As you can see by my lack of posts in here, I haven’t been bloggging very much these days. I decided to try my hand a general dictation. Well, I got my first contract and that’s what I have been working on for six days straight. I pretty much only took time out to go to work on the weekend and to sleep a little bit. Otherwise, it’s been six strait days of typing.

But, I’m happy to report that I finished the contract. So hopefully you’ll see me in here a lot more often.

I have been so frustrated this past week. Not only did I have two kids home from school the entire week (March break), but, my Internet decided to take a break as well. I wasn’t able to get online very much so that’s why there wasn’t very many posts. I was able to do a lot of offline work, but not being able to post anything in most of my blogs all week, really did set me back a little.

But, this morning my Internet seems to be co-operating with me so hopefully this is a sign that my slow Internet is a thing of the past. Finger’s crossed that I don’t experience another week like I had last week.

In a previous post I mentioned the fact that I have started looking into getting into general transcription work from home.  Well since that post I have been doing a lot of research and have indeed decided that this is something that I really want to do.

So I have taken a few steps towards this goal.  I have signed up for three different transcription forums and have gone into them and read and read and read.  Yeah, you get the picture.  I have also purchased a set of headphones from Amazon and have even taken a couple of tests to see if this is something that I not only want to do but will be able to do.

Although I am still quite new and slow at this type of work, I am quite confident that with enough practice I will do pretty good in this field.  So for the next couple of weeks I am still going to do a lot of research as well as a lot of practicing and then after the two weeks are up I will then start contacting companies.

I’ll be sure to let you all know how I make out!

So I’ve decided to spread my wings and try to earn a little extra income off the Internet. Currently I do some paid blogging, but that income has slowed down considerably during the past couple of months so I thought I may branch out to other different areas.

The first thing I have been looking at is possibly to do some general transcription at home. As I am a complete novice in this field, I have decided that I really need to do a lot of research and then a lot of practicing before I can ever present myself in this field. But…it looks like something that would be of serious interest to me, so I’m going to give it a whirl.

Wish me luck and if you are a general transcriptionist yourself and have any advice or opinions to pass on to me, I would seriously welcome it.