What follows is a
fictional account based on interviews and comments submitted by actual people
who were, or are currently working from home. Any similarities between the
character, Julia, and any other living person are strictly accidental. Julia is
a composite created to observe a hypothetical, work from home, scenario.
Julia is thirty-two.
She graduated high school then attended a local community college. Julia
finished college in 1998, with an AA in psychology, fully intending to follow a
career in social work. However, finding the entry-level job market slim in her
community, Julia winds up waiting tables at a local pub for tips, where she
meets her current husband. After dating a few years, they are married in 2003.
In early 2005, she gives birth to their first child. Julia waited tables up
until three weeks of her due date before taking maternity leave. Money was
tight for the growing family; dreams of being a social worker seemed to be
slipping away from her.
