Does the idea of working from home keep you up at nights? Does it drive you crazy that you are forced to go into a job you hate day after day for too few dollars to get excited about? You're not alone. A whole new idea about what work means is emerging in people's minds. The question is how are you going to make it happen for yourself?

The first thing you have to do on the road to working from home is to put away the notion that it will be impossible to do. Most Americans are addicted to the way things have always been. It is a fact of our culture that we tend to be mistrustful of new ideas and new possibilities for our lives. That kind of thinking must go if you expect the work from home idea to work for you. You have to accept that a new way of doing things can work.

Of course, the freedom of trusting new ideas doesn't mean that you trust every idea that comes along. There are many scams out there lurking behind the words: "work from home." The existence of these predators is depressing as well as a tragic commentary on the decay of western culture, but it also is anathema to most honest people's desire to work from home. The assumption is that because there are scams out there that it is impossible to find the ideas and organizations to support your hope for a home-based job.

Remember the advice just given to break with the addictive thought patterns of your past. You don't want your tendency to be careful to rob you of your security. That sounds ironic, but it is the fact of too many American lives. There are solid internet advertising companies out there ready to help you work online. If you spend the time to search for them, you will find an online community that is right for you and your desire to have a home-based business.

Kinney Dancair is an author with interests in business, finance, and work from home opportunities.