way to make money from home. Google to the rescue…
Our family was growing and daycare was expensive. So, I quit teaching and starting showing my kids how to learn. I loved being a homeschooling SAHM!
The time was right to move back to the family farm where I’d grown up. So we packed up the kids (2 at that point!) and moved into my Grandmother’s house. The downside of living in the boonies? Internet sucks in rural America! We had satellite internet for years and are currently just using our cell phones…maybe someday we’ll get the fast kind! I found a new teaching job, teaching in a resource room. The next year, I moved into a Parent Partnership Program (Homelink type school.)
After graduating from EWU, I accepted a teaching position. Teaching high school special ed in a self-contained classroom. It was here that I met a child with Angelman Syndrome – the condition that my oldest son would later be diagnosed with…