How Much Do You Really Need to Make as a WAHM? Written by Susanne Myers
Many of you have been thinking about staying home with kids, but aren’t sure they can afford to do so. Living expenses are so high these days, it is almost impossible to make meats end on one income. The idea of coming up with an income close to what you are making in your corporate job seems impossible. But do you really have to recreate your current salary to bring you home? No, absolutely not. Here is why. This great job of yours is costing you quite a bit. You may want to take a few minutes and jot down all these little expenses associated with your job. Here are a few of them to get you started: - Daycare or after school care - Summer camp - Clothing - Dry-cleaning - Gas - Car upkeep and maintenance - Taxes - Lunches and dinners - Snacks and sodas - Morning coffee on way to work - Stopping for drinks after work - Assorted fees and publications related to your position - Convenience food (breakfast and dinner) You are probably going to come up with some more expenses of your own. Keep a log for a few weeks and jot down all these expenses. Then calculate what your job is costing you over year. Subtract this figure from amount you are brining home in a given year. You’ll get a much better feel for how much you will need to make as a wahm.
| | TR Cutler to Continue Industrial Connection Case Study Profiles of Southeastern U.S. ManufacturersWritten by Thomas Cutler
Ranked as nation’s leading manufacturing journalist and an editor, TR Cutler (www.trcutlerinc.com) tells extraordinary stories of manufacturers. According to Cutler, “There are great companies making great products. There are too many manufacturers and companies serving manufacturing sector that have simply neglected to tell their story. My goal is to tell these stories in an interesting, dynamic, understandable, and relevant way.” •Cutler founded Manufacturing Media Consortium™ in same year. This is a group of more than 2000 journalists worldwide writing about trends, data, case studies, profiles, and features in manufacturing and industrial sector. Cutler worked with hundreds of media outlets to expand coverage and importance of manufacturing media coverage. •Cutler created "Mass Marketing Manufacturing Media Blitz", a comprehensive 90 - 180 day program allowing manufacturers with little web presence or with a new product introduction to go from zero to sixty in a short-term PR campaign. •Cutler has authored more than 1000 articles for a wide range of manufacturing, industrial, and business journals, dailies, and month trade B2B publications. •Cutler authored The Manufacturer's Public Relations and Media Guide in 2000, which quickly became key media resource guide for manufacturers seeking coverage. •Cutler is Associate Editor of Industrial Connection (www.industrialconnection.net) as of 2003. This 15,000 circulation manufacturing trade publication is only journal of record serving manufacturers in Southeastern United States (Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida.) Cutler coordinates feature articles and advertorial copy for publication.
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