I gave up my career as a marketing executive after I had my twin sons Jonah and Jesi. My husband makes good money as an electrician, but things were definitely easier with two incomes coming in. I wouldn’t trade my sons for anything, but we needed some additional cash, so I decided to find a job I could work from home. I wasn’t sure what would be available for a busy mother of one-year-old twins, but I was willing to give it a try.
After a few days of researching what I could do from home, I found an opportunity to do medical transcription. I would listen to tapes made by doctors and type them out. I could also do this around my own schedule. It ended up working out great; I got paid $50 per tape and finished about five tapes a week. The extra $1000 a month really helped us out.