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Originally posted by eroswebmaster
I don't think it has anything to do just with this biz...but maybe it has to do with so many people working out of their homes with far too many distractions that can pull them this way or that way.
When I was working "9-5" in the mainstream world there were boundaries.
Even my family knew not to bother me when I was working.
I couldn't just decide...hey I'm tired I think I'll take a nap and catch up on work later.
Or I'll go ahead and hit the matinee *during a weekday* and work some extra tonight.
It's okay to do all of those things if you actually get caught up or stay caught up.
But if you don't it can catch up with you really quick.
Even I at times have trouble staying focused. So many things to distract you it's incredible. Message boards...news on t.v...music...etc..etc.
I at times miss those good old days before the internet took over everything. Where I showed up to work, did my job and when I left my job I left my work too.
But now with the net so entrenched in all our lives it's hard to seperate it all.
Work is online, friends are online, and entertainment is online.
I've been doing things to get myself away from the computer and it has given me a new perspective and new work ethic....but it's still hard. 
You have to be really motivated to work at home..and not just motivated to cover that months bills...but motivated to cover at least 12 months just in case.
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Could you motivate whomever responds to your sales emails to reply to my email of
months ago? I'd like some work done.
And I agree with most of the points you've made above, it really is difficult adapting. And for some, who have never worked a real job, it's nearly impossible to develop a work ethic where you've never had one.