Business Wife & Life

I sure have, in fact, I make sure that my business is always multifaceted; recession or not.

Have you done the same?

If you haven’t, I’ll give you a few ideas on how to make sure you aren’t left out in the cold just because of a recession, search engine algorithm change, or anything else that can impact home business owners.

Head on over to Work From Home Momma, because I’ve written a guest post called Does Your Business Have a Plan B?

Enjoy!

I tense up when I know that I’ll have to meet someone new. Whether it’s because of my spouse, or because I’m going to a new care provider, hairdresser, nail tech, etc. I dread the question that I know is going to come up, “what do you do?”

I hate that question so much that I’ve probably already blogged about it before. This cartoon made me think about how I’m often faced with the “should I try to explain, roll my eyes and groan, or just say I work in an office” dilemma.

I’m sure a lot of work at home professionals can relate, not just bloggers.

I got married in October and at my wedding I decided to mess with the next person who asked me that because I know people have a hard time thinking outside of the box.

True to form, a friend of my husbands asked me “so what do you do? and I said, “I do a lot of things.” Then she said, “but what do you DO?” I responded, “I read, watch a little TV, take care of my dogs” she gave me the most confused glance and said, “no, no, no WHAT do you DO?” I almost burst out laughing because she just couldn’t comprehend someone not defining themselves with an occupation.

For some, it may not be that big of a deal, but when you are working with new media, people just don’t understand; or they think they do when that couldn’t be further from the truth.

What about you all? How do you respond when someone asks “what do you do?”